The Malaysian Automotive Affiliation (MAA) has launched car gross sales knowledge for the month of January 2026, which noticed a complete of 64,298 models being delivered to prospects. This newest determine is 29% decrease when in comparison with the 90,716 models recorded in December 2025.
In line with the affiliation, the lowered gross sales quantity in January 2026 is principally the results of advance buying in December 2025, which noticed the best single-month tally in historical past (the earlier file was 81,735 models in December 2024). This isn’t a brand new phenomenon, as the identical factor occurred when evaluating January to December gross sales figures going again a pair of years.
On a year-to-year (YoY) foundation, the January 2026 tally is a whopping 27% increased in comparison with January 2025 (50,449 models), with the rise attributed to the spillover impact from new mannequin launches that befell in direction of the tip of 2025.
For the month of February 2026, the affiliation is anticipating gross sales to stay subdued because of the shorter working month (17 days) introduced on by the Chinese language New Yr holidays.
On the manufacturing web site of issues, final month noticed a complete of 60,866 automobiles being produced, which is 6% extra in comparison with the 57,450 models recorded in January 2025.
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