Proton is having its strongest year in more than a decade. According to the road transport department (JPJ) registration data, the national carmaker accounted for 23.9% of all new vehicles registered in Malaysia from January to September 2026. That is its highest share of the market since 2011 (26.2%), and up from 17.9% in the same period last year.
Proton has registered 153,318 vehicles so far this year, 39.2% more than the 110,150 it managed from January to September 2025. That is already more than it registered in any full year since 2011, and its best first nine months since 2002. It needs fewer than 18,000 more units, about a month’s worth of sales at its current pace, to pass the 171,110 it registered in 2005, which would make 2026 its best year since 2002.
