Gallery of Cars and Motorcycles: 2009

2010 Honda VFR1200F Wallpapers

2010 Honda VFR1200F Wallpapers2010 Honda VFR1200F Photo2010 Honda VFR1200F Picture2010 Honda VFR1200F ImageThe New 2010 Honda VFR1200F little specification is 1237cc liquid cooled engine that is mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission with two modes - the new Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission system.

Honda CB300R-Honda Tiger 300CC Specification

Honda CB300R-Honda Tiger 300CC PictureHonda has afresh replaced the 250cc Twister with a new 300cc archetypal alleged the CB300R. The barrage in Brazil took abode a few canicule aback and is already a hot affair on assorted forums beyond India. The point is, will HMSI (Honda Motorcycle Scooter India Ltd) go advanced and get the bike actuality too? Honda currently sells both scooters and bikes (

India Siap Menjadi Raksasa Baru

India telah muncul sebagai pemimpin baru dalam penjualan mobil kecil, menyalip Jepang. Hal ini merupakan dampak dari penurunan permintaan mobil kecil di Eropa serta semakin kuatnya pertumbuhan industri otomotif di Asia.

Tak cuma India, China juga menonjok di Asia. Tahun depan negara yang tak lagi bisa disebut sebagai Tirai Bambu ini juga diprediski mengambil alih tampuk pimpinan Amerika Serikat sebagai penjualan mobil terbanyak di dunia.

Seperti diketahui, sejak 2007 Jepang telah menjadi negara terbesar yang memproduksi dan memperdagangkan mobil-mobil kecil. Dan apabila predisi itu terjadi maka ke depan India akan mengambil alih peran Jepang ini.

Ford, Nissan, Volkswagon, General Motors, dan China Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp yang telah mengalirkan investasi ke China bahkan mulai melirik India sebagai pusat industri mobil-mobil kecilnya.

Tak hanya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pasar domestik India, merek-merek tersebut juga akan memusatkan India sebagai basis ekspor produk-produknya ke Asia.

"Secara prespekstif bisnis, India yang berada di tengah-tengah Asia sangat potensial dikembangkan sebagai pusat mobil kecil di Asia," kata pimpinan Ford India Michael Boneham, yang juga berencana melepas mobil kecil Figo pada kuartal kedua tahun depan.

Ford Motor Co telah menginvestasikan 500 juta dollar di India untuk pendirian pabrik di selatan kota Chennai India yang dapat membuat 200.000 mobil per tahun.

Menurut data JD Power and Associates, lebih dari 892.000 unit mobil kecil akan terjual di India hingga akhir tahun ini. Jumlah ini naik 14 persen dari tahun lalu atau diperkirakan melebihi penjualan domestik Jepang yang hanya sekitar 708.034 unit.

India yang populasi penduduknya kini menempati posisi kedua, secara total berada di urutan ke-10 dalam penjualan mobil dan truk di dunia. Tahun ini JD Power India memprediksi negara ini akan mengoleksi penjualan tahunan sebanyak 1,9 juta unit. Sedangkan China akan menembus angka total 12,3 juta unit.

Tidak seperti Cina, Rusia dan Brasil, di mana konsumennya membeli sejumlah mobil karena pertimbangan kemewahan, konsumen di India lebih menyukai mobil kecil yang harganya ekonomis.

Karena itu, hampir setengah dari mobil yang dijual di India merupakan mobil-mobil kecil, seperti Maruti Suzuki Swift, GM Spark dan Hyundai Santro. Orang India sendiri mengaku tak akan mau menghabiskan uang lebih dari 8 ribu dollar untuk membeli sebuah mobil. Bahkan untuk seorang sekelas pekerja eksekutif sekalipun.

2010 Honda CB Twister Specification

2010 Honda CB Twister PictureWith 9 bhp of ability and a claimed breadth of 70kmpl, Honda’s new CB Twister promises to agitate up the 100-125cc segment. The lion’s allotment of the 100cc bazaar belongs to Hero Honda, and their bikes additionally avowal of such credentials. The aisle Honda took with this motorcycle is absolutely altered to one adopted by its Indian partner.The CB Twister looks

Honda Civic VTi-S Sport Car Tuning

Honda Civic VTi-S Sport Car TuningTroublesome if someone's obsessed with, let alone to "crush" any step taken without thought of consequences, as happened in Reindy Riupassa through Honda Civic VTI-S is difficult to make the eyes blink.Imagine, almost nothing remained of the original body. In fact, if asked to guess the brand and type of car, certainly not to be missed.Edannya again, smooth body

Vario Scooter Concept Modification

Vario Scooter Concept ModificationBecause the concept modifnya armor, means must be dismantled pairs. "It means, though extreme, the original body is still there," says this young entrepreneur.If you see every side of a pointed shape, symbolizing the hero weapons. As the front cover, original lamp. The most sensational part, of the back. The model is like a spiral. "I most like the stern of this

Honda Blade Concept Modification From CBR600

Honda Blade Concept Modification From CBR600Closing the 2009, Adhi Wicaksono handed Danukusuma modification works as a sort of breakthrough. Selected base modifiers of Lent Automodified Probolinggo, East Java, this is a Honda Blade 2009. "This must be a phenomenal work, so I'm support gone," said Budiono, the owner of the motor dealer who is also skipper Honda in Probolinggo Pigeons 2.Because

Gambar Modif Satria F 150 Streetfighter

Gambar Modif Satria F 150 StreetfighterYou would not think that a modified motorcycle belonged to a 55-year-old grandfather. His name Suryana and flow modif rombakan results are to his satisfaction. Mean, people are following the correct Jakarta developments and trends modifications.It was so, the base motor victim Suryana obsession is kind of a duck from Suzuki Satria F-150. To change the "sex"

Modifikasi Toyota Yaris Ceper Style

Modifikasi Toyota Yaris Ceper StyleFrom the look of the body, there was no change in extremes of this 2007 Toyota Yaris. Unless the roof has given sun roof and all four fenders are widened because in order to accommodate superlebar Kranze Bazreia alloy 20-inch black rubber clad Ptoxes T1R Toyo 235/30Z/R20 size (front) and 245/30Z/R20 (rear).Views wide body, according to Ahmad Azhari who was

Gemballa Ferrari Enzo Sport Tuning

Gemballa Ferrari Enzo Sport TuningGemballa appear a new Ferrari Enzo affability kit alleged the MIG-U1 that was declared to admission at the Dubai Motor Show, but absent the absolute date this month. This bound copy Ferrari archetypal was completed for Gemballa’s Average East distributor, the Illyas and Mustafa Galardi Group. They acclimated Mustafa’s claimed Ferrari Enzo for the project, and

Menhub Dukung GEA

Mobil ini merupakan mobil irit BBM. Untuk 1 liter premium bisa untuk digunakan dalam jarak tempuh 25 km hingga 30 km.

Menhub Freddy Numberi berkesempatan mencoba mobil nasional produksi PT Inka yakni GEA di pabriknya di Madiun

Nama Camry semakin mencuat ketika resmi menjadi mobil dinas para menteri. Tugas Camry kini tergantikan oleh saudara semereknya Toyota Crown Royal Saloon. Lalu bagaimana nasib si Camry berikutnya setelah tidak terpakai menteri?

Diprediksikan, image Toyota Camry tidak akan terlalu berpengaruh setelah tidak digunakan menteri, karena biar bagaimanapun, Camry tetap memiliki popularitas di dunia, jauh sebelum para menteri menggunakannya 2004 lalu.

"Jangan samakan Camry dengan Toyota Crown, karena popularitas Camry tidak hanya di Indonesia, tapi hampir di seluruh dunia," ujar pengamat otomotif, Achdiat A Suhadi ketika berbincang dengan detikOto, Senin (28/12/2009)

Lihat saja bagaimana kiprah Camry di pasar Amerika, bahkan sampai di Arab Saudi. Varian sedan Toyota ini memiliki popularitas yang tidak kecil, apalagi dengan adanya varian hybrid dari Camry.

Sedangkan Toyota Crown, pria yang akrab dipanggil Dodo tersebut, sepertinya tidak melihat popularitas yang sama pada Toyota Crown. "Sepertinya hanya di Indonesia saja nama Crown berkelas," ujarnya.

Sehingga, Camry bakal tetap mendapatkan tempat bagi konsumennya, meskipun mulai tahun 2010 mendatang, sudah tidak digunakan lagi sebagai mobil menteri.

Note: Sayang mobnas ESEMKA belum ada yang produksi, bisa aja kan jadi mobil dinas menteri dan pejabat?

Lotus Sport Exige Black Cool Edition 2005

Lotus 2 Eleven GT4 Yellow Supersport Car

Hyundai Nuvis Silver Mini Elegance

Hyundai Neos New Evolution Super Sports

Hyundai Genesis Coupe 850 Orange Sports

Hyundai Genesis 600 Orange Elegance Bodykit

Hyundai Genesis Coupe 4 Silver Safety Car

Honda Stream Hyper Sport Red Night Driver

Honda Hybrid Red Slim Sports Car

Honda FC Sports White Edition

Honda FC Sports White Edition

BMW M1 Homage 200 Red Elegance Sport

Acura Advanced Sport Hybrid Car

Chinese auto giant set to enter UAE

Haima, one of the largest Chinese automobile manufacturers, is set to enter UAE and has tied up with Abu Dhabi based - First Motors a subsidiary of Bin Omeir Holding Group (BOHG).

Haima will be introducing 6 new models during the Dubai International Motor Show being held from December 16 to 20.

BOHG has diversified business interests in the UAE, Middle East and Africa, across many sectors including automobiles, commercial and military vehicles, car rental and leasing, logistics, banking, insurance, real estate developments and construction among other industry segments.

“We believe that UAE has a lot of potential and are looking at the mid income segment. With 21 years’ of development, Haima Automobiles has established complete supply chain and sales and services framework in line with international standards,” said Fred Huang, general manager, Haima Automobiles.

“As per published reports it is increasingly apparent that the UAE automotive market is mature, with vehicle ownership rates of over 540 per 1,000 inhabitants, a rate that exceeds most of the developing world. We are positioning our vehicles in a particular segment and we are confident that we will further boost the automobile sector in the UAE,” he added.

FAW Haima Automobile Company, one of the vehicle production bases, is located in Haikou city in South China covering an area of 2 million sqm and achieves an annual production capacity of 150,000 units of passenger vehicles. FAW Haima has two factories and one engine factory with complete manufacturing facilities and process of stamping, welding, painting and final assembling, and the third factory is under construction now, after completion, the total annual production volume will be 300,000 units.

Having started its strategic cooperation with Mazda in 1992, Haima has built its own R&D technical system and quality control system benefiting from the cooperation with Mazda for 15 years. With the newly developed engine and mature under body components, Haima collaborates with professional R&D institutions worldwide for joint design and development of complete vehicles.

Haima started exporting its cars in 2007 and now the sales network covers Middle East, North Africa, East Europe, South America and Southeast Asia. The countries the company covers currently include Egypt, Algeria, UAE, Syria, Jordan, Libya, Venezuela, Peru, Moldova, Philippines and so on.

Till now, nearly 10,000 units Haima cars and matched spare parts have been exported to the overseas markets

Teka Teki

Bebek apa yg jalannya selalu muter ke kiri terus?Bebek dikunci stangKenapa Bebek goreng enak rasanya?Karena ada huruf ‘B’ nya, coba kalo nggak ada, berani makan?Ada bebek 10 di kali 2 jadi berapa?soalnya yg 2 lagi maen di kali, kan?Hewan apa yg bersaudara?Katak beradikKenapa anak kodok suka loncat-loncat?Biasalah… namanya juga anak-anak. Suka iseng…Hewan apa yg paling aneh?Belalang kupu-kupu.

Hyundai Hybrid Silver Sport Car

Hyundai Neos Silver Elegance Car

Honda NSX-R White Cool Sport Car

Honda S2000 White Bodykit Sports Modification

Honda CR-Z White Elegance Sport Edition

Bentley S3 Classic Sport Car

Honda Blitz Racing Sport Car Modification

Esemka Ingin Seperti Kijang

Banyak orang menganggap, mobil buatan anak bangsa kurang mumpuni, baik secara kualitas maupun penampilan. Tapi, coba lihat mobil buatan anak-anak SMK yang satu ini. Dari segi tampilan, dan kualitasnya tidak meragukan.

Tidak seperti produsen mobil China yang kebanyakan mentah-mentah mencaplok desain produk lain untuk membuat mobil nasional mereka. Tapi Esemka benar-benar mendesain Digdaya sendiri, dengan kreasi sendiri.

Begitu juga untuk dapur pacunya. Esemka mengerjakannya sendiri, mengambil basis dari mesin KIA yang sebelumnya sempat dikembangkan Mazda yang mengambil basis dari GM dan Chrysler, sehingga jadilah mesin tipe Esemka 1.5i.

"Semua kita kerjakan sendiri," ujar konsultan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Ari Setiawan, ketika dikunjungi detikOto, di pameran Indonesian Manufacturing, di JI Expo, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Rabu, (2/12/2009)

Ari pun mengakui memang masih banyak kemiripan dengan produk lain, tapi itu wajar, karena setiap permulaan pasti meniru, mencontoh, tapi pada akhirnya bisa berkembang sendiri.

Sehingga, sampai saat ini, mereka sedang mengembangkan ECU (Electronic Control Unit) agar bisa dilokalisasi juga, karena untuk mobil Esemka, hanya tinggal ECU yang masih mengambil dari Siemens.

Harapannya, tambah Ari, semua pihak bisa memberikan apresiasi, karena biar bagaimanapun, produk anak-anak SMK ini akan terus berkembang, terus menyempurnakan diri, karena tidak ada yang instan.

"Seperti juga Toyota Kijang, dari mulai Kijang buaya yang tanpa jendela kaca, sampai sekarang ada Kijang Innova, nah, kita juga bakal seperti itu perkembangan kedepannya, tunggu saja," pungkas Ari.

Audi S5 Cabrio 3.0-liter TFSI V6 Quattro

Audi S5 Cabrio 3.0-liter TFSI V6 Quattro Audi S5 Cabrio 3.0-liter TFSI V6 QuattroThe tuning specialists at MTM have released a custom program for the Audi S5 Cabrio to increase performance by adding a supercharger. This is said to give the Audi S5 “maximized pleasure and comfort to the open air driving fans,” while tuners say it is the “most beautiful car” that was designed by Walter de

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Tuning

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG TuningNew Mercedes Gullwing is set to launch in the spring of 2010, and these designs of the SLS AMG show it is capable of extreme styling. The kit looks incredible, very aggressive, but still maintains the high class look of a Mercedes all wrapped into one unique package. MEC Design started off with giant 22″ three-piece mecxtremel wheels, removed the Mercedes logo above

BMW 335i Tuning

rdsport-rs35-biturbo-bmw-335i-3Engine performance includes electronic modifications to increase boost and optimize fuel and timing. A free-flowing intake and a larger, more-efficient intercooler help supply enough air. Exhaust gasses run through a larger exhaust that terminates in stainless sport silencers with quad tips. These modifications result in an increase in horsepower and torque to

Soul Shaker Harley Davidson Modification

Soul Shaker Harley Davidson ModificationSoul Shaker Harley Davidson At ShowFeatured on the cover of V-Twin Magazine (May 2008 issue). A 120 cubic inch Accurate Engineering Outlaw Pan Head, dual SS carbs. Baker 6 speed trans, Thunderstruck belt drive. Thunderstruck/Ego Trip Wheels. All sheet metal & accessories work by Mark Daley. Paint by Mad Gini.

India electric car pioneer plans biggest plug-in car plant

Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India’s first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.

Now Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co., is building in southern India what he says will be the world’s biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars.

“It’s the first attempt at mass production of a green car,” said Maini, who studied hybrid electric technology at California’s Stanford University and developed the no-clutch, no-gears Reva as head of a 75-member engineering team.

“With growing climate change awareness, I think we’re at the tipping point for electric cars,” Maini told AFP in an interview.

The drive in 1990 which set Maini on his career track was a General Motors-sponsored solar-powered race in which his car finished third, beating many of the global car companies.

“Driving across the continent on the sun’s energy made me think how we could use alternative energy to power cars in the Indian context,” he said.

“When I saw how our cities were getting polluted, I realised employing clean, alternative energy could make a lot of sense — we needed to develop this kind of technology,” he said.

Maini has put some 3,000 of the zero-polluting three-door Revas on the roads in India and Britain — where it is known as the G-Wiz — in the eight years since the company started selling the cars.

Reva was formed in 1994 as a joint venture between the family-owned Maini Group and AEV of the United States to manufacture environment-friendly vehicles.

But it took seven years for the first Reva to go on sale as Maini and his team worked on the design.

Afterward, “we were in a test marketing phase, trying to see how people used electric cars, what were their needs. But that’s now over and we’re ready to move to the mass-market stage,” Maini said.

In September, Reva got a big endorsement when GM announced it would team up with the tiny car company to develop a plug-in version of the best-selling GM Spark mini-car as the US giant embraces electrically powered driving.

“We think their technology is the best,” said GM India president Karl Slym.

The Reva — named after Maini’s mother — can seat two adults and two children and cover 50 miles (80 kilometres) on a single charge of electricity. New models feature sleeker looks than the Reva, which resembles a modified golf-cart, and will offer greater distance.

The company’s next generation three-door, four-seater hatchback NXR is intended to be a family car and will go into production in 2010. It will have a top speed of 65 miles per hour and travel 100 miles on a single charge.

The car will go on sale for around 10,000 euros (15,000 dollars) and can be charged in 90 minutes.

The higher-end NXG will have a 125-mile range and an 80 mile per hour top speed and sell for 23,000 euros in Europe.

The price of the new vehicles is not fixed for India but the cars are expected to sell for “much less,” said Maini.

The Reva currently retails for around 350,000 rupees (7,500 dollars) and is built at a small factory outside the southern city of Bangalore.

Maini is targeting people who want a vehicle for city jaunts or as a second automobile.

The cost of running an electric car in India is a tenth of a petrol-fuelled car, Maini said. The car has no oil filters, spark plugs or radiators so maintenance costs are also low.

“Since we started, there’s been quite a big change in consumer mind-sets,” said Maini, whose love affair with cars began when he was a child assembling remote-controlled toy vehicles.

“We are also seeing a large policy shift by governments to environmentally friendly vehicles,” he added.

Maini is eyeing annual sales of “5,000 plus” for the next three years and then 30,000 annually from cars produced at his new Bangalore factory, which is being built with venture funding.

There is a large market as the infrastructure for electricity is widespread — even in India, he said.

“All you need is the installation of a standard plug point — 15 amps — that is used for an air conditioner or an iron. Most people only need a larger car if they are going out of town.”

The tie-up with GM is part of a three-pronged strategy for Reva which wants to make its own cars under the Reva brand, franchise production in countries such as the United States and license the company’s technology for use by global companies.

GM and Reva have promised the new electrically powered Spark mini-car will be on Indian roads in a year and they see a market later abroad.

Cambodia: ‘Telepathic’ Car Symbolises Auto Industry

The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia’s roads — not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek’s outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.

“I just snap my fingers and the car’s door will open. Or I just think of opening the car’s door, and the door opens immediately,” says the 51-year-old as he proudly shows off the homemade car, named the Angkor 333-2010.

Onlookers gasp as he demonstrates the trick, and with the fibre-glass vehicle having cost him $5,000 and 19 months of labour he is in no mood to reveal the remote control system behind it.

But as with a handful of other Cambodians who make their own curious cars, he dreams the two-seater will help foster an automobile industry in the country, still poor after decades of conflict.

“I am very excited and proud of this car because many people admire me and keep asking me about how I can make it,” he says, adding that it reaches speeds of up to 100 kilometres (62 miles)  per hour. Kong Pharith, a 48-year-old former maths and physics teacher who has also produced his own car, says an auto industry is about to blossom in Cambodia.

“Our works will be part of a motivating force for the next generation to access new inventions and show the world that Cambodia has an ability to do what you think we cannot,” he says.

The inventor, who first came to national attention in 2005 for building a solar-powered bicycle, thinks he has now hit on a truly unique product with his orange, jeep-like vehicle with solar panels on its roof. Kong Pharith says it took him four months to design and put the final polish on his “tribrid” car which operates on solar energy, electricity and gasoline, hitting speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour with its 2,000 watt motor.

“I’m really happy about my achievement but not very satisfied with it yet,” he says, adding that Cambodia’s lack of modern technology and materials are a minor obstacle to efficient manufacturing. The dream of building cars in Cambodia may not be far-fetched. Officials have announced plans for South Korean automaker Hyundai to open a plant in southwestern Cambodia, assembling some 3,000 vehicles per year.

Cambodia did actually assemble cars in a factory during the 1960s, before the country was caught in the maelstrom of the Vietnam War.

The Angkor 333-2010 is the third he has built, and his first to talk. When Phaloek slams the door a voice out of the dashboard moans: “Why do you close me too strongly?”

“Dozens of local and foreign guests have come and seen my car,” Nhean Phaloek says with a smile. “One British man told me that it is the Cambodian James Bond car.”

Sebelum 2016 Indonesia Harus Memproduksi Automotif

Bila sampai 2016 Indonesia terus-menerus mendatangkan mobil hasil produksi prinsipal, maka diyakini negara ini akan selalu menajdi negara pengimpor, bukan pengekspor.

Demikian ditegaskan Presiden Direktur PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) Johnny Darmawan ketika ditemui di Jakarta belum lama ini.

Dia menuturkan, Indonesia harus bisa menjadi negara basisi produksi kendaraan bermotor bukan hanya sebagai importir. "Kalau sampai 2016 kita terus menerus impor, kita tidak akan pernah bisa ekspor," katanya yang juga bertindak sebagai Wakil Ketua Gabungan Industri Kendaraan Bermotor Indonesia (Gaikindo).

Untuk itulah ia mengharapkan situasi politik dan ekonomo dlama negeri terus membaik sehingga menumbuhkan kepercayaan para investor asing guna menanamkan modalnya di negara ini.

"Kita buat bagaimana para investor asing itu tertarik bangun pabrik kendaraan bermotor di Indonesia, supaya kita bisa produksi sendiri," ujarnya.

Setelah para investor itu masuk, maka Indonesia akan bisa menjadi basis produksi kendaraan bermotor bagi negara-negara lain. "Kalau sudah seperti itu kan tinggal tentukan negara tujuan ekspor, jadi jangan terus menerus jadi importir," tegas Johnny.

Wowwww.... Mobnas Arina Meluncur Tahun Depan, harga cuma 30 jut

Tak perlu menunggu lama lagi. Mobil nasional (mobnas) berharga murah dan hemat energi bakal segera meluncur di jalan dalam negerinya. Tadinya, pemerintah memperkirakan mobnas baru akan diluncurkan setidaknya tiga tahun ke depan. Ternyata, salah satu prototipe mobnas yakni Arina melalui produsennya, PT Wahana Cipta- bakal meramaikan pasar otomotif dalam negeri mulai pertengahan tahun depan.

Arina merupakan satu dari empat mobnas yang telah dibuat prototipenya saat ini. Ketiga yang lainnya adalah Gea, Tawon dan Komodo. Kepastian produksi Arina setelah, ada investor lokal yang bersedia mendanai mobnas ini.Setelah pembuatan prototipe, tahapan analisa pasar pun sudah mulai dilakukan produsen. "Saat ini sudah ada investor lokal, namanya belum bisa di sebut. Kami menyasar pada segmen pengendara motor yang ingin naik level ke mobil,”kata Direktur Teknik Pengembangan Teknologi PT Wahana Cipta Widya Aryadi, kemarin.

Masuknya investor lokal ini yang membuat Wahana Cipta yakin untuk mempercepat proses produksi Arina. Setelah memperkenalkan prototipe Arina selama ini, salah satunya melalui ajang Pameran Produksi Indonesia (PPI). Rencananya, Arina bakal dilego dengan harga sangat murah, hanya Rp 30 juta per unit. Dan pertengahan tahun depan Arena akan sudah masuk ke pasar komersil.

Selain itu, Wahana Cipta berencana memasarkan beberapa pilihan produk ke konsumen, antara lain Arina dengan kapasitas mesin 150 cc, 200 cc, dan 250 cc.

Pabrik produksi Arinan akan berlokasi di Kawasan Industri Terboyo Semarang (KITS) Jawa Tengah. Pabrik ini berkapasitas produksi sebesar 60 unit per hari atau sekitar 20.000 unit per tahun. Produk ini nantinya diluncurkan dalam dua spesifikasi yakni berpenumpang dua kursi duduk dan empat kursi duduk. Jenis mobil Arina masuk kelas hatchback dengan tingkat kandungan lokal di atas 90%.

Langkah memasuki proses produksi, Wahana Cipta tengah memproses pembentukan badan usaha baru PT Arena Motor. Sedangkan upaya mempermulus pemasaran, produsen memiliki komitmen jaringan atas bantuan Asosiasi Karoseri Indonesia (Askrindo). Telah ada empat daerah yang bakal menjadipenetrasi pasar. Yakni, Banten, Jakarta, Jawa Tengah, dan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.

Selain itu, produsen menggunakan sistem franchise alias wara laba. Strategi ini pun sudah membuahkan hasil. Buktinya, 400 peminat telah terdaftar. "Ada beberapa mitra potensial untuk membangun jaringan antara lain, Bali, Kalimantan, Sumatera, dan Batam. Untuk franchise fee pusat perakitan baru, kira-kira butuh dana sekitar Rp 20 miliar diluar tanah dan bangunan,”jelasnya.

Produsen berharap dukungan pemerintah. Misalkan, terkait kebijakan keringanan pajak yang tertuang dalam Peraturan Pemerintah No 62 Tahun 2008 tentang insentif Pajak Penghasilan (PPh) untuk industri tertentu dan atau investasi di wilayah tertentu sebesar 30% selama enam tahun. Selain itu, meminta pemerintah lebih mengutamakan merek asli dalam negeri dalam perhitungan tingkat kandungan dalam negeri (TKDN) sebuah produk.

Selain itu, dukungan menyangkut hak kekayaan intelektual (HAKI). Produsen lokal berharap ada penghargaan pemerintah untuk merek lokal sehingga memicu kreativitas baru.“Jangan hanya lisensi asing, tapi harus bisa menghargai hasil pemikiran kita dengan hasil rancang bangun asli Indonesia,”pintanya.

Mobil Nasional Laris Manis, Arina Dipesan 400 Unit

Mobil nasional hasil kreasi siswa Universitas Negeri Semarang, Arina, makin diminati masyarakat Indonesia. Baru diluncurkan tahun ini, Arina sudah kebanjiran pesanan sebanyak 400 unit.

Mobil mungil berkapasitas mesin 150-250 cc tersebut rencananya diproduksi secara massal Mei-Juni 2010.

"Para pemesan datang dari Jateng, Kebumen, Jakarta, dan Batam. Mereka umumnya terdiri atas mahasiswa, profesional muda, serta wartawan," kata Direktur Pengembangan Pasar Arina Motor Development Pangesthi di Jakarta, Kamis (21/5/2009).

Menurut Pangesthi, para pemesan tertarik memiliki kendaraan jenis urban personal vehicle (UPV) tersebut karena performanya yang cukup mumpuni dengan kecepatan bisa mencapai 80 km per jam dan irit bahan bakar dengan perbandingan konsumsi 35 hingga 40 km per liter.

Guna memenuhi pesanan yang mulai ada, kata Pangesthi, pada Agustus 2009 akan diproduksi terbatas sebanyak 100 unit untuk kelas 150 cc, kemudian dilakukan uji perjalanan Semarang-Jakarta pada Agustus atau September 2009.

"Produksi massal tahap pertama difokuskan ke segmen pasar Pulau Jawa, kemudian baru meluas ke daerah lain yang ada permintaan," kata Pangesthi. Perusahaan, kata dia, telah menyiapkan dana lebih dari Rp100 miliar sebagai modal kerja.

Bus Perkasa memiliki tiga tipe mesin

PERKASA. Sebuah nama yang cukup bisa menggambarkan suatu kekuatan. Ya itulah chasis bus produksi PT Wahana Perkasa Auto Jaya, anak perusahaan grup Texmaco. Orang pun kemudian menyebutnya bus Perkasa.