Car sales in Indonesia increased by 10.6 percent in the first quarter of this year

Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd plans to build a factory in Serang, Banten

Chinese car manufacturers are preparing to expand in Indonesia in 2012

National automotive production is projected to grow 9-12 percent next year

PT Triangle Motorindo is determining to develop automotive business through establishing integrated plant from upstream to downstream

A motorcycle manufacturer from Austria will enter Indonesia’s premium motorcycle sports market in mid 2012

Toyota has officially asked Indonesia for Thai-based car fabrics relocation

The Ministry of Industry targets investments made by global automotive manufacturers, to be accompanied with transfer of technology

Toyota will invest ¥ 30 billion to Produce Small Cars

Hino Motor Co Ltd. is giving a positive signal to prepare Indonesia as its Asean’s largest production base for commercial vehicles

PT Hyundai Mobil Indonesia, PT Toyota Astra Motor and PT Astra International Tbk-BMW are projecting their sales of spare parts to increase

Indonesian imports of vehicles and automotive components in the first half of the year surged 29.28% to US$3.4 billion compared to last year

South Korea’s largest tire producer plans to invest $1.2 billion to build a manufacturing plant in Indonesia in an effort to snare a greater share of the market here

Nissan Motor Company, Japan’s No. 2 carmaker, plans to invest more than $250 million to expand its existing factory in Indonesia

PT General Motors Auto World Indonesia, PT Hyundai Motor Indonesia, PT Geely Automobiles Indonesia and PT Garuda Mataram Motor will invest in building assembly factories

The 2011 revenue of the automotive industry is projected to reach Rp 1.104 trillion

Chrysler plans to spend US$100 million to expand its marketing and services networks to all Indonesian provinces by 2014

There is no impact over tsunami in Japan. Car market reached 225,000 units.

Automotive market in Indonesia within the next 6 months is predicted to face a shortage following inefficient production of vehicle and spare parts manufacturer in Japan.

Car sales may still be high this month. Yet, it is potentially shaken in the next month merely due to the stalled supply from Japan following the massive quake and tsunami on few weeks ago.