Malaysia on course for a fifth straight record year – 640,875 vehicles registered to September 2026
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Malaysia's new vehicle market is on track for another record year. According to the road transport department (JPJ), 640,875 new vehicles were registered from January to September 2026, the highest total for the first nine …
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That is 4.4% more than the same period last year (613,952) and 15,912 units ahead of the previous best, set in 2024 (624,963).
The full-year record belongs to 2025, when 870,188 vehicles were registered, and that was the fourth record year in a row after 2022, 2023 and 2024. To make it five, 2026 needs another 229,314 registrations from October to December to beat it, or about 76,400 a month.
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- Oct 11, 2026
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