Esemka Bima


The Esemka Bima is a series of light commercial vehicles manufactured by the Indonesian automaker Esemka. It is the first product that being mass-produced by the company, locally assembled at PT Solo Manufaktur Kreasi manufacturing facility in Boyolali, Central Java. The Bima was launched on 6 September 2019. A total of 26 local component manufacturers supplied parts for the pickup truck, including PT INKA. The company claimed the Bima is built with 60–62 percent local content. Despite being built locally, the blueprint design of the Bima is allegedly identical to the Changan and Jinbei pickup trucks.

History

The Bima nameplate was first registered in 2012, along with the Rajawali SUV. Esemka claimed that they would be partnered with Chinese automakers Chery and Foday to build the car at the time. The Bima was proposed to be a low-cost pickup truck equipped with a 1.1 L petrol engine and would be targeted to rural farmers. Later in 2013, 40 units of the Bima and Rajawali had been delivered.