Perodua sales rise by over 100 percent in September
 

Delivery of Perodua vehicles continue to improve for the third consecutive month, this time by a whopping 102 percent as 14,160 units were sold in September compared to just 6,988 units in August as the supply situation gradually improves.

According to Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad, the automotive supply chain has shown improvements but has yet to reach its full potential.

“We are continuously working with our suppliers and dealers to further improve productivity and safety,” he said.

He explained that the gradual growth in both production and sales were in keeping with the strict quality control measures throughout Perodua’s operations to ensure customer satisfaction.

On a year-to-date perspective, Perodua sold 119,093 vehicles between January and September 2021 compared with 145,012 in the same period of 2020. In comparing the second quarter of the year to the third quarter, sales plummeted by 44.6 percent to 21,803 units between July and September from 39,381 vehicles registered between April and June this year.

The second national lockdown began on 1 June 2021 and was lifted in stages beginning 16 August 2021.

“The fourth quarter of 2021 does offer a better outlook than the previous two quarters, especially the marked improvement in the reduction of Covid-19 cases nationwide as well as the nearly 90 percent vaccination rate of the Malaysian adult population. .

“We do apologise for any inconvenience caused by the delay in the delivery and we will assist our customers in any way that we can to ensure that their Perodua is delivered as soon as possible,” Zainal said