Perodua Sold 32,179 Units In March 2023

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) recorded vehicle sales of 32,179 units last month (March 2023). This marks a 29% jump over the 24,936 units the firm sold in February. March 2023 also saw Perodua record its highest production volume of 33,666 units. “These achievements can be attributed to several factors, such as our efforts to fulfil the Penjana orders before its deadline on March 31, 2023, production improvements throughout the supplier ecosystem and better coordination within our sales network,” said Perodua president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad in a statement.

The latest March sales figure is 20.2% higher than the same month last year, bringing total sales in the first three months of 2023 up by 27.5% to 78,564 units, from 61,624 units in the same period in 2022. Production has also increased by 33.9% to 84,800 units in the period, compared to 63,325 units a year ago.

“Despite these achievements, there are still a small number of Penjana orders that we were unable to fulfil to these customers; we will honour the sales exempt amount guaranteed under the initiative and we apologise for the long wait,” adds Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin further.


Moving forward, Perodua’s chief executive expects the firm to build on these accomplishments as the number of bookings for its models remains healthy. He also notes that sustained production growth has reduced some of the waiting period for certain models.

“In fact, for some of our models, the waiting period has been reduced significantly, only particular models such as the Bezza, Axia and Alza have a slightly longer waiting period based on their respective variants and colour,” clarified Datuk Seri Zainal. He also notes that the reduction of global raw material prices have eased cost pressures on both suppliers and most automotive players, as well as Perodua itself. “These favourable conditions will give us a chance to build up our stock faster, while at the same time enable us to reduce the waiting period for our customers,” he adds.

In late January, Perodua announced its production target of 330,000 vehicles for 2023, with a sales target of 314,000 vehicles. Efforts throughout the first quarter thus far indicates that the national carmaker is on-track to chart yet another successful year indeed.