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Lastest Japanese Export: Car Factories
One by one, Japanese automakers are turning their back on Nippon and establish production in low cost countries. Can’t blame them: The high yen makes exports prohibitively expensive. On the other...
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Live From Jakarta: Indonesian International Auto Show Coverage
The 19th Indonesian International Motor Show (IIMS) is currently taking place at the JIExpo in the capital city, Jakarta, with almost all the world’s major automakers represented at a show which is...
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GM Reactivates Indonesia
GM knows where the growth is: In the emerging markets, BRICs and beyond. GM announced today it will “invest $150 million in the reactivation of its Bekasi manufacturing facility in West Java,...
View ArticleThe Heat Is On In Indonesia
Carmakers don’t want to be caught napping when the “next China” is at stake. They are setting their sights on Southeast Asia. Currently en vogue: Indonesia. The country with a population of 237...
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Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: Toyota Experiments In Indonesia
(Before you start reading you need to play the video above – just for the music) Over the last few weeks we have visited Cambodia, Panama, Colombia and China. Not quite sure why there is so many...
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Indonesia May Be The Next Big Emerging Market
With the largest economy and biggest population in Southeast Asia, Indonesia also has one of the lowest rates of car ownership. Although the market is set to expand by more than 50 percent in five...
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Datsun Returns, Officially
When, some seven weeks ago, the Nikkei had the rumor that Nissan would revive its Datsun brand for low cost cars, targeted at emerging markets, official sources at Nissan – not surprisingly – had no...
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This Rolls Is Not. Let’s Hope The Girls Are
In the olden days, when a Bentley was a rebadged Rolls Royce (or vice versa), it was easy to mistake one for the other. Bentley cleverly leveraged its “smart shopper” image into sales that were an...
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Datsun Pricing Announced
The first model to be sold as a Datsun in three decades will start at less than $7,695 when it goes on sale in 2014. The mystery Datsun has yet to be revealed or have any technical details announced,...
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Want A Rear Drive Compact Minivan? Toyota’s Got It
The Volkswagen Microbus, Mazda MPV and GMC Safari. These are the now-departed vans that were driven by their rear wheels, but ultimately fell victim to market forces, technological progress or the...
View ArticleHyundai Brass Hungry For Quality, Rank-And-File Seek Quantity
Click here to view the embedded video. In a world obsessed with quantity, volume, economies of scale, speed, expedience and all that comes with it, wouldn’t it be nice if someone wanted to ease up a...
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Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: What The Indonesians Bought In 2012
We continue our round-the-world-travels, exploring what the main car markets in the world looked like in 2012. We have gone through the Chinese, European, Russian, Indian, Israeli and Italian markets...
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QOTD: GM’s Indonesian Foray
Reuters takes a look at GM’s attempts to turn around their decades-long slog in Indonesia, with this gem highlighting the nature of their struggle. “We started in Indonesia in 1938. We have been so...
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GM Takes On Toyota With No-Frills Spin
As far as emerging markets go, Indonesia is one of the hottest. “The country of 240 million people bought one million cars last year, and sales by some estimates are expected to double over the next...
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Datsun Is “Go”, Frills Are A “No”
The wraps are finally off the first Datsun in decades – dubbed the Go, this will be Nissan’s major push into low cost motoring, with a starting price under $6,700. Power comes from a 1.2L 4-cylinder...
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More Datsuns On The Way – Could One Of Them Be A Minivan?
The Datsun Go is about to get some company, in the form of two new models developed for the Indonesian market. The two new cars will get their debut next Tuesday in Jakarta, and be priced above the...
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We Called It: Next Datsun Is An MPV
Datsun’s newest vehicle, unveiled in Jakarta today, is a stretched version of the Go, dubbed the Go+. While this will elict a shrug of the shoulders for most of you, it’s an astute move by Datsun....
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Beyond The BRICs
Emerging markets have been a big theme at TTAC for the past few years, with our coverage going beyond the cursory articles on automotive developments in the BRIC countries. Our articles on places like...
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Datsun Dealing With Low Sales In Emerging Markets
Last year, Renault-Nissan resurrected Datsun, positioning the brand for emerging markets — like India, Russia and Indonesia — with a portfolio of models that would attract new, young consumers whose...
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GM Retreats From Indonesia In Major Blow To Emerging Markets Strategy
Indonesia has long been touted as one of the next major emerging markets, and only four years ago, GM was set to make a major push in the Southeast Asian nation. But in a major about face, GM is...
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