PETALING JAYA: Proton Holdings Bhd’s gross sales rebounded to put up a 107% improve in February after having skilled a difficult month of low gross sales in January.
The nationwide automotive maker bought 9,225 models final month, permitting it to reclaim the second spot within the automotive gross sales desk.
This has additionally put Proton again on monitor to get well the misplaced gross sales in January, when its manufacturing line was badly affected by flooding points.
In a press release, Proton Edar chief govt officer Roslan Abdullah mentioned the rebound in gross sales for February was a direct results of the corporate with the ability to produce extra automobiles, pushed by the excellent joint efforts of its distributors and employees.
“Fortunately, our order financial institution stays wholesome, and we stay hopeful of catching up on our targets for this yr.
“For the native automotive trade, the primary two months of this yr have seen robust demand as evidenced by the expansion within the whole trade quantity (TIV) in comparison with 2021,” he added.
Proton’s home market share was estimated at 20.2% in February, whereas the cumulative market share for the primary two months of 2022 is pegged at 15.9%.
With the complete resumption of manufacturing at its Shah Alam and Tanjung Malim vegetation, there was a marked improve in Proton’s gross sales numbers throughout the board.
The Proton X50 and Proton X70 closed February with 3,002 and 1,119 models bought, respectively, permitting each to retain their maintain on first place of their respective segments.
In the meantime, the corporate famous that the Proton X50 was additionally the best-selling SUV within the nation and had attracted over 100,000 bookings in solely 16 months.
Though home gross sales nonetheless path final yr’s quantity, Proton disclosed that export gross sales have grown 72.8% this yr. For the primary two months of the yr, 323 models have been bought in export markets from 187 models of varied Proton automobiles in 2021.
Transferring ahead, Roslan mentioned the corporate can be increasing its vendor community, and in addition taking steps to enhance the standard of its after-sales service for its clients. “We are going to give updates on our progress all year long,” he added.