Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 by Segment Eco Car

Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 by Segment Eco Car

Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 Chevrolet

Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 Chevrolet

Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 Mitsubishi

Infographic Thailand Car Sales January 2015 Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors Revamps Production Structure in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) today announced the establishment of a new joint manufacturing company, Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), with local partner PT Krama Yudha (KY) to construct a new vehicle assembly plant at GIIC Industrial Estate located 37 km east of Jakarta.

The MMC, MC and KY partnership has manufactured and sold motor vehicles in Indonesia since 1970, reaching a cumulative total of 1.3 million units sold (light commercial vehicles and passenger cars) as of the end of 2014.

Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world and further growth in the automobile market is expected as the economy continues to grow. In this context, developing the partnership's passenger car business in addition to the current light commercial vehicle business has become a necessity in order to effectively respond to the coming demand increase in Indonesia.

The new plant, with a production capacity of 160,000 units per year, will start operations in April 2017. In addition to already locally-produced vehicles such as the COLT L300, a brand-new small MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) model and an all-new Pajero Sport will also be assembled at the new plant. A portion of those vehicles will be exported to other ASEAN countries, and the plant is expected to play a very important role as the second largest production site for MMC vehicles in the ASEAN region, following the Laem Chabang Plant in Thailand. Total investment, including costs for the development of the new models, will be approximately 60 billion yen.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new plant is scheduled for March 24.

Mitsubishi commits to increasing eco-car output

Via Bangkok Post:

Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation says it is committed to eco-car manufacturing in Thailand following the Board of Investment (BoI) approval of its investment applications last October.

Morikazu Chokki, the newly appointed president and chief executive of Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand), said the focus would be on the expansion of production capacity granted in the first phase of the eco-car scheme.

The approved applications call for the company to invest 4.9 billion baht to make 233,000 eco-cars a year. 

GM and SAIC bet big on Indonesia and invest $700M to build cars in South East Asia.

Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) starts operations

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that mass production of transmissions has began at its newly established transmission plant, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MPMT), located in the Chonburi prefecture of Thailand.

The SKYACTIV-DRIVE automatic transmission produced at the plant is one of Mazda's new-generation SKYATIV technologies that provide both driving pleasure and outstanding environmental and safety performance at the same time. Annual production capacity at MPMT is around 400,000 units and in combination with Hofu Plant in Japan, the new plant will raise Mazda's annual production capacity to approximately 1,540,000 units globally. Transmissions produced at MPMT will be supplied to global production facilities including Auto Alliance (Thailand) to be used in the all-new Mazda2 (Mazda Demio in Japan), all-new Mazda3 (Mazda Axela) and Mazda CX-5.