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The plant’s location met GM’s philosophy of “build where we sell and source where we build.” Mitsubishi through PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors has a long presence in Indonesia, but their first true hit was the Colt T120. This was a locally built version of the first generation Mitsubishi Delica, and from its introduction in the early 1970s it became a seminal vehicle. It was mostly alone in its class and for a generation of Indonesians “Colt” became synonymous with minibus. The T120 was finally discontinued in 1982 and replaced by the L300 ; but sales never reached their earlier highs.

Kostrad owned the Volkswagen agency through its Yayasan Dharma Putra business group, in partnership with two Chinese entrepreneurs. Local production of automobiles began in 1964, originally with SKD assembly of imported cars and commercial …