Our friends at Autonetmagz have published spyshots of an SUV believed to be the Daihatsu Rocky undergoing road trials in Indonesia, suggesting that the compact SUV will make its way into the republic in the near future. That it is due in isn’t a surprise, because it was reported last month that local distributor Astra Daihatsu Motor had intimated that it was looking to bring in the Rocky as well as the Taft Reborn, although it did not specify exactly when.
The first intro could happen early next year. Initially, news reports had suggested that the first public showing of the SUV would be at the Gaikindo Jakarta Auto Week taking place at the end of November. However, the event has since been shifted to next January, so an official reveal might only take place then.
The Rocky, which went on sale in Japan last November, is powered by a 1.0 litre turbocharged three-cylinder engine offering 98 PS at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm of torque from 2,400 to 4,000 rpm, paired with a D-CVT, like its Toyota sibling, the Raize, which is also reportedly set for Indonesia. While there is an optional AWD system available for it, the SUV is likely to go on sale in front-wheel drive form.
Closer to home, Perodua is also expected to introduce its own version of the Rocky in Malaysia, but no official timeline for its market debut has been offered. Rumours early this year had suggested a launch sometime in the second half of 2020, but in August Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad revealed that there had been no plan to introduce it this year.
“I cannot say when, but even in our original plan it wasn’t going to be launched this year. However, as a result of the movement control order (MCO) and so on, we have to re-look at the schedule, and at this moment we have not decided on a launch timeline yet,” he told paultan.org.
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GALLERY: Daihatsu Rocky, 2019 Tokyo Motor Show
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(Like) P2 Daihatsu Rocky turbo.
(Dislike) Proton X50 turbo
Buy both, whose family only drive 1 car now?
Perodua Xiapa 98PS, 140Nm vs Haval M4 106PS, 138Nm
havel berat berape?? xD
Sell here below 60k this ohsem Toyota raize.
JAPAN Daihatsu selling RM64k kosong plastic rim spec, RM87k highest spec
Hopefully arrive Malaysia, we still can get below RM90k for best spec
If Toyota badge, easily price above Asean Yaris I,e Rm88k to RM110k.
Yaris Cross will be on par with HR-V RM99k to RM120k…
So indon gets it first. What is p2 doing, sleeping? X50 launching soon and still no news on p2 rocky.
Salam sobat, we more prefer to see X50 in Indon
Perodua feel like really chill and no rush, as their sales are super high and not really care about launching new car, factory capacity is full also LOL
can the car move or not?? Only 140 Nm of torque from 2,400 to 4,000 rpm (98PS). Come on Dyehatsu u can do better than that :))
No way for me to buy 3-cylinders + cvt + direct injection turbo…this combination will make u cry in long term maintenance cost
this is Axia engine turbo,
Not direct injection, has been used at daihatsu Tanto Japan
Proton installed anti Covid filters in their X70 but failed to protect their 49 engineering staff.
Proton sacrifice their workers all to keep their customers safe. That is true customer satisfaction quality.
Unlike Perodua sacrificing customers with fake crash test results all to keep Jap bosses happy thru milking their customers.