Saw the competition for the premium car increasingly tight, at first after being signed by him the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Indonesia-Japan. Mercedes-Benz at once launched SUV newest, GL 500.

This was our strategy to compete with the Japanese product that has been benefited with EPA. We to equip the model in all the segments, so as to be able to increase the consumer’s loyalty towards the make of Mercedes-Benz, said Rudi Borgenheimer, President Director Mercedes-Benz Indonesia during the SUV GL launching 500 in the Hotel of Shangri-LA, Central Jakarta, on Monday (15/9/2008) the night.
The car had a capacity of the machine 5,500 cc this was the special model was produced for the group the have in Indonesia. Because the tight competitor Lexus LX 570 this was people highest among them, same as being proper for S-Class in the segment of the sedan.

The Mercedes side was convinced, the car in label price with the price Rp1,888 billion, off the road, this will be sold by as many as 5 GL units 500 to the end of the year.

Now during 2009, the sale could it was predicted achieve 30-40 units. Generally for the SUV market the premium personally, up to the end of December 2008 was estimated could generally for the SUV market the premium personally, up to the end of December 2008 it was estimated could sell approximately 150 units and developed next year achieved 200 units. (auto.okezone)