The Malaysian Automotive Affiliation (MAA) has launched automobile gross sales knowledge for the month of September 2025, reporting {that a} complete of 58,490 models have been delivered to consumers. This represents a lower of 21.47%, or 15,989 models, from the 74,479 models bought in August (revised from the 73,041 models initially reported final month).
In response to the affiliation, the drop in numbers final month was attributed to fewer working days in September resulting from quite a lot of public holidays (4 days) and a normal “wait-and-see” perspective in the direction of the Funds 2026 announcement, together with particulars on the Body95 petrol subsidy rationalisation.
September’s numbers are additionally a marginal 0.24% (or 139 models) enchancment over the identical month in 2024, the place 58,351 models of passenger and industrial automobiles have been shifted. As for the year-to-date (YTD) determine, the 2025 complete into the ninth month of the yr stands at 579,336 automobiles bought, which is 2.78% behind the corresponding interval in 2024, when 595,883 models have been delivered.
For the month of October 2025, the affiliation mentioned it anticipates gross sales to be higher than September because of the absence of an announcement concerning an extension of the CBU EV tax exemption, which ends this yr. That is anticipated to drive demand for BEVs till the top of the yr. It added that year-end promotion campaigns must also drive gross sales quantity up.
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