Due to the face of automotive-related material prices have increased frequently in the year, including the steel, chips, batteries, and other important components prices continue to rise, coupled with the devaluation of the Malaysian dollar, labor, transportation, and logistics costs stacked up, making the cost of building a car has risen significantly.
Therefore, a number of car manufacturers such as Toyota, BMW, and MINI in Malaysia 2023, has been announced in January to raise prices one after another.
Therefore, many people are waiting to see if domestic cars will also be affected, and one after another announced an increase in car prices.
However, the second domestic car Perodua announced that even if the price of raw materials increases, the existing car prices will remain unchanged this year.
Perodua Chief Executive Officer and CEO of Perodua Zainal Abidin bin Osman said at the “Outlook 2023” press conference that the prices of Perodua’s existing cars will remain unchanged and only the prices of new cars will be increased.
He also explained that although the price of the new Axia has increased, but this is not caused by the increase in the price of raw materials, but the addition of new features and safety equipment caused the price to rise.
