Motor shows exceed targets

Motor shows exceed targets

JAKARTA: The just concluded second Jakarta Motor Show and the
second Jakarta Motorcycle Show ended on Sunday exceeding its
initial targets of sales and visitors, the organizer said over
the weekend.

As of last Saturday, the total sales have well exceeded
initial target of Rp 600 billion (US$65 million) with car sales
amounted to more than Rp 913 billion and motorcycle sales reached
more than Rp 11 billion for a total sales of more than Rp 924.6
billion.

PT Toyota-Astra Motor led the sales with 2,001 cars sold worth
more than Rp 347 billion thanks to the newly unveiled Toyota
Kijang Innova, already the fifth generation of the popular Toyota
Kijang van.

Meanwhile, PT Astra Honda Motor sold the most motorcycles of
305 units worth some Rp 4 billion.

Attendance was lower than expected with only about 180,000
people visiting the events while organizer was expecting a hefty
200,000 visitors.

Deadly bombing outside the Australian Embassy last Thursday
might have an impact on the people's enthusiasm to visit the
shows. -- JP