The Association of Indonesia Automotive Industries (GAIKINDO) reported, the national car sales slightly dropped from 80,424 units to 79,573 unit in February. During two months period, the automotive sales recorded 155,997 units, down 4.86% from 163,964 units in the same period in 2019.
Astra International (ASII) still dominated, with market shares 51%, followed by Honda 11,373 units (14.29%), Mitsubishi 10,903 cars (13.70%), Suzuki 8,613 units (10.82%), others 4,774 cars (5.99%), and others 845 units (1.06%).
Co-chairman of GAIKINDO Jongkie D. Sugiarto projects, the automotive sales will only grow single digit from 1.03 million units last year to 1.05 million units this year. But PT Toyota Astra Motor manager, Fransiscus Soerjopranoto, sees that car sales in 2020 will not be better than last year.
