Rooting for the Esemka

History is sort of being rewound in Solo. On a day in 1894, the first automobile trader in Indonesia, John C. Potter, delivered a German-made Benz Phaeton, ordered by Pakubuwono X. History says this was the first car in Indonesia.

Last week, the city once again acquired special automobiles - namely two Kiat Esemka 1.5i sport utility vehicles (SUV). Ordered by Solo Mayor Joko Widodo, these cars were not made in Germany, but rather by students of v

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