ABSTRACT
Rapid entry of foreign or imported cars in the domestic market leaves Malaysian car
manufacturers struggling to compete with their foreign counterparts. Despite of high sales,
customer’s satisfactions towards national car were low as compared to imported cars. This
prompted the current investigation with the objectives to identify the most important
automobile attributes influencing customer’s satisfaction and also to determine the most
appealing automobile attributes among major ethnic groups in Malaysia. This study employs
survey approach where 370 responses were collected from car owners and drivers of
national car in Klang Valley area. Results from the regression analysis showed that all
variables namely safety feature, vehicle apperance, resale value and standing charges are
related to customer’s satisfaction. Thus, all hypotheses were accepted. Secondly, all major
ethnic groups; Malay, Indian and Chinese were influenced mostly by safety feature. In
addition, the result depict that Chinese has lower satisfaction level towards national car
consumption as compared to other races.