We’re taking a look at the top-selling cars in Malaysia for the yr thus far as much as October 2024 through the Road Transport Department’s (MAA) vehicle registration data, and this time we’re specializing in the premium models. It’s a little bit of a surprise since the best-selling automotive on this list isn’t a BMW or a Mercedes-Benz, however the Lexus RX.
The Japanese SUV commands a sizeable lead over the remaining, with 243 units registered last month and three,591 units throughout the primary ten months. Hang on a minute – how did Lexus Malaysia suddenly sell 1000’s of vehicles a yr?
Well it hasn’t. As you’ll all know, the RX is a preferred grey import or reconditioned automotive, and JPJ’s data doesn’t differentiate between official and recon units. As such, distributor UMW Toyota Motor sees little or no of the revenue generated by all these sales. In truth, because recon cars are almost all the time from a premium brand, they likely make up a major share of the sales listed here.
In second place sits BMW’s benchmark 3 Series with 193 units sold in October (2,313 units YTD), followed by the Mercedes-Benz A-Class with 151 units sold in October (1,998 units YTD). The three Series’ biggest competitor, the C-Class, is definitely in fourth with 163 units sold in October and 1,986 units sold for the yr thus far.
It needs to be noted, nonetheless, that sales of the C-Class have fallen from their high of 275 units in April with the introduction of the C350e plug-in hybrid the next month, replacing the mild hybrid C300. Conversely, sales of the E-Class (318 units in October, 1,297 units YTD) picked up with the launch of the brand new W214 in September, regardless that it also has a PHEV variant (the E350e). Also, despite playing second fiddle to Lexus and BMW, Mercedes has 4 cars of the highest six, which is definitely impressive.
Munich’s best-selling compact automotive sits a lowly seventh – the X1, which also includes the electrical iX1, found 142 homes last month and 1,158 for the yr thus far. That is followed by the Lexus NX (112 units in October, 1,158 units YTD) and the Porsche Cayenne (99 units in October, 1,133 units YTD), that are also placed unusually high, likely because of recon sales.
Ditto the Mercedes CLA, sales of which at the moment are wholly made up of grey-import vehicles and a smattering of official AMG CLA45S units, rounding off the highest ten with 74 units registered in October and 951 units for the yr thus far.
The very best placed automotive not from Lexus, BMW or Mercedes is the MINI Countryman in twelfth with 56 units sold last month (811 units YTD), while its sibling, the Cooper hatch, is fifteenth with a similar 56 units sold last month, for a YTD figure of 664. The opposite stragglers are the smart #1 and #3 (49 units in October, 510 units YTD) and the Volvo XC60 (31 units in October, 436 units YTD).
Completing the highest 20 is the BMW i5, which is weirdly counted individually from the 5 Series (103 units in October, 541 units YTD). The electrical executive sedan registered 33 sales in October and 410 for the yr thus far. In what’s going to surely ring alarm bells at BMW Malaysia, last month’s sales of the 5 Series and i5 combined make up lower than half that of the E-Class.
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
