A Study of Multicriteria Decision Making for Supplier Selection in Automotive Industry

Table 2

Summary of passenger and commercial vehicles produced and assembled in Malaysia from 1980 to 2010.

Year	Passenger cars	Commercial vehicles	4 × 4 vehicles	Total vehicles
1980	80,422	23,805	—	104,227
1985	69,769	37,261	—	107,030
1990	116,526	63,181	11,873	191,580
1995	231,280	45,805	11,253	288,338
2000	295,318	36,642	27,235	359,195
2005	422,225	95,662	45,623	563,510
2006	377,952	96,545	28,551	503,048
2007	403,245	38,433	—	441,678
2008	484,512	46,298	—	530,810
2009	447,002	42,267	—	489,269
2010	522,568	45,147	—	567,715

(Source: [3]).
Note:
(i) Passenger vehicle industry reclassified in January 2007 and includes all passenger carrying vehicles, that is, passenger cars, 4WD/SUV, window van, and MPV models.
(ii) Commercial vehicles also reclassified on 1 January 2007 and include trucks, prime movers, pick-up, panel vans, buses and others.