Malaysia vehicle sales surge 27% in January

Malaysia’s caller conveyance marketplace rebounded by 27% to 64,298 units successful January 2026, from anemic year-earlier income of 50,449 units, according to registration information released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). The marketplace benefited from further moving days past period compared with past twelvemonth owed to the timing of the Lunar New Year, which this twelvemonth fell successful February.

The conveyance marketplace successful January was besides supported by the registration of a precocious fig of vehicles bought earlier the extremity of 2025, pursuing the motorboat of a fig of caller locally produced models and assertive year-end promotions by dealers. Consumer sentiment has strengthened successful caller months, which is reflected successful a pickup successful economical maturation successful the state to 6.3% year-on-year successful the 4th fourth of 2025, from 5.4% maturation successful the 3rd quarter, driven by overmuch stronger home consumption, concern and exports. In the full of 2025, the system expanded by a overmuch faster than expected 5.2% successful 2025, albeit up conscionable somewhat connected the 5.1% maturation seen successful 2024.

Light rider conveyance income roseate by 28% year-on-year to 60,369 units successful January, portion commercialized conveyance income accrued by 15% to 3,929 units. Separate manufacture information shows artillery electrical conveyance (BEV) income roseate to 6,239 units, compared with 1,691 units a twelvemonth earlier, with income of the precocious launched Proton eMas 5 amounting to 3,068 units, followed by the Geely Zeekr 7X with 426 units, and the BYD Atto 3 with 389 units.

Vehicle accumulation successful the state roseate by 6% to 60,866 units past month, compared with 57,450 units a twelvemonth earlier.

Malaysia’s conveyance marketplace is expected to weaken successful February, owed chiefly to the timing of this year’s Lunar New Year holidays. GlobalData is forecasting a 3.2% driblet successful airy conveyance income to 801,000 units successful the full of 2026, followed by a further diminution to 787,000 units successful 2027, aft grounds income of 847,000 units successful 2025.

Market person Perodua’s income accrued by 12% to 26,130 units successful January, according to section reports. The automaker launched the caller Traz compact SUV, based connected the Toyota Yaris Cross, and its archetypal BEV model, the QV-E, successful December.

Proton reported a 35% leap successful planetary conveyance income to 19,833 units past month, with the Saga by acold its best-selling exemplary with 10,285 units, followed by the battery-powered eMas 5 with a reported 3,068 units and the Geely-based X50 compact SUV with 2,429 units.

UMW Toyota reported an astir 23% emergence successful wholesale deliveries to 6,598 units successful January, with the Vios and Hilux its best-selling models.

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