RI car sales top 26,000 units

RI car sales top 26,000 units

JAKARTA: Domestic vehicle sales reached 26,056 units in January, according to the Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries (Gaikindo).

The association said in a statement that of the total sales, 22,822 units were sold on the domestic market, while 3,234 units were sold on the export market.

PT Astra International accounted for more than fifty percent of the total sales in the month with domestic and overseas sales of 14,445 units.

Gaikindo said Astra's domestic vehicle sales in January were dominated by the Toyota Kijang multipurpose van, which sold 6,029 units.

In the passenger market, Suzuki led the non-Astra group with sales of 328 units, followed by Honda with 281 and Mercedes Benz with 262.

Total domestic motorcycle sales grew to 171,632 units in January from 76,924 units in December, the association said --JP