Proton bought 14,872 items in September 2022 – year-to-date gross sales now at 102,353 items, 40.2% up from 2021

Proton delivered a complete of 14,872 items (home and exports) in September 2022, which is 1,008 items lower than the very best ever month-to-month document it set in August (15,880 items). The carmaker ended the third quarter of this 12 months with a cumulative year-to-date (YTD) whole of 102,353 items, a 40.2% enhance in comparison with the primary 9 months in 2021.

Consequently, that is the fourth consecutive 12 months Proton has breached the 100,000-unit barrier, and it did so two months sooner than it did in 2021. The corporate added that it remained in second place within the general gross sales desk with an estimated market share of 23.8% for the month of September, whereas its YTD market share has crossed the 20% mark for the primary time at 20.1%.

When it comes to particular person fashions, the Saga continues to be a powerful contributor with 6,442 items delivered in September (40,603 items YTD), adopted by the X50 with 4,517 items (29,591 items YTD). The X70 continues to guide the C-segment SUV market with 1,730 items bought final month (14,145 items YTD).

In the meantime, 1,159 items (10,787 items YTD) of the Persona and 606 items (4,119 items YTD) of the Iriz had been delivered in September, and the Exora maintained its prime spot within the C-segment MPV market with 418 items (3,108 items YTD).

“Proton’s Q3 efficiency was our greatest quarter of the 12 months, coming in with 42,229 items for the earlier three months. This was made attainable by a mixture of stability in our manufacturing numbers in addition to the continued robust attraction of our fashions, particularly for the 2022 Proton Saga and the Proton X50. Subsequently, regardless of the poor begin to the 12 months, we’re assured of attaining a fourth consecutive 12 months of double-digit gross sales progress,” stated Roslan Abdullah, deputy CEO of Proton.

“Except for concentrating on gross sales progress, the final quarter additionally noticed us laying the groundwork for our future progress. The final distributorship settlement with good units us as much as promote EVs from the model beginning in 2023 whereas the formation of Professional-Web crystalises Proton’s dedication to creating and providing new power autos sooner or later,” he added.

The corporate additionally touched upon its Proton Commerce subsidiary, which disbursed 2,872 loans in September, breaking its earlier excessive set in March this 12 months. As of final month, 15,504 loans have been secured in 2022, exceeding the 14,550 loans for the entire of 2021.

“With the OPR growing by 75 foundation factors this 12 months, clients are actively looking for the most effective packages obtainable to finance their new automotive purchases. As the popular financier for Proton autos, Proton Commerce presents a spread of revolutionary offers together with the bottom charges for Proton Saga consumers in addition to low month-to-month earnings necessities. These strikes have confirmed to be efficient, so we expect extra progress in This autumn this 12 months,” stated Roslan.