According
to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), car sales are expected to
improve in May 2004 because of positive sentiments due to the availability of
new models and the drop in the "wait-and-see" attitude of potential
car buyers. It said in a statement that the sales volume for passenger and
commercial vehicles in April 2004 was 1,608 units or four percent lower than in
March 2004 to 38,697 units. Total sales of passenger cars and commercial
vehicles in April 2003 came to 34,322 units while sales in the first four
months of the year 2004 totalled 140,454 units from 134,363 units a year
earlier. National passenger cars, which accounted for 82 percent of the total
sales of 29,925 units of passenger cars in April 2004, saw lower sales at
24,294 units. Sales of national passenger cars in April 2003 totalled 24,786
units. In the first four months of the year 2004, 87,617 units of national cars
were sold from 97,075 units in Jan-April 2003. The MAA said that sales of
non-national cars jumped to 5,631 units in April 2004 from 2,772 units a year
earlier. Sales of non-national cars in the first four months of the year 2004
totalled 21,170 units from 11,811 units in the first four months of 2003.
Non-national commercial vehicles saw sales of 6,651 units in April 2004 from
5,192 units in April 2003. Year to date sales totalled 22,157 units from 19,863
units in the first four months of 2003. As for national commercial vehicles,
sales rose to 2,121 units in April 2004 from 1,572 units in April 2003.
Year-to-date sales came to 9,510 units from 5,614 units in Jan-April 2003.
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