The road transport department’s (JPJ) latest registration data is out, and besides the usual 1-2-3-4 of a Malaysian pair and a Japanese pair, plus BYD glued to fifth since October, November sees significant climbs from Mazda (ninth to sixth, 849 to 1,398 units) and Tesla (19th to seventh, 320 to 1,301 units).
Mazda of course had quite a few recent launches – the CX-60 and CX-80 in September, and the 3 1.5 High Plus and BT-50 facelift in November. The American EV brand, however, has been up and down for most of the year, but this is its best month so far, as it is Mazda’s – it’s actually Hiroshima’s first four-digit sales month this year.
Having enjoyed fifth or sixth for many months, Chery unfortunately has to settle for ninth in November by doing 1,069 units (a shadow of its 1,735-unit August high). Colleague Omoda | Jaecoo fared a bit better with 1,092 units, while Mitsubishi was only two units shy of Chery. Great Wall Motor (GWM) did well; it just had its best month this year with 642 units, earning it a spot immediately outside the top 10.
With just a month left before 2025 ends, how do the overall standings look? Perodua is gunning for a record 359,000 units this year, so it needs to sell 36,133 in December. Proton is targeting 156,000; take away 6,000 exports and it needs to sell 12,000 more units domestically before the year is out.
Toyota’s at 112,903 units; Honda 64,730 – that’s the Hilux and recon/grey market Alphard effect for you. Omoda | Jaecoo is the top-performing Chinese carmaker at nearly 16,000 units, well ahead of BYD’s 11,870 and mother brand Chery’s 11,458. Mitsubishi looks like it could end the year at a very respectable sixth, while Mercedes-Benz is keeping BMW out of the top 10 at 8,195 versus 6,926 units.
We’re now on the final straight! How will 2025 end? Here’s how the brands stack up from an EV perspective.
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