In the ASEAN region, Indonesia is one of the largest automotive market, together with Thailand and Malaysia. In 2008, Indonesia control 28% of total car sales in ASEAN, Thailand is controlled under 29%. However, in 2009 the Indonesian car market in ASEAN had dropped to 25% due to global crisis.
This year’s estimated market share of car sales in Indonesia improved, close to Thailand. Up to September this year, Indonesia and Thailand each hold about 30% market share of cars in ASEAN, is higher than Malaysia’s market share of 24.9%.
Automobile production base in ASEAN is also dominated by Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. As a major production base, Thailand has the largest share of production in ASEAN followed by Indonesia and Malaysia. As of September 2010, the share of Thailand’s production has reached 52%, while Indonesia and Malaysia each hold 22% and 19% of the total car production in ASEAN.