Motorcycle sales keep rising thanks to traffic woes Jakarta Post
Motorcycle sales keep rising thanks to shipping woesThe Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 10/27/2009 12:51 PM | See
The country's largest motorcycle dealer said it had enjoyed healthy sales thanks to persistent traffic jams and fruitless public transportation.
Julius Aslan, the marketing director of PT Astra Honda Motor, the sole distributor of Honda motorcycles in Indonesia, said buyers were often former any transport users.
"When people are frustrated by public buses, or sick of traffic jams, they will try motorcycles. It's cut-price, and has much better mobility," he recently told The Jakarta Post.
Today, with a mere Rp 500,000 (US$50) down payment, people can down a bear home a brand new motorcycle using a credit scheme with affordable instalments.
Honda is still expanding opportunities to cooperate with financing companies to create loan schemes with more benefits for its customers, Julius said.
