Perodua Axia to achieve sales target of 30,000 units by year-end

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) is on track to achieve its target of selling 30,000 units of Perodua Axia by year-end, said its CEO, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh.

Aminar said since booking opened on Aug 15, it has received bookings for 13,500 units, with daily bookings of between 500 and 600 units.

"Most of the demand were for the Standard G variants, both automatic and manual transmissions, which accounted for around 50 percent of the total bookings," he told a media briefing on the launch of the model here Monday.

Currently, Aminar said, the booking period for the model was about 1.5 months and the maximum time period expected was under two months.

During the launch, the compact carmaker also announced a better price positioning for all Axia variants.

"We are humbled by the overwhelming response from the public and we will honour that trust as well as support by giving you the best that we can offer.

"The previous price list was tentative and we are happy to announce that we are able to give a better price to our customers," he said.

The tentative prices for the model ranges from RM24,900 to RM45,300 while the new prices were from RM24,600 to RM42,530.

Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, launched the Perodua Axia yesterday.

Also present were Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, Makio Miyagawa, Perodua chairman, Tan Sri Asmar Kamaluddin and Daihatsu Motor Co chairman, Koichi Ina.