Perodua sticks to 216,000 sales target for 2016, despite industry body's pessimism

PETALING JAYA: Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) is maintaining its sales target of 216,000 units for 2016 as it sees a better second half of the year (2H), with sales led by Bezza and Axia.
This is despite the Malaysia Automotive Association revising downwards the 2016 total industry volume forecast to 580,000 units from 650,000 projected earlier.
"We're cautiously positive under this (challenging) backdrop," Perodua president and CEO Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said afer giving the company's performance review for 1H16 here this morning.
Perodua aims to achieve sales of 118,600 units in the second half after selling 97,400 units in the first six months so far.