Perodua 9-month sales up 10%

Rawang, 17 Oct: Perodua sales for the first 9 months of the year increased 10% to 139,400 vehicles compared with 127,200 units in the same period last year due to healthy sales of the New Myvi and an increase in demand for the Alza.

On a quarter-to-quarter basis, Perodua sold 46,500 vehicles, down 3% from 47,700 units in the same period as the tighter guidelines on Responsible Lending impacted the sales of the Viva models during the period.

“We believe that there is still an upside for our sales in the fourth quarter as the demand for our vehicles is still healthy with bookings recorded in 3Q12 reaching 61,800 units against a registration of 46,500 units in the same period,” Perodua Managing Director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said.

He added that baring no unforeseen circumstances, and based on the number of bookings Perodua received so far; the national carmaker is cautiously positive in achieving its 188,000 sales target by year end.

“Based on the forecasted total industry volume by the Malaysian Automotive Association of 615,000, we expect to maintain our 30% market share by year end,” Aminar said.

On a month-on-month comparison, Perodua sold 13,900 vehicles in September from 13,200 vehicles in the same month last year as the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations shorten the number of working days in September 2011.

“Moving forward, Perodua will aggressively engage in traditional marketing campaigns and will introduce new packages specifically targeted to key demographics in order to further enhance sales,” Aminar said.

“One such campaign is the recently launched “What’s Up, Graduates!” campaign specifically designed to attract those who recently graduated and undergraduates to purchase our vehicles,” he added.

On exports, Perodua exports jumped 53% to some 7,800 units for the first 9 months of the year from some 5,000 units in the same period last year.

“Indonesia, which Perodua export under the Daihatsu brand is our biggest export market with 4,600 units sold, representing nearly 59% of our total exports,” Aminar said.

On after sales, Perodua saw 1.34 million vehicles patron its service centres nationwide for the first 9 months of the year; up 5% from 1.27 million in the same period last year.

“This means that 53% of the total number of Perodua vehicles still in operation has returned to our service centres for their motoring needs.”

“We will strive to further improve our service levels – in both sales and after sales – in order to give our customers the best motoring experience because here at Perodua You Matter Most!” Aminar said.

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Siswa kini boleh beli kereta

KUANTAN: Pelajar tahun akhir institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) awam dan swasta berpeluang membeli kereta PERODUA dengan bayaran serendah RM299 sebulan.

Tawaran itu diberikan Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (PERODUA) yang juga pengeluar kereta nasional kedua, menerusi program pemilikan kereta terbarunya iaitu ‘What's Up Graduates’.
Pengarah Urusannya, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, berkata program itu adalah inisiatif PERODUA untuk memberi peluang kepada kumpulan pelajar tahun akhir memiliki kenderaan sendiri tanpa bayaran pendahuluan.

Katanya, tawaran itu terbuka untuk semua model PERODUA Viva dan MyVi yang bermula semalam dan akan berakhir 31 Mac 2013.

Tunjuk kad pelajar

Beliau berkata, pelajar hanya perlu menunjukkan kad pelajar dan membawa seorang penjamin bagi memohon tawaran berkenaan ketika melaksanakan urusan jual beli kenderaan di semua cawangan PERODUA.
“Program ini ditawarkan kepada pelajar tahun akhir hanya untuk tempoh bayaran bulanan bagi tahun pertama saja, sebab mereka ini bakal memasuki alam pekerjaan sementara gaji pula masih kecil.

“Selepas tahun pertama, bayaran bagi tempoh seterusnya akan beransur-ansur meningkat dari tahun ke tahun sehinggalah habis tempoh pinjaman, sejajar dengan kenaikan gaji mereka,” katanya ketika berucap pada majlis perasmian Expoconvo 2012 Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Gambang, dekat sini, semalam.

Turut hadir Timbalan Naib Canselor (Penyelidikan dan Inovasi) UMP, Prof Datuk Dr Rosli Mohd Yunus dan Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik dan Antarabangsa), Prof Dr Badrulhisham Abdul Aziz.

Perlindungan insurans kemalangan

Selain pembelian kereta, Aminar Rashid berkata, kumpulan pelajar itu juga akan menerima perlindungan insurans kemalangan bernilai RM20,000 secara percuma, di samping diskaun 50 peratus bagi servis asas di semua pusat servis PERODUA di seluruh negara.

Dalam pada itu, Aminar Rashid yang juga Ahli Lembaga Pengarah UMP berkata, penganjuran program Expoconvo itu penting untuk mempromosikan pesta konvokesyen yang menjadi acara tahunan universiti berkenaan.

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Budget boosting auto industry indirectly, says Perodua

KUALA LUMPUR: Perodua expects the automotive industry in general to receive an indirect boost from Budget 2013 which generally increases disposable income through tax cuts and other goodies provided.

Among the notable proposals is the RM1.9 billion allocated for affordable housing, the 1.5-month bonus to civil servants and the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia or BR1M 2.0 scheme, which is now extended to singles aged 21 years old and earning less than RM2,000 a month, said its managing director, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh.

Aminar Rashid

These initiatives will help ease the burden of a large portion of the population as it addresses two major themes, namely housing and disposable income, he added.

He said the reduction in the individual tax rate by one aggregate point and the continuation of the RM100 to each school-going child will also help in easing the burden of the general population.

Aminar Rashid said an allocation of RM1 billion for the SME Development Fund is most welcome as a majority of Perodua's vendors are under the small and medium enterprises category.

He said the fund will help them invest in new technology, find foreign partners for joint ventures, invest in human capital and upgrade equipment in preparation for market liberalisation as well as becoming globally competitive.

"This is in line with the government's intention to make Malaysia an auto production/manufacturing hub," he added.

He also reacted positively to the RM5.8 billion allocated for tourism.

"We believe this will help spur the transportation sector, including the auto industry to further support the success of tourism in Malaysia," he said.

He said Perudua also supports the direction to improve further on vocational and technical training.

"Perodua would like to work with the relevant Ministries to increase the intake of our current CSR programme, the Perodua Youth Training Programme, along the same objective to train and produce skilled and semi-skilled workers for the auto industry," Aminar Rashid said.

He added that this will help reduce the dependency on foreign workers, especially for the auto vendor community.
 -Bernama

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