CHEVROLET. CHEVROLET in INDONESIA

PT General Motors Indonesia, Jl. Raya Bekasi km 27, Bekasi 17132, Indonesia tel. +6221/8844837, fax. +6221/8849338, 8849325, http://www.gm.co.id

CHEVROLET BLAZER

CHEVROLET TAVERA

Models produced in Indonesia: Tavera, Blazer / Blazer Montera; models produced in Ko­rea: Spark, Aveo; models produced in Thailand: Optra.

Production volume in Indonesia in 2003 - 462 vehicles.

PT Germak Motors, an assembler of Opel, Chevrolet and Holden vehicles since the 1960s, founded the PT General Motors Buana Indonesia joint venture with GM (40%-60%) in September 1993. In No­vember 1997 GM increased its share in the company to 100%, whose name was changed in 1998 to PT General Motors Indonesia. This firm began assembling the Opel Vectra in 1994, rolled out Opel Optima (=Astra I) sedans in the years 1995-99 and the Opel Blazer (=American Blazer) from 1995-2002. Since 2002 Blazer SUVs have been produced here, for the first time under the Chevrolet trade­mark. Both the Blazer, fitted with a 2.2-liter 114 hp or 2.2-liter 138 hp engine, and a spartan version of the Blazer Montera with a 2.2-liter 114 hp power plant are based on the Brazilian Blazer made in 2000. Since 2002 the Tavera minivan, equipped with a 2.2-liter 114 hp unit (identical to the Isuzu Pan­ther) has been built by PT Pantja Motor. In the years 2002-05 the Zafira minivan was assembled and the firm is also involved in the sale of Korean Chevrolet Spark and Aveo vehicles as well as the Thai Optra sedan.