KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd’s (Perodua) production, monthly and year-to-date sales performances reached new highs in November in line with higher demand.

In a statement on Friday (Dec 2), the national compact car company said that in terms of sales, it sold 250,795 units between January and November this year, which has surpassed its full-year target of 247,800 units announced earlier in the year and the highest sales achievement for the company.

Perodua president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said the sales achievement was on the back of its production achievement so far this year, which numbered 258,960 units.

“We also achieved our highest monthly production ever since inception at 29,149 units.

“This achievement is meaningful on many levels; the first shows our ability to further maximise current resources, both within Perodua and its supplier ecosystem,” he said.

Zainal Abidin said the second is that through this achievement, it now realised that it can further increase output — both in sales and production — without investing in a new plant or acquiring more land for its manufacturing operations.

On a year-on-year comparison, Perodua said sales rose by 50% to 250,795 from 167,250 units sold in the same period last year.

It said the jump in sales comparatively to the same period last year was due to the Covid-19 lockdown initiated by the government between June and mid-August in 2021.

Monthly sales also recorded a new record of 28,592 units in November 2022, which is an increase of 40.9% when compared with 20,299 units sold in November 2021, and a 10.6% increase when compared with 25,849 units sold in October this year.

The top 3 Perodua models sold in November are Bezza at 8,089 units, followed by Myvi at 6,624 units and Axia at 5,812 units.

“We are looking to continue the sales and manufacturing momentum to ensure that all our valued customers will receive their Perodua vehicles quicker as well as to ensure all those [who] booked their vehicles within the sales tax exempted timeframe will get their cars before March 31, 2023,” said Zainal Abidin.

On setting a new target for the year, he said Perodua will instead announce the full-year actual numbers in January.