Proton sales up 55.7% to 100,821 units last year
PUCHONG: Proton has sold 100,821 units of vehicles in 2019, a 55.7% increase over sales in 2018, mainly contributed by Proton X70 and Proton Saga models.
This is the first time the national carmaker crossed the 100,000-unit threshold since 2015.
“Powering Proton’s sales growth last year was the Proton X70, along with a double-digit percentage increase in sales for its four updated models launched in 2019.
“Proton Saga was again the most popular A-segment sedan with 3,892 units sold in December. Total sales for 2019 closed at 38,144 units, equivalent to a 36% increase in volume,” it said in a statement.
Proton said sales during Dec were the highest for the whole of 2019, growing 112% to 11,117 units over the corresponding month in 2018.
This is equivalent to a 20.5% share of the total industry volume (TIV) in December and also the first time the company had sold more than 11,000 cars in a month since July 2014, it said.
Proton said its overall market share for 2019 was estimated at 16.7% the highest figure it achieved since 2014.
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