THE Indonesian automotive market is just like a race track. New cars hit the road one after the other. The smell of competition never disappears from the air. At the beginning of last November, for example, Astra Daihatsu Motor launched its Grand Max model after closing the history on Daihatsu Zebra the previous month. The launch came not long after Suzuki introduced APV Arena. Both boast 1,500cc engines.

Last May, Nissan also launched a new car