Perodua reached another historic milestone here today as the millionth unit was rolled off the production line here over the weekend, making it the most produced model under the Perodua brand.<\/p>\n
The Perodua Myvi which was introduced in May 2005 and was Malaysia\u2019s number one car model until the end of 2014. The model continues to be among the top bestselling models in the country currently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Perodua Myvi has set a new standard for us in terms of products offerings as well as customer expectations and it is our benchmark for all our future models,\u201d Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Datuk (Dr) Aminar Rashid Salleh said.<\/p>\n
To commemorate this occasion, Perodua had a special \u201cline-off\u201d ceremony at its manufacturing facility in Sungai Choh, Rawang which was officiated by Perodua Auto Corporation Sdn Bhd (PCSB) President, Mr Masanori Takahashi and PCSB Vice President, Dato\u2019 Zainal Abidin Ahmad.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, based on our internal calculations \u2013 all our models, the Myvi, Alza, Axia and Bezza retain their spot as the most preferred vehicles in their respective segments. We wish to thank all Malaysians for their support,\u201d Aminar added<\/p>\n
For the first five months of the year, Perodua sold 81,900 vehicles which is an increase of 5.9% from 77,300 units sold in the same period in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe estimate that the total industry volume for the first 5 months of the year to be 233,700 units. Based on this number, our market share for the year so far is at 35%,\u201d Aminar said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are cautiously optimistic of achieving our 202,000 sales target for this year despite the continued tough and challenging market condition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In terms of exports, the Myvi was sold in 6 countries since 2006, which include Mauritius, Brunei, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Fiji and Nepal under the Perodua brand;\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the Myvi\u2019s biggest export market is Indonesia under the Daihatsu Sirion brand with nearly 31,000 vehicles sold since the year 2007. In total, Perodua exported 35,400 Myvi\/Sirion models since 2006 in these markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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