{"id":37098,"date":"2025-10-31T01:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/automotive\/perodua-has-started-exporting-used-cars-bangladesh-first-kenya-and-mozambique-next-new-bezza-to-png\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T01:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:22:33","slug":"perodua-has-started-exporting-used-cars-bangladesh-first-kenya-and-mozambique-next-new-bezza-to-png","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/automotive\/perodua-has-started-exporting-used-cars-bangladesh-first-kenya-and-mozambique-next-new-bezza-to-png\/","title":{"rendered":"Perodua has started exporting used cars \u2013 Bangladesh first, Kenya and Mozambique next, new Bezza to PNG"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Perodua<\/a><\/p>\n

Speak to used car dealers and you might hear that sales of second-hand cars have slowed and inventory isn\u2019t moving as fast as they\u2019d like. Car brands that accept trade-ins from buyers to push their new cars might be facing the same issues as well, and Perodua has such a division called Pre-Owned Vehicles (POV).<\/p>\n

Affordable Peroduas are some of the hottest commodities in the Malaysian used car market, but even P2 can do with better outflow. The solution? Exporting used cars. Yes, your used Perodua Ativa or Aruz could go on to have a second life in South Asia and even Africa! <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve started exporting used cars to other countries. We\u2019ve started with Bangladesh and we\u2019re studying Kenya and Mozambique and other countries as the next markets,\u201d Perodua president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told us on the sidelines of the 2025 Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo. <\/p>\n

\"Perodua<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to make sure that used Peroduas can be channelled to other countries and at the same time new cars can be sold. This will help the car density in Malaysia, so that it\u2019s not too saturated and the total industry volume (TIV, or new car sales) can be maintained,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t already know, Malaysia\u2019s car penetration rate or vehicles per capita is among the highest in the world. Despite the saturation, TIV is growing. We\u2019re a smaller country than Thailand, but our vehicle sales overtook the \u2018Detroit of the East\u2019 in 2023, and the narrow margin became huge in 2024. In fact, Malaysia\u2019s record TIV of 816,747 units last year came very close to Indonesia\u2019s, and that\u2019s a country of nearly 300 million people!<\/p>\n

Market leader Perodua is also flying. Last year\u2019s 358,102 units was an all-time high for the company, surpassing the previous benchmark of 330,325 units, recorded just in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"Perodua<\/a><\/p>\n

This used car export plan has been in the making, and Zainal first broached the subject in 2021. \u201cBased on our long term plan for second-hand cars, there are so many used cars in Malaysia. One of our strategy is we\u2019re looking at options, whether we can export these used cars to other countries that require cars. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we speak, we have our team now studying in one of the countries, which I cannot announce now. They are doing feasibility studies and we\u2019ve sent a few cars over there for them to do market survey, pricing acceptance and so on,\u201d the P2 chief told us then.<\/p>\n

If the export of used cars sounds strange, it\u2019s actually rather common. For example, Japan exports plenty of used cars worldwide, and Malaysia is one of the major destinations. While our recond cars from Japan and UK consists mostly of luxury MPVs\/SUVs and sports\/performance models with low mileage, there are other countries that bulk import regular, non-luxury\/enthusiast JDM cars. For instance, there are plenty of \u2018normal\u2019 used JDM cars all over New Zealand, used as daily tools in lieu of official imports from authorised distributors.<\/p>\n

\"Perodua<\/a><\/p>\n

Demand for the used Peroduas has been pretty good, we\u2019re told. Perhaps it\u2019s due to the reputation of Japanese reliability. Also, many Bangladesh nationals might be familiar with Perodua cars, as they are ubiquitous in Malaysia. <\/p>\n

Nothing significant on the new car export front, as Perodua generally sells whatever it can make locally. But there was a recent moment of pride. \u201cLately, we\u2019ve been exporting the Bezza to Papua New Guinea. The Bezza is being used as a police car there, and it was also used in their national day celebrations. That\u2019s something to be very proud of \u2013 countries like Papua New Guinea accept Perodua as a trusted brand,\u201d Zainal shared.<\/p>\n

The post Perodua has started exporting used cars \u2013 Bangladesh first, Kenya and Mozambique next, new Bezza to PNG appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speak to used car dealers and you might hear that sales of second-hand cars have slowed and inventory isn\u2019t moving as fast as they\u2019d like. Car brands that accept trade-ins from buyers to push their new cars might be facing the same issues as well, and Perodua has such a division called Pre-Owned Vehicles (POV). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-automotive"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}