As at Nov 30, 2017, it achieved 66,190 units in sales, a growth of 2% compared to 65,069 in the same period last year, driven by its Saga and Persona models.
In a statement today, the national carmaker said the Saga and Persona models continued to lead all other models with year-to-date sales of 28,368 and 18,113 units, respectively, accounting for 70% of Proton’s total car sales.
Proton’s vice-president of sales and marketing, Abdul Rashid Musa, said it had been a challenging journey for the company for the past five years, and that the steady growth recorded from January-November 2017 was a positive achievement for Proton.
“We will continue to push ourselves harder in the coming months and we hope that customers will take advantage of the incredible year-end deals for Proton cars,” he said.
He said growth was seen from the ongoing internal quality improvements.
“Together with our partner, Proton has intensified quality improvement processes and efforts, with exceptional sharing of knowledge and skills, as well as the opportunity for our local team to be trained at Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd in China.
“Progress has been positive since Proton already owns good and durable products. We shall keep working on further improvements in our cars, and we look forward to doing better in providing customer satisfaction,” he said.
Proton said the reliability and durability of its cars were tested in a gruelling nine-hour endurance race at Sepang 1,000km 2017 last month, in which Proton emerged the overall winner.