Malaysia overtakes Thailand as South-East Asia's second-biggest auto market


BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama-VNA): Malaysia has overtaken Thailand to become South-East Asia's second-largest auto market, after Indonesia, a major shift in a region that has become a key battleground for Asian automakers, Japan’s Nikkei Asia online newspaper reported.

It compiled sales data released by industry groups in those three countries plus the Philippines and Vietnam and found that Malaysia's sales figures, which had been third for a long time, topped Thailand's for three consecutive quarters through January-March 2024, Vietnam news agency citing the online papers report said.

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