Summary Perodua sold 189,100 vehicles in 2012, giving it a 30.2 percent share in the domestic market.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian compact car maker Perodua says it will invest 2.32 billion ringgit ($771 million) over four years in an aggressive expansion after sales rose 5 percent last year to a record high.
Perodua sold 189,100 vehicles in 2012, giving it a 30.2 percent share in the domestic market and keeping its pole position for the seventh straight year.
Managing Director Aminar Rashid Salleh says Perodua, which is partly owned by Japan s Daihatsu Motor Corp., aims to sell 194,000 vehicles this year.
He said Tuesday that Perodua will spend 2.32 billion ringgit through to 2015, including building a 790 million ringgit ($263 million) manufacturing plant that will be ready in mid-2014.
Perodua will also build more showrooms and bolster its after-sales business as it seeks to be a global company.
