PERODUA PLANS TO TRIPLE EXPORT TEAMCAR - Perodua, which has displaced Proton as the country’s top seller of passenger cars, is forging ahead with plans to triple exports to 10,000 units annually by 2010.

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) managing director Hafiz Syed Abu Bakar said the bulk of the new exports were bound for Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries.

The 10-year-old carmaker, which now exports about 3,000 units a year to West Asia and Britain, said new export sales to Indonesia would start next May.

Perodua controlled 42 per cent of the passenger car market in May, and sources said it should retain the pole position for June with a bigger share. The company foresees total car sales growing 12 per cent to 155,000 vehicles this year, with the Myvi making up about half of the volume.

It has sold 70,000 Myvis since May 2005, and expects the number to rise to 120,000 units by the end of the year.  ¶ 8:37 AM