The road transport department (JPJ) has released the latest vehicle registration data for the year ended 2024, so let’s take a look at the top 20 best-selling car brands in Malaysia.
As it has been for a number of years, Perodua came out on top with total registrations hitting 358,100 units. Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua started the year with a commanding lead in January with 29,680 units and kept the momentum going over the next 11 months with average monthly sales of about 29,000 units.
In second place is Proton with 147,587 units registered in 2024 based on JPJ data. Over the course of the year, Proton sold over 12,000 units in most months, with exceptions being April, June, September and November where the figures hovered around the 10,000- and 11,000-unit mark.
Rounding off the podium and the third brand to cross the 100,000-unit mark is Toyota with 127,202 units, while in fourth place is Honda with 85,273 units. Keep in mind that Toyota also sells the Hilux, which saw 26,738 units registered, so if comparing purely based on passenger vehicles, the gulf between the two is smaller. Moving on, it’s clear the top four brands are well ahead of the others listed which did not crack the 20,000-unit mark.
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Chery managed to place itself above Japanese brands Mitsubishi (16,188 units) and Mazda (14,790 units) with 19,687 registrations. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz edged out BMW to become the best-selling premium car brand here with 11,876 units against 10,259 units.
Completing the top 10 is BYD, a brand that currently only sells electric vehicles (EVs) in Malaysia. While not able to cross 10,000 units, the 8,570 registrations recorded placed the Chinese brand above Nissan (7,316 units), Isuzu (6,847 units) and even Lexus (6,431 units).
Progressing further down the list, Ford, which only sells two models – the Ranger and Everest – slotted into 14th place with 6,202 units. Another brand that only sells two models is Tesla in 15th place with 5,137 units.
Below the 3,000-unit mark and in 16th place is Porsche with 2,704 units, which is followed by MINI (2,272 units) and Great Wall Motor (2,128 units). Meanwhile, the two brands that didn’t cross the 2,000-unit mark are Volvo (1,964 units) and Volkswagen (1,822 units) in 19th and 20th place respectively.
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