RAWANG, Nov 16 (Bernama) -- Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) has already received 3,000 bookings since last week for its third generation Myvi ahead of its official launching this Thursday.
President and chief executive officer Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad said the production of the best-selling affordable compact car started on Nov 9.
“Shipments of the new cars to Sabah and Sarawak have also been done ahead of the official launching event on Nov 18 to ensure it can be delivered to customers within the required time,” he said at a media briefing in Perodua headquarters here today.
The new Myvi will come with upgraded technology, enhanced intelligent safety features, improved fuel economy and new looks, with variants including the 1.5 litre AV (Advance Variant), 1.5 litre H variant, 1.5 litre X variant, as well as two 1.3 litre G variants.
The new Myvi is priced from RM45,700 to RM58,800 for Peninsula Malaysia (without insurance).
Zainal Abidin said the company is closely monitoring its stocks and production but could not commit to any final numbers of targeted sales for this year due to the disruption in its ecosystem and supply chains.
“If, lets say we can do 205,000 (cars) it is good for us looking at the current condition and in fact, if we can do beyond 200,000 sales or so it is already good for us,” he said.
In October, Perodua managed to produce 29,803 units and sold 27,858 vehicles due to improved production and swift deliveries of vehicles to customers.
On a year-to-date basis, Perodua registered sales of 146,951 units from January to October this year.
Zainal Abidin noted that earlier this year, Perodua had faced a production issue due to the shortage of chip supply, but the company could manage the disruption to ensure its expected production for this year would be completed.
“Until the end of this year, based on our current planning and forecast, whatever requirements for our production will be fulfilled as we are in constant communication and discussion with our suppliers and they are committed to supplying our requirements for this year,” he added. “But for the first quarter next year, we are still not sure because we have not gotten any commitment from them (suppliers) but we will try our best and hopefully things will recover.” — Bernama
