KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 (Bernama) — The UMW Group’s automotive sales surged by 41% month-on-month in August 2022 as for both UMW Toyota Motor (“UMWT”) and UMW’s associate company, Perodua registered improved sales. The Group delivered 35,130 units in August 2022 compared with 24,983 units registered in July 2022 as it continues to fulfil its encouraging outstanding order book. Consequently, for the first eight months of 2022, the UMW Group delivered a total of 233,367 units, 63% higher than the 143,018 units registered in the corresponding period of 2021 which was affected by the implementation of the Full Movement Control Order (“FMCO”) from 1 June to 15 August 2021.
UMWT achieved its highest sales for 2022 with the delivery of 9,091 units in August 2022, a 37% increase compared with 6,637 units registered in July 2022. UMWT continues to give exciting offers for the purchase of selected Toyota Vios and Yaris variants until the end of September as part of its Merdeka and Malaysia day campaigns. Year-to-date August 2022, UMWT registered 61,639 units, 62% higher than the 38,085 units registered in the corresponding period of 2021. Since the commencement of order-taking for the all-new Toyota Veloz on 24 June 2022, UMWT has received encouraging response with approximately 5,200 bookings for the model which will be launched soon.
