According to a report by Kompas, the Toyota C-HR could become a locally-produced model in Indonesia. Warih Andang Tjahjono, vice president of PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) said the likelihood of that happening is dependent on the level of demand for the hotly-anticipated model.
“The possibility exists, more so if the demand is high in the country,” he said, adding that with the excess production capacity available to TMMIN currently, the company is confident that local production is possible for products that ride on the modular Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform.
The C-HR is the second model that employs the TNGA after the fourth-generation Prius, and is offered with three powertrain options, including a hybrid (market dependant). These include the 8NR-FTS 1.2 litre turbo four-cylinder, 2.0 litre Dual VVT-i four-cylinder and a 1.8 litre VVT-i Atkinson cycle four-cylinder, with the latter being used on hybrid models.
Warih also stated in the report that the second TMMIN plant – Karawang – is only utilising 30% of its available space. “From the 150 hectares that is available, only 20 hectares have been used, so there is still 130 hectares of empty space to be used,” he explained. The Karawang II plant first started production in 2013, where it currently makes the Etios Valco, Yaris, Vios, Limo and Sienta. It has an annual production capacity of 120,000 units a year.
When the C-HR officially goes on sale in Indonesia, it will go up against the Nissan Juke and Honda HR-V, both of which are locally-produced models there. As for Malaysia, there’s no indication when the C-HR will make its launch debut, or even if it will arrive as a CKD model. Given the fact that its rival, the HR-V is locally-made, could the C-HR be the same as well?
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The C-HR will be surely be a high volume seller here. If UMWT wants to keep prices competitive and avoid running out of APs, they absolutely need to locally assemble the C-HR.
But with the worsening ringgit exchange rate, economic uncertainty and reduced new car sales… there is no guarantee they will.
Too late for Toyota to claim volume from the segment. So they will sell it expensive with lesser units.
Toyota very greedy, they will sell this at RM130k. Nobody will buy cause HRV is more worth it.
Do you dare to buy from a company that for 20 years refused to give VSC to Malaysians whilst globally all their cars had VSC and minimum 7 airbags?
It’s not making any sense for UMW to price is competitive.We all knew it.This will be the most expensive among its small SUV rivals with the least specs.And we knew the engine is super small.Cheapest one would be 120k for basic model coz Japan just launched at 97k.Surely not a HRV killer in term of price and performance.CHR 1.2T 120ps (like Honda city) and 1.8NA just around 136ps.. HRV start at 99k only 1.8NA
More customers for HRV then.
Only 1 way to sell this car here. As a CKD hybrid. Here you dont need pay excise duty , only pay 10% sales tax. Then you can keep the cost lower. Just like Camry Hybrid.
Even Indonesia better than malaysia
Assemble kat Tanjung Malim bahh
Hrv killer
HR-V already have celebrated their glory for a few years. Honda should have better prepare a worthy facelift to compete with C-HR just enough to steal the light. Especially the air-cond vent.
It will only be HRV killer if it were to sold around same price as HRV.
Unless the equipment list is generous, otherwise dream on.
Is it just me or the front looks like a mechanized Donkey Kong?
Most Toyota Basher like 2 bash the C-HR but I find it baffling when the car has not even been Sold let alone TESTED yet.
Already bored with UMWT. Any new Toyota models on foreign country will be dumbed down & price bloat when entered Malaysia.
They better surprise us that just announce something dumbed down and unsafe but sold at a premium again.
The hybrid one will be better than turbo here…
It could be CH-R will be produced in Indonesia & Thailand later. CH-R allows manufactured in Indonesia as a big market & competitive price with low luxury tax. While production in Thailand possibilities intended for export to ASEAN or non ASEAN. Just look at the year 2018
The yellow one awesome !!
in 2012 was the first time I saw nissan juke while in Indonesia, and hope they sell it in Malaysia. It turns out that juke never available here. I really envy with Indo coz they have many choices of cars to choose