Proton has introduced that it bought 12,194 items (home and export) in November, a lower of 4.7% (or 605 items) in comparison with the 12,799 items shifted in October. Based on the nationwide automaker, the drop is nevertheless in-line with the contraction in complete business quantity (TIV) of 4.1% for Malaysian automotive gross sales.
Whole gross sales for the yr after 11 months stands at 137,751 items, permitting the carmaker to retain its place because the second hottest model within the nationwide gross sales rankings. The corporate estimates it market share for the month to be at 18.2%, with its YTD share standing at 18.8%.
As typical, the Saga continued to fly the flag, with the 5,916 items shifted in November making it the highest performer for the model. Yr-to-date numbers for the mannequin stands at 66,094 items, positioning it to breach the 70,000 complete gross sales mark for a second yr in a row.
In second place was the X50, with the 1,911 items bought final month making it the most well-liked SUV for the model. In all, 21,033 items of the B-segment mannequin have been delivered this yr. As for the X70, gross sales of the facelifted SUV final month elevated by 7.7% month-on-month to 1,065 items, bringing its YTD complete to 7,536 items.
The X70 is definitely the automaker’s fifth best-selling mannequin for the month, as a result of the Persona, with 1,394 items (YTD, 17,325 items), and the S70, with 1,312 items (YTD, 17,512 items), are positioned forward of it in third and fourth respectively in total numbers for November.
Contributing to the numbers was the Iriz, of which 319 items have been bought final month, and the X90, which retained its place as market chief for D-segment SUVs with a 13.1% month-on-month development to 277 items, with the YTD complete for the mannequin standing at 3,246 items.
The corporate additionally mentioned that as exports go, the cumulative gross sales presently stands at 3,652 items in comparison with the three,636 items despatched out final yr. As it’s domestically, the Saga is the corporate’s finest performer abroad. with 2,203 items having been exported this yr, this yr’s quantity already exceeding the 2023 complete. Exports of the left-hand drive Saga to Egypt amounted to 480 items final month, nicely up from the 120 items in October.
The export numbers ought to swell additional in 2025 with the opening of the new CKD plant in Egypt, with the primary accomplished CKD items of the automotive anticipated to roll off the manufacturing line on this month with a projected 2024 quantity of 1,400 items. This can enhance to five,000 items subsequent yr, and Proton expects to ship a complete of 16,000 CKD packs to the North African nation throughout three years by the top of 2026.
“As we enter the ultimate month of 2024, everybody at Proton is gearing as much as drive year-end gross sales numbers. With the much-anticipated Proton eMas 7 launch to come back on December 16, together with commendable export development and a give attention to innovation, we’re assured that Proton will proceed to paved the way within the automotive business, each domestically and internationally,” mentioned Proton Edar CEO Roslan Abdullah.
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