90 new workers. On March 11, Toyota unveiled all-new Etios Valco hatchback in Indonesia. Toyota will produce the model at new plant in Karawang, West Java and sell for domestic market. The new hatchback is targeted at younger middle-income families. There are three variants of the J, E, and G, with prices starting from Rp 135.5 million up to Rp 161.6 million. Toyota aims to sell around 19,000 units in 2013. The model has 1,197cc 4-cylinder, 16 Va...

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oyota launched refreshed Rush SUV on August 30. The new Rush has more safety features with dual SRS airbags, seatbelts with pretensioners for the driver and passenger as well as belt use reminder indicator as standard equipment. It also introduces a sporty design TRD Sportivo grade. The new Rush is priced IDR 205.6 million for G grade MT and IDR 215.6 million for G grade AT. TRD Sportivo is IDR 218.05 million for MT and IDR 229.95 for AT. Toyota ...

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e two carmakers. Toyota and Daihatsu aim to further boost sales of these models, which are popular in the Indonesian market holding nearly 30 percent share, by improving fuel economy by nearly 10 percent by expanding the interior space. The new Avanza/Xenia will hit the market on November 9, with a price ranging from 144 million rupiah to 180.2 million rupiah for Avanza (1.3L or 1.5L), and from 126.6 million. rupiah to 156.7 million rupiah for Xe...

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combined capacity at two Daihatsu plants will be 430,000 on a regular operation basis and 520,000 at full capacity. Daihatsu displayed a low fuel consumption "A-Concept" designed by an Indonesian designer at the 19th Indonesian International Motor Show. It is intended to offer a substantially lower price than a low-priced minivan "Xenia." Daihatsu will launch its local production after the eco-car incentive program is announced. Localization rate...

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Kijang Innova Zenix HEV Toyota Indonesia exports over 285,000 CBU cars to around 100 countries in 2023 Toyota reportedly decided to undertake local production of a new compact model in Indonesia, which was developed based on a small-car "Etios" designed for the emerging market to be offered at the price around 1million yen and slated to be launched in 2013. Daihatsu is also developing a low price compact model, which is smaller than a new small ...

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mm), 1,860 mm wide (+60 mm), 1,795 mm high (+60 mm) with a wheelbase of 3,095 mm (+45 mm). All but the base model get a new 2.5 litre Super Commonrail four-cylinder turbo diesel engine mated 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic transmissions. The second-generation D-MAX has 2WD or 4WD models and is priced between RM69,799 to RM100,689 across five variants. The sales target of Isuzu D-MAX is 8,200 units in 2013. Isuzu Hicom Malaysia expressed an i...

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tric motor (87 hp and 165 Nm) that works with a two-stage single-speed transmission and a 7.6 kWh battery positioned just in front of said motor.  On April 20, BMW Malaysia has officially launched the new BMW X3. The third-generation G01 X3 is available as CKD locally-assembled X3 xDrive30i Luxury priced at an estimated MYR 320,000. The X3 xDrive30i is powered by a 2.0 liter twin-scroll turbo engine with 252 hp and 350 Nm of torque. Paired to th...

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ave high local contents of between 85 per cent and 90 per cent. Perodua is committed to reducing its operating costs by up to 30 percent by 2016. The company had achieved a 12 percent reduction in operating costs over the past two-and-a-half years. Due to the cost reduction, Perodua had reduced the price of the new S-Series variant by MYR 2,000 compared to the old variant. The company has also offered the three-year free service package worth bet...

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e): 479km (297.6miles), 440km (273.4miles) USA Cruising range (EPA mode): 484.4km (301miles), 424.9km (264miles), 368.5km (229miles) Japan Cruising range (WLTC mode): 733km (455.5miles), 579km (359.8miles), 582km (361.6miles) Its concept model was displayed at the Shanghai Motor Show 2021. Its base price is JPY 7,900,000 in Japan, EUR 68,000 in Germany, USD 47,295 in the U.S., CNY 369,900 in China, . Its top speed is 180.2km/h (112mph). 0 - 100 k...

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Group Co., Ltd., a major Chinese home appliance manufacturer, in Shenzhen. The two companies will focus on collaborative innovation at the AI Agent level, promote technical standardization, and explore data integration and collaboration between their products.   Overseas, the company announced the price and specifications of the PHV mid-size sedan "Seal 6 DM-i" and the mid-size wagon "Seal 6 DM-i Touring" in the UK on November 6, and began sales...

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fall short To offset the effect of the pay-per-mile tax, the UK government has boosted funding for the Electric Car Grant scheme by an additional £1.3 billion and has extended it by one year, so that it will now run until March 2030. Model eligibility depends on several factors, including vehicle price, production carbon footprint, and manufacturers’ sustainability commitments. These criteria have initially restricted the pool of qualifying m...

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or and Mitsubishi Motors, established in 2011), and produces them at Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki, Japan.   The powertrains of minicars are mainly ICE and MHEVs, with three passenger BEVs: the Nissan "Sakura", Mitsubishi "eK X EV", and Honda "N-ONE e:" (as of December 2025). The price of a BEV is in the JPY 2.6 million to JPY 2.7 million range, which is about 1.5 times the price of an ICE/MHEV. (Reference)Model change forecast...

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al customers increased by 20% in the quarter.  Demand revival continues to be strong however the supply constraints due to semiconductor shortage remains a concern. Despite operational improvements, an increase in material and employee cost impacted the profitability. Further increase in commodity prices poses a challenge. (From a press release on October 21, 2021) Rane Holdings Limited (RHL) announced that it has acquired 180,000 equity shares ...

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orm of an assembled car. Honda aims to sell 200 cars per month, and 2,000 by the end of 2011. Honda announced introduction of a 1,500 cc slightly redesigned hatchback "Jazz" also known as Fit in Japan. The new model has its front grille, front and rear lamps, bumpers and seats redesigned at selling prices, including registration fee, remaining unchanged between Rp 198.5 million and 224 million. Although its launching had been planned for April, i...

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at the end of 2009. This model has been jointly developed by Hino and Toyota Motor. Hino will spend 3 billion yen on the plant to produce 25,000 units a year. The trucks will have a gross weight of 5-8 tons and be exported to the ASEAN market in the future. Hino has introduced specifications and a price range tailored to the ASEAN market for the new model, featuring a better fuel efficiency than the existing one. In order to reduce costs, local ...

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Series, 5 Series, X1 and X3 at Jakarta plant of PT Gaya Motor. BMW targets to build 1,895 units in 2014. BMW launched its mid-size sports car, the new 4 Series coupe, on September 20 at the 2013 Indonesia International Motor Show. Indonesia is the first country in Asia to launch the 4 series. It is priced at IDR 998 million. BMW also launched the new BMW Z4, a 2-door car at the Motor Show. BMW is reportedly planning to invest Rp 100 billion in bu...

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s, will be assembled on a CKD basis. Imported models as completely built-up unit are SLS AMG sports car, E-class Cabriolet, E63AMG sports sedan and the GL class SUV. PT. Mercedes-Benz Indonesia will begin producing mini-MPV A-class, MPV B-class, and mini-SUV in year 2012, creating 100 new jobs. The price is between Rp 300 million and Rp 500 million.Mercedes Indonesia has invested USD 15 million to increase production between 15 and 20 percent in ...

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ar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines as well as UD Quester trucks to Indonesia and Malaysia. Volvo launched its heavy-duty FM400 truck that boasts CNG dual-fuel technology. The model comes with a 6-cylinder 12.8-liter engine with maximum output of 400hp. A manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) is 4.5 million baht. It has become clear that the Volvo Group Thailand is planning to open a new training center on the scale of the larg...

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es exclusively in five-door form and has grown in size. It measures 4.03m long, 1.74m wide, and 1.43m high, and has more cabin space as well as an additional 65 litres of luggage capacity. The new Audi A1 Sportback can be ordered from summer 2018 and will launch on the European market in fall 2018. Prices in Germany start at less than EUR 20,000. On September 18, SEAT informed the launch of new SEAT Terraco. Tarraco is SEAT’s third SUV and repr...

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facility will be constructed in north India. The facility is expected to launch in 2008 with the production of light vehicle axles for Tata Motors. (From a press release on Oct. 30, 2007) JTEKT Corp. has received orders from Tata Motors Ltd., India, for the manual steering of the Nano, an ultra-low priced car to be launched in India this year. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd., its joint venture in Haryana, Gurgaon, India will produce the product. ...

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