Top 20 models in Jan 2025 – Axia, Bezza, Myvi, Saga, Alza in top 5, Alphard outsells Persona, City, S70

It’s that time of the month again – we’ve retrieved the latest registration data from the road transport department (JPJ) for January. So far, we’ve already brought you the sales breakdown of electric vehicles, but here we’re taking a look at the overall table.

We’ve done enough of these to know that the top six – consisting solely of national cars – are pretty much set in stone, with only the minor trading of places being of interest. The upshot is that the Perodua Axia has finally trumped the Bezza to become Malaysia’s best-selling model, with 7,096 units registered last month.

It’s quite a healthy margin, too – maybe, just maybe, age is catching up with the Bezza (5,106 units) a little. It’s a good job, then, that Perodua has just confirmed that one of its current nameplates will be getting a full model change, and given its sales volume and the fact it’s now nine years old, the Bezza is the most likely candidate.

Also a likely candidate is the Myvi at 4,464 units, just three units ahead of the Bezza’s biggest competitor, the Proton Saga, at 4,461 units. Then there’s a gap of over 1,000 units to the Alza (3,214 units), followed by the Ativa (2,526 units). Seemingly a perennial seventh-placer, the Toyota Vios is the top non-national car with 1,605 units registered, while the Proton X50 beats all others to eighth with 1,402 units registered.

In ninth place is a real surprise – the ever-popular Toyota Alphard is now the second best-selling non-national car in Malaysia with 1,397 units registered, not only beating out its stablemates Corolla Cross (1,335 units) and Hilux (1,294 units) but even the Proton Persona (1,218 units), Honda City (sedan and hatchback, 1,195 units) and Proton S70 (1,133 units).

As you’re probably aware by now, only a fraction of Alphard sales come from official distributor UMW Toyota Motor. The vast majority of these luxury MPVs were instead sourced from the grey market, which probably had the annual Chinese New Year rush to thank. Other people movers on this list, the Mitsubishi Xpander and Perodua Aruz, languish in 15th (963 units) and 17th place (839 units) instead, sandwiching the Honda HR-V (862 units).

With the initial craze gone, the Jaecoo J7 has settled in a still-respectable 18th place with 765 units registered, beating the Honda Civic; the latter has seen a resurgence with the recent facelift with 642 units ending up in new homes. Proton’s evergreen C-segment SUV, the X70, rounds out the top 20 with 568 units registered last month.

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