Fast Car

SOLO - Sense of pride Solo Mayor Joko Widodo when using the car assembled students SMK SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta, and Solo Residents not without cause. Specification that carried the national car is quite capable Esemka Eagles lose to the manufacturer and are not well established.

Earlier this week, Jokowi (Joko Widodo familiar greeting) to replace official Toyota Camry commonly climbed, with Esemka Rajawali. National car handover is done today, Monday (01/02/2012), at City Hall Solo.

Esemka Eagles are the result of assembling cars students this creative workshop in collaboration with Motor Klaten Kiat, chairman of H Sukiat as industrial partner SMK SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta, and Solo Citizens.

"The car service, a variant Jokowi Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with a black screen. This car has a gasoline engine and a four-cylinder 1.500cc capacity plus the fuel injection system, "light vehicle engineering faculty SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta Sriyono, to Okezone.

"Basic engine Esemka Eagles are KIA, or once the engine is used by the East. This machine is capable of producing 105 horsepower at 5500 rpm engine speed, "said Sriyono.

Esemka Eagles have seven-passenger capacity with advanced features like power windows, dual zone air conditioning, power steering, central lock, audio system with CD, and do not miss parking sensors.

Esemka Eagles already have a sole agent (ATPM) is held by PT Solo Creative Manufacturing. The price of a unit of the national car is only Rp75 million



Metrotvnews.com, New York: Former President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie said the car was not made in a professional Esemka. "The car was just Esemka dolanan (toys), making unprofessional, the new kids who graduated from secondary school (SMP) is going to be a mechanic, it must not have any experience," said BJ Habibie after the talk show "Red and White" at his residence, Patra Brass 13, Jakarta, Wednesday (7/3).

According to Habibie, to be able to create an automotive industry required considerable experience and research, is almost instantaneous. "To get into the automotive industry and compete with big companies take a long time," Habibie said.

Habibie suspect there are political interests behind the car news Esemka. "I think there is political interest behind it. Therefore, I suggest the media stopped raising this topic, lets just quiet," Habibie said.

Habibie suggest, evoke the automotive industry in the country should begin by targeting the motorcycle industry. "Indonesia is the largest community of motorcycle use on earth. Why not develop it alone, provide a budget, do a thorough research, I think it is more rational," Habibie said.

Yet Habibie still encouraging the younger generation, especially the Vocational High School student, who managed to make the car Esemka. "Nothing that comes with its useless, all must be done through the struggle that accompanied the sacrifice, we must remain optimistic about the future of the nation,"

General Motors Autoworld Indonesia (GMAI) atau GM Indonesia,- ATPM Chevrolet - tahun ini menargetkan penjualan 6.000 unit. Hal tersebut dikemukakan oleh Debrora Amelia Santoso, Direktur Pemasaran dan Humas GMAI, di saat konferensi pers ketika meluncurkan Captiva SS di sirkuit Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang, Banten, akhir minggu lalu.
Dijelaskan, kontribusi terbesarkan penjualan Chevrolet di Indonesia tetap pada Captiva, yaitu 70 persen. “Tahun lalu, kita memperoleh kenaikan besar dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya. Jadi kita berharap tahun ini juga naik,” jelas Amelia yang didamping beberapa direktur lain mewakili Mukiat Sutikno, Direktur Pengelola (Managing Director) GMAI, yang berhalangan hadir karena sakit liver.
Tahun lalu, , penjualan ritel Chevrolet di Indonesia mencapai 4.354 unit yang terdiri dari Captiva (4x2 dan 4x4), Spark, Cruze dan sedan khusus untuk taksi, yaitu Lova dan Kalos, kebagian 0,58 persen dari total ritel Indonesia 2010, mencapai 745.392 unit.
Kendati porsi Chevrolet relatif kecil, namun tahun lalu memperoleh kenaikan penjualan 63 persen dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya (2009), dengan penjualan 2.670 unit. Tahun lalu, penjualan Chevrolet juga meningkatkan karena peluncuran model baru di segmen mobil sub-komapk, Spark, selama 6 bulan 2010 terjual 551 unit.
Captiva andalan Chevrolet, kategori  non-sedan atas (high ) atau SUV, terdiri dua varian utama, yaitu 4x2 dan 4x4. Total penjualan ritel Captiva tahun lalu 2.115 unit atau menyumbang 48,5 persen penjualan Chevrolet di Indonesia.
Untuk versi 4x2 yang menggunakan mesin bensin, penjualan mencapai 1.784 unit atau di kategorinya mempeoleh pangsa 4,1 persen dari total penjualan SUV atas, 43.193 unit. Sedangkan versi 4x4,  yaitu 331 unit, Captiva memperoleh 49,1 persen dari total penjualan 674 unit.
Untuk sedan, termasuk taksi, dengan mengandalkan Lova dan kalos, GM berhasil menempatkan posisi empat di bawah Toyota, Honda dan Mercedes dengan penjualan 1.580 unit.