New vehicle sales in Malaysia rose by 8.6% to 48,702 units in November, from 44,845 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
Compared with the 53,654 units sold October, sales were down by 9.2%, however, which the association attributes mainly to shortages of certain models caused by the recent floods in Thailand.
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Passenger vehicles sales accounted for 42,754 of the November total, with commercial vehicles making up the remaining 5,948 units.
Cumulative sales for the eleven month period rose 0.4% to 552,561 units, from 550,391 in the year-earlier period. Of these, 492,884 were passenger vehicles and 59,677 were commercial vehicles.
The association also revealed that vehicle production in November declined by 2.5% to 35,355, from 36,265 units a year earlier. Year-to-date output was down by 4.6% at 501,755 units.
