Following the ministry of investment, trade and industry’s (MITI) reaffirmation of the country’s automotive investment and sector policies in a statement made in response to the BYD CKD topic that emerged earlier this week, national automaker Perodua has thanked the government for clarifying its position on the National Automotive Policy (NAP) and the policy’s intended purpose, which is to encourage investment that will benefit the country.
In a statement, Perodua said that the NAP has allowed the automotive industry’s ecosystem to be further strengthened, with significant economic spillover, ultimately fostering shared prosperity for all stakeholders.
This includes long-term sustainable employment and the development of local entrepreneurs, involving local vendors and dealers.
Additionally, the far-ranging scope has also brought about investment in infrastructure, human capital enrichment and R&D as well as a commitment towards technology and technical sharing. The automaker said the existing policy, vision and roadmap outlined by the NAP work as a comprehensive, transparent and consistent guide for automotive industry players, and applauded MITI for its vision of a progressive Malaysian automotive industry that balances progress and openness for the benefit of all.
Separately, the Perodua Suppliers Association (P2SA) and Perodua Dealers Association (PDA) also issued similarly-themed statements on the matter. The P2SA, representing an extensive network of local automotive component manufacturers, expressed its full support for MITI’s statement regarding the conditions set for new completely knocked down (CKD) entrants.
The association said that by applying high-volume assembly conditions consistently across all brands, regardless of their country of origin, the ministry is ensuring that the growth of the electric vehicle (EV) sector does not come at the expense of the existing local ecosystem.
The P2SA said MITI’s stance protects the years of investment companies have poured into local industrial capacity and technology, while encouraging new players to integrate with Malaysian suppliers. It added that the approach ensures that ‘local assembly’ translates into genuine high-value economic spillover for Malaysians, rather than just a final-touch process.
The association said it remains committed to evolving alongside the NAP and stands ready to provide the necessary components and expertise to support the country’s journey towards sustainable mobility, with its members ready and eager to embrace the transition to e-mobility.
As for the Perodua Dealers Association (PDA), it thanked the ministry’s efforts in developing the automotive sector and its commitment towards ensuring the prosperity of local businesses. The association said that the trust showed by both the government and the Malaysian public have allowed its members to reinvest into the country by way of business expansion and social responsibility programmes.
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Perodua better not ask for handout on their failed QV-E.
QV-E – might as well sell a metal wagon with leasing for tyres. QV-E – Quitting Vehicles – Electircally (batteries not included) XD
LOL. Perodua, isn’t all this your idea ? Probably cohort with Proton as well.
Of course la they support MITI stance, since they are the one benefitting the most from it.
This quick statement from Perodua, Perodua Suppliers Association (P2SA) and Perodua Dealers Association (PDA) just shows that they pakat with MITI to maximize their profit and the expense of the rakyat, in disguise helping local economy.
Of course do you expect the person gifted with tongkat to want his tongkat taken away? Mother trucker
Support apa P2?You wanna comment then grow up and be compete without your datuk and nenek help. Kill your qev that has only sold 1 unit, and see what other ideas u can come out with besides selling ev without battery
Perodua contributed significantly to the Austrian economy by paying Magna Steyr hundreds of millions to develop the failure QVE. Money well spent indeed.
I think perodua misunderstand what automotive industry is. From what i know, perodua not even trying to export their cars as they make such a high margin sellingbm to domestic market. This create complacency and as china cars enter the market a huge difference in quality.
Perodua cant even bothered to explore asean markets as they know they products are below par and not competitive price wise.
The gomen should allow other makes to come in and provide the competition that is lacking in our car market.
that is precisely why our national carmakers should be given a time-limit for all these protection. It has been 30-40 years now, how long do they still need the tongkat and grow the F up???
See what did i tell u guys, the main protection was for P2.
True! Proton sold Emas7 above 100k ady, emas5 also below 75k..what left? the baas car! Main protection is for P2 now.
Looks like P2 is not ready for change. Protection may allow you to protect your turf but will make you uncompetitive elsewhere. So be prepared to be irrelevant in the coming years.
With Geely backing Proton, just look at the leaps and bounds in value and quality that Proton is delivering to Malaysians now. Even in the face of other fellow Chinese rivals, Proton’s current range of products are export-quality and internationally competitive.
But, before Proton got to this point, it had to die first. Proton died and became stronger in its rebirth. And we’re all the better for it.
Can the same be said for Perodua? Hardly. Look at their build quality and materials. It’s no different from cars from 15 years ago. And look at the prices they’re selling their subpar products for.
Perodua is constantly hiding behind the Japanese reputation of Toyota and Daihatsu to sell their products. Granted, they’ve always had lower defect rates compared to Proton but it’s no longer tie case today. Neither are their powertrain unusually reliable and robust compared to that of the Chinese rivals and Proton.
Any advantage that Perodua has today is merely in the heads of the buyers. And Perodua is milking this mixture of goodwill and ignorance. And as we can see here, they want mediocrity and protection to continue.
Come on people. Make the right choice for the next car you buy.
When did Proton actually died?
PMX failed to protect our independence and he even sold proton to geely and sold ECRL to china, sorry my mistake that was done by a different PM
blind pride is stupid. yes there is pride if your national car maker is innovative and able to compete fairly on a global scale, but not when they still using tongkat after 30+ years. Nobody will be proud of protected jaguh kampung…its actually shameful.
This video game character is just creating a piece of fiction of its own. If Proton did ‘die’ in the past, that would mean the company must have had at some time closed down & ceased operation, but in reality, that did not happen.
Tu dia!! Look at all these ignorant morons commenting LOL.. you guys are probably teenagers.
10 years ago in 2016, Proton was looking at bankruptcy. They couldn’t settle their debts to their creditors and vendors. They only have net losses. Sales and revenue can’t cover the hole anymore. They basically went under.
The government had to bail them out and set conditions for restructuring, including securing a foreign partner. That’s how Geely eventually got their 49.9% stake in Proton to revive it.
Either you guys are ignorant or too young to know that Proton was at that time the same as an insolvent company that had to enter OA?
It’s you who is the ignorant fool. It’s so obvious Proton did not die, as in bungkus, gulung tikar, tutup kedai, etc, because everyone knew it had been bailed out. And yet it is you yourself who wrote in your Wednesday’s comment the factual error that Proton had died. You’re the one who needs to grow up & just admit that you had made an error if you want to salvage every bit of credibility you have left, instead of calling others morons. Shame on you!
It’s just a video game character which does not have the conscience to admit its own mistake and thus obviously lacks credibility.
Hudson, Studebaker, British Leyland & Saab are some of the automotive manufacturers which had actually died as they are no longer in business.
When Proton was facing debts & losses, it was still in business making & selling cars, which obviously means that it never died as you had mentioned in your earlier comment.
Therefore, it is clearly your own mistake, but you instead choose to stoop so low by attempting to imply that your critics are immature ignorant morons, which would actually be more suited to the description of your own character.
Perodua, please get a Chinese partner like Proton – Geely. Daihatsu is going to be dead end brand. best get ready now by selecting wisely.
Perodua coming out with unsafe Cars..Rakyat have to eat what served by Perodua. Masin dan Basi.pun kena Makan. Or else what to buy?
Perodua can fight lah last time with Proton.But now Perodua is slowing dying with no one to fight with…as everyone is ahead….soon will sell everything to a better rival…
They are still fighting on the sales charts
What u smoking? Perodua sold 50k cars vs Proton 30k as at Feb this year. Not to mention record high last year with more than double Proton numbers.
More numbers sold meant P2 took more subsidies too.
In the past as always said gov protect the local car brand by impose the high tax on foreign car brands. Proton is the main one being protect as it lack of competitiveness than the Perodua. But thing had changed in recent years when it comes to EV.
The 2 local car brands are different characteristics. Proton who backed by Geely who have matured tech on EV (China car brands are strong in EV), while Perodua supported by Japanese Daihatsu who owned by Toyota is only strong in ICE and EV. Proton is always well prepare the strong competition from China brands and they launch emas 5 priced at RM70k. Any time Proton is ready to come out smaller one like emas 3 to compete with Atto 1 at RM50-55k in future. Unfortunately Perodua is having disastrous development in EV and yes it is “0” competitive almost to any brand in the world. It even lousier than the bankrupt company like Neta. And now gov need to help them to block other brands to taking up the Perodua market share. This time Perodua is the one letting all national citizens down and laughing loud by Proton.
Of course they will support this so that they can slap high prices on their cars and they don’t want to compete with anyone else.
Because of P1/2, all we get is the “brilliant” MITI policy on CKD fiasco recently, BYD.
Perodua should spend time fixing own mindset, QEV screwed up big time, need post mortem for such failure.
so much drama to show they should continue to receive protection and handicapped policies from government. Many has voiced their displease. If you run a business for more than 30 years but still fail, then you’re just a failure. Stop forcing Malaysians to buy inflated priced cars by using so much excuses. Remove the tongkat and compete fairly, only then you can learn and improve. The tongkat is your curse.
P1 is Geely while P2 is Toyota/Daihatsu….why is govt protecting this companies which are Japs & China from their competitor??
because the underlying vendor ecosystem are local M cronies
No tongkat is going to save the QV-E. It is dead already but Perodua doesn’t know it yet.
National car policy is a failed policy