KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 (Bernama) — The UMW Group’s automotive sales improved in October 2022 as both UMW Toyota Motor (“UMWT”) and UMW’s associate company, Perodua, registered higher sales. The Group delivered 35,130 units in October 2022, 4% higher than the 33,859 units registered in September 2022 as both companies continued to fulfil their encouraging outstanding bookings. Consequently, for the first ten months of 2022, the UMW Group delivered a total of 302,356 units, 50% higher than the 201,569 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 9,281 units in October 2022, a marginal increase compared with the 9,233 units registered in September 2022. Year-to-date October 2022, UMWT registered 80,153 units, a 47% growth compared with the 54,618 units registered in the corresponding period of 2021. To further refresh its model line-up, UMWT launched the all-new Toyota Veloz on 18 October. The locally assembled (CKD) Toyota Veloz is a step up from the Toyota Avanza in the Malaysian B-segment MPV market. The single-variant MPV’s selling price starts at RM95,000 and has garnered over 7,000 bookings to-date.