-Benz also launched the diesel variant of new C-Class in India. The new C 220 CDI STYLE diesel is priced at INR 3.99 million and the new C 220 CDI AVANTGARDE diesel is priced at INR 4.29 million (ex-showroom Delhi). The diesel variants of the new C-Class will be available as completely built units (CBU) only. Mercedes-Benz announced on June 11, 2015 that it has started production of the GLA compact SUV at its plant in Chakan, Pune, India on a com...

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nufacturing Plant (AMP-2) has begun semi knocked-down (SKD) assembly of vehicle 'kits' pre-manufactured at the company's U.S. AMP-1 facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, and is expected to have an annual capacity of 5,000 cars. In the second phase, Lucid aims to transition AMP-2 to complete build unit (CBU) production after the middle of the decade, with an additional annual capacity of 150,000 cars to build 155,000 total vehicles per year. On Septem...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/24

y reports and confirmed data. Thailand - Production and Retail Sales of new vehicles Sep. 2025 Sep. 2024 Growth Y-o-Y (%) Jan.-Sep. 2025 Jan.-Sep. 2024 Growth YTD (%) Production 128,104 122,277 4.8% 1,075,801 1,128,026 -4.6% Domestic Sales 48,350 39,048 23.8% 447,969 438,659 2.1% Export (CBU) 86,056 80,254 7.2% 689,031 768,887 -10.4% Source: FTI (Federation of Thai Industries), various media reports * Data is updated regularly, thes...

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ry reports and confirmed data. Thailand - Production and Retail Sales of new vehicles Sep. 2025 Sep. 2024 Growth Y-o-Y (%) Jan.-Sep. 2025 Jan.-Sep. 2024 Growth YTD (%) Production 128,104 122,277 4.8% 1,075,801 1,128,026 -4.6% Domestic Sales 48,350 39,048 23.8% 447,969 438,659 2.1% Export (CBU) 86,056 80,254 7.2% 689,031 768,887 -10.4% Source: FTI (Federation of Thai Industries), various media reports * Data is updated regularly, the...

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-Benz also launched the diesel variant of new C-Class in India. The new C 220 CDI STYLE diesel is priced at INR 3.99 million and the new C 220 CDI AVANTGARDE diesel is priced at INR 4.29 million (ex-showroom Delhi). The diesel variants of the new C-Class will be available as completely built units (CBU) only. On June 13, The Minister for Industries, Government of Maharashtra announced that Mercedes Benz will invest INR 30 billion in Maharashtra t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/17

Malaysia’s Budget 2026 omits extension for imported EV tax cut; MAA urges continued support Reported on October 13, 2025, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) highlighted the absence of an extension for import and excise duty exemptions on fully imported (CBU) electric vehicles (EVs) in Budget 2026. While supporting the government’s focus on locally assembled (CKD) EVs, MAA urged continued incentives for CBU EVs to build consumer awaren...

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16.1% in SeptemberAccording to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) report issued on October 10, automobile sales (including imported vehicles of non-VAMA manufactures' sales) in Vietnam were down 16.1% year-over-year to 30,688 units in September. CKD volume was 14,427 units and CBU volume was 16,261 units.VAMA members (20 manufacturers) sales in September were down 17.9% y/y to 26,291 units. VAMA members passenger car sales w...

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Auto sales in Vietnam down 16.1% in September According to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) report issued on October 10, automobile sales (including imported vehicles of non-VAMA manufactures' sales) in Vietnam were down 16.1% year-over-year to 30,688 units in September. CKD volume was 14,427 units and CBU volume was 16,261 units.VAMA members (20 manufacturers) sales in September were down 17.9% y/y to 26,291 units. VAMA me...

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xpected to build 50,000 units of the M4 a year. Go Automobile Manufacturing（GAM）has started CKD production of Great Wall M4 at Gurun plant. Initially only a manual transmission version has been produced, and an automatic transmission version will follow from the end of January 2015. Although M4 CBU model has already been sold from summer 2014, CKD model would be launched in the first quarter of 2015. Its price would follow CBU models' pricing...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/10

Tan Chong Subaru Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Forester (April 2019- 2024) Joint Venture of Tan Chong and SUBARU, started mass production in April 2019. CKD operation ended as Subaru transitioned to imported CBU from Japan. -Established in February 2017 -Investment: THB 5 billion (USD 1.5 billion) Subaru to end CKD operation in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia; shifts to imported CBU from 2025 TCIL’s Subaru production plan on track FHI t...

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ent of total 100,000 production units annually from its 2 plants Toyota celebrates 50 years of vehicle production in Malaysia Toyota unveiled a seven-seater MPV Previa (Estima in Japan) at Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show (KLIMS) 2013. The Previa will be launched in the beginning of 2014 as a CBU import model from Japan with the price about MYR 270,000. Toyota also unveiled the Malaysian concept car of Camry Hybrid, which plans to introduce...

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ota Corolla Cross Hybrid in Malaysia. Based on the “Corolla Cross CKD Intro” wording at the bottom of the price list, this confirms that the new hybrid variant will be locally assembled, so it benefits from full sales tax exemption. The non-hybrid variants, which earlier arrived fully imported (CBU) from Thailand also appear to be CKD offerings now, as they have estimated prices that are lower than the official prices provided when they were ...

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a targeting to produce 100,000 units of Carnival, Sorento, Sportage, Niro in next 5 years Malaysia’s first-ever CKD unit of Porsche Cayenne rolls off Sime Darby’s assembly facility in Kulim Locally assembled Kia Carnival 8-seater and 7-seater MPV launched in Malaysia, 11-seater Carnival remains CBU for now Kia launches locally-made all-new 4th generation Sorento SUV in Malaysia Mazda launches locally-assembled CX-30 SUV in Malaysia Chery meet...

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Hyundai Motor Malaysia opens bookings for locally-assembled STARIA MPV Reported on October 8, 2025, Hyundai Motor Malaysia officially opened bookings for the locally-assembled STARIA turbodiesel MPV, a model designed to elevate space, comfort, and versatility.  Priced from around MYR 179,888 to MYR 267,888, it maintains parity with the previously fully-imported (CBU) version. This is Hyundai’s first locally-assembled (CKD) model since Hyundai...

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commercial vehicle industry. Announced on October 24, Shineray Motors stated that through Shineray Motors Vietnam, established in Bac Ninh in 2018, the company is investing in a full-chain overseas presence for long-term success. Currently, Shineray's plant in Vietnam has four major workshops and a CBU vehicle inspection line. It has an annual production capacity of tens of thousands of units, leading the market in both efficiency and product qua...

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aunched G6 facelift, are currently imported from China. The company is also reviewing plans to import additional units ahead of the expiry of government incentives. Without these incentives, vehicle prices could rise by at least 20–30%, the company noted. Under the current policy, fully imported (CBU) EVs are exempted from import and excise duties until the end of 2025, while locally assembled (CKD) EVs enjoy excise and sales tax exemptions thr...

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Group suspend business operations in Malaysia until March 31, 2020 GAC GS3 Emzoom SUV’s CKD production in Malaysia already starts GAC GS3 Emzoom SUV (CKD) launched in Malaysia; deliveries to begin by July Subaru to end CKD operation in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia; shifts to imported CBU from 2025 Tan Chong Motor group to market/manufacture Wuling vehicles in Malaysia, starting with TQ Wuling Bingo First Malaysian assembled Euro 5 ...

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i Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia, introduced a new Mitsubishi Triton VGT AT GL variant. The new variant comes with 2-Din Audio, 4WD selector and automatic climate control. It is priced at MYR 103,800. As before, all Triton models are imported as a CBU vehicle from Mitsubishi Motors’ global production hub in Thailand. The Triton is powered by the latest 2.4-liter MIVEC turbodiesel engine with V...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/09/30

eport, the company plans to reduce one of the two production lines at the plant, when the new Prachinburi plant starts full operations in 2016. Honda Automobile (Thailand) shipped vehicles and auto parts worth a total of THB 83.1 billion in 2015, up 19% year-on-year. Exports of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles rose by 44% to THB 38.0 billion due to strong demand for Honda cars in countries such as Australia and Mexico. The City, HR-V, and CR-V ...

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ergy, amounts to 554.8 million yuan. Foton Mobilindo, an Indonesian dealership of Beiqi Foton Motor, unveiled a plan to build a plant at a cost of US$100 million in Indonesia or Thailand, as a manufacturing base of the company in the ASEAN region. At present Foton Mobilindo sells complete built-up (CBU) units of the AUMARK dump truck imported from China. While it imports complete knock-down (CKD) parts for the View-XLC light duty vans from China,...

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