PT Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) will launch a new variant of Xenia, the automatic version at November 2009. This was said by the Vice President of ADM Sudirman MR in Industrial Journalist Workshop with PT Astra International Tbk event.
"Currently we are conducting trial production. Automatic transmission version is only for the 1300 cc engine Xenia XL," said Sudirman as quoted by Kompas.com. The price difference with the manual versions ranging between Rp 10 million per unit. Nothing else changes, both exterior and interior.
From the Gaikindo data, total sales during 2009 of Xenia has reached 29,502 units. ADM is targeting sales of 43,000 units of cars until the end. Current market Daihatsu Xenia with two engine choices, the 1000 cc and 1300 cc.