Malaysia’s new vehicle market is still on course for a fifth straight record year. According to the road transport department (JPJ), 715,879 new vehicles were registered from January to October 2026, the highest total for the first ten months of any year on record. That is 3.0% more than the same period last year (695,356) and 15,879 units ahead of the previous best, set in 2024 (700,000).
The full-year record belongs to 2025, when 870,188 vehicles were registered. To beat it, 2026 needs another 154,310 registrations in November and December, or about 77,200 a month.
That is more than this year’s monthly average so far of 71,588, but the year usually ends strongly. November and December brought 174,832 registrations last year, including 96,967 in December alone, still the biggest single month on record. A repeat of the last two months of 2023 (157,397) or 2024 (156,237) would also be enough, though only by about 3,100 and 1,900 units respectively, while a repeat of 2022’s (144,363) would leave 2026 almost 10,000 units short.
