Inokom rolls out the 10,000th Lorimas AU26 truck

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Inokom held a ceremony last week to mark the rollout of the 10,000th unit of the Lorimas AU26 from the company’s plant in Kulim. The Inokom-badged 1.5-tonne truck is the first Hyundai light-duty truck to be assembled locally, and Inokom has being doing it since year 2000.

“The Lorimas AU26 which is Korea’s number one best seller is selling very well here with an average sales of 1,200 units a year since 2010. It’s a practical light-duty truck and it is also value for money with a 2.6L Euro 1 engine that offers good speed, acceleration and fuel economy,” said Ng Lian Bee, head of commercial vehicle, operations, Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors.

Besides the Lorimas AU26, Inokom also assembles the AD3 five tonner. With these two Hyundai trucks, Inokom is averaging more than 1,600 units per year with a market share of 11% in the light-duty CV segment. Their target is 20%, to be achieved by increasing the production of existing models and also the introduction of new trucks, said Ng.

Inokom, a subsidiary of Sime Darby Motors, is targeting production of 20,000 vehicles this year, from 14,000 in 2012. The 20k total will include some 6,000 BMW cars, 8,000 units of the Hyundai Elantra, i10, Santa Fe and AD3 truck, plus 6,000 Mazdas, Land Rover Defenders and commercial vans.

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Comments

  • koochai on Apr 08, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    inokom staff must be very skilled…can assemble all sort of vehicles…from basic passenger car to luxury sedan…from small 1.5 tonne truck to 5 tonne behemoth…salute!

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  • Still do not understand why Hyundai cars assembled by Inokom is called Inokom and not Hyundai, does it make the car cheaper? And why is it when they assemble Mazda and BMW, these cars are not called Inokom 3 or CX 5 or Inokom 320, 520? Uniquely Malaysia????

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    • Kit Fu Civic on Jun 24, 2013 at 10:08 am

      FYI, Inokom is the contract assembler for the car brand such as Mazda, BMW, Hyundai, and many more (total 8 brands).

      Why only Hyundai Model was brand / logo-ed with Inokom badge is because Hyundai is license by HSDM(Hyundai Sime-Darby Motor) and Inokom is under Sime-Darby group (Motor Devision), that’s why…

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  • llgriver on Apr 08, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    thumbs up for the record..thumbs down for the face..

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  • Veneno on Apr 08, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    thumbs up for what..?? stupid rebadged..

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  • I always laugh when I see this lorry on the road… Design is so fugly…

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  • Just Another Dude.. on Apr 08, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    10,000?? Somebody actually bought this??!

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  • Meesai on Apr 08, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    Inokom..please change the “dick” logo

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  • pearjai on Apr 09, 2013 at 12:08 am

    the logo mean ”penetration”….hehehe..

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  • Congrats! But I am surprised to read that the truck is still using an engine that is compliant with Euro 1! Guess it is not environmentally friendly. No wonder the government is still holding back the diesel quality at Euro 2 instead of moving it to Euro 4 and beyond. Funny thing is that the local refinery can produce Euro 4 or 5 easily.

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  • anything to thumb up? inokom is just d bn colony who rob ur hard earn money. they dun hav own tech nor design, just rebadging but charging higher pricing.

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  • fullamak on Apr 10, 2013 at 11:07 am

    Inokom is just only a assembler…not a manufacturer like Proton…Inokom got licensed from Hyundai to put the logo on Hyundai cars…and why Mazda and BMW not using Inokom logo? Simple…they don`t have licensed…that`s all…don`t make you brain stuck for thinking of this stupid matters…I agreed about the logo…please change it laah..even Proton has 6 or 7 times changing their logo…Inokom? 15 years using same logo..Who`s the R&D boss? Tell him to change laa…don`t be proud about the bee look a like..it`s horrible…it`s time to change…

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