Denza Malaysia has moved to reassure prospective buyers that prices for its sole current model, the D9 electric MPV, will remain unchanged for 2025 units, which are still available.
These cars will stay tax-free despite being CBU imports, as EVs brought in before December 28 continue to qualify for import and excise duty exemptions. That’s good news for a car that’s been claimed as Malaysia’s best-selling luxury MPV, with over 1,200 units sold since its February 2025 launch.
Existing units of the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire rival will continue to retail at RM259,000 for the single-motor front-wheel-drive model and RM309,000 for the dual-motor all-wheel-drive version. These prices are nett without registration or on-the-road costs, and customers will still have to pay slightly more this year due to the reintroduction of road tax for EVs (RM335 for FWD, RM485 for AWD). For now, it’s unclear if there will be 2026 units will be brought in, and whether these will carry higher prices.
The announcement comes as the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) revealed the new tax structure for CBU EVs. The base rate is 30% import duty, 10% excise duty and 10% sales tax, meaning that some cars will be taxed as much as 50%. However, cars from China (like the D9) receive a preferential import duty rate of just 5% thanks to the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA), resulting in a total tax of 25%.
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for same price 250k , smart buyers better choose second hand junk , sorry i mean grade 4.5 star recond alphard/vellfire year made 2022, because japs have better resale value
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300bhp for RM250k is enough to smoke the turbo vellfire/alphard that costs double the price
Existing units of the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire rival will continue to retail at RM259,000 f
I think typo “Toyota Alphard/Velfire” instead of Denza D9
the sentence is correct, because of the keyword “RIVAL”