Toyota's sales up, Timor leads market<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Automobile manufacturer PT Toyota Astra Motor
\n(TAM) and the distributor of the country's national car, PT Timor
\nDistributor Nasional (TDN), have each claimed to be leading
\nplayers in the Indonesian automobile industry.<\/p>\n
TAM announced here yesterday it sold 92,018 units in the
\nJanuary to November period this year, up 34 percent over the
\ncorresponding period last year, while TDN reported it retained
\nits position as the leader in the sedan market in November by
\nselling 1,644 Timor cars.<\/p>\n
TAM, a joint venture between Indonesia's PT Astra
\nInternational and Japan's Toyota Motor, said it controlled 25.1
\npercent of the Indonesian automobile market.<\/p>\n
"The Kijang van remains our best seller with 75,907 units sold
\nin the January to November period," TAM said in a statement,
\nadding that the Kijang sales had surpassed the company's target
\nset early this year.<\/p>\n
The company's sales of Dyna trucks and Toyota Land Cruisers
\nreached 7,795 (up 7.74 percent) and 909 (up 58.75 percent),
\nrespectively, in the 11-month period.<\/p>\n
Sedan sales of the Crown, Corolla, Corona and Starlet reached
\n7,057, down 9.23 percent from the same period last year, TAM
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
TDN's director, Richard Hendarmo, said his company led the
\nsedan market with the Timor car taking a 40.8 percent share in
\nthe January to November period.<\/p>\n
"Out of a total of 44,594 units of the 1,300 cc to 1,600 cc
\ncategories sold (in Indonesia) in the period, 18,193 were
\nTimors," he said adding that between October 1996 and November
\n1997, Timor car sales totaled 23,605.<\/p>\n
Total automobile sales in Indonesia fell to 18,550 in
\nNovember, down 39 percent from 30,449 units in October, TAM said.<\/p>\n
TAM said it recorded overall sales for November of 5,789 units
\ncompared to 8,605 in October and 7, 094 in November 1996.<\/p>\n
Suzuki's November sales were 1,906 against 5,676 in October,
\nDaihatsu 841 against 2,503, Mitsubishi 3,366 against 4,059, Honda
\n314 against 283, Izusu 1, 691 against 3,963.<\/p>\n
The company said that 4,059 other makes were sold compared to
\n5,360 in the previous month.<\/p>\n
In the passenger car market, Toyota said it sold 382 in
\nNovember against 519 in October while Suzuki sold 543 compared to
\n1,549.<\/p>\n
National car maker Timor sold 1,644 models compared to 1,730
\nin October.<\/p>\n
In the commercial car sector, Toyota said it sold 5,407 in
\nNovember against 8,086 in October, Suzuki 1,363 against 4,127,
\nMitsubishi 3,154 against 3,817 and Izusu 1,691 versus 3,963.<\/p>\n
TAM said its automobile and component exports in the period
\nunder review were valued at US$60 million.<\/p>\n
The exports included 1,259 Kijang vans and Dyna trucks to
\nBrunei Darussalam and Papua New Guinea, 27,276 7-K car engines to
\nJapan, Taiwan and the Philippines, and 46,620 spare parts and
\ncomponents to various countries, the company said. (icn)<\/p>",
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