Super Luxury Buses for Sri Lanka Tourist Sector. Walkers Tours Gets 13 Buses

23rd February 2012, www.itnnews.lk

13 super luxury buses have been imported for the promotion of the tourism industry.The handing of these buses worth more than 175 million rupees for Walkers Tours Limited took place under the patronage of Ministr Basil Rajapaksa in Colombo today. Each Haiger brand vehicle manufactured in China, has a seating capacity of 51. Each bus is worth 14 million rupees.

Micro Company is the local Agents of the Haiger Bus Company. Several Parliamentarians were present at the handing over ceremony.

Image: Hon. Basil Rajapaksha, Minister of Economic Development was the chief guest at the handing over ceremony of new 13 super luxury HIGER Buses to Walkers Tours Pvt Ltd by the Micro cars Limited at Bandaranaike Memorial International

Conference Hall premises on 23rd February 2012. (Image courtesy: med.gov.lk).

Sri Lanka's Micro Cars Ltd to Expanding Manufacturing Capacity for Panda Cars

01st March 2011, www.dailynews.lk, By Harshini Perera

Micro Cars Limited expects to expand its manufacturing capacity as sales of the Micro Panda are rapidly increasing in the local market. Micro Cars Limited., currently has 250 units of Micro Panda vehicles on the assembly lines in various stages of assembly.

The handing over ceremony of the first cars to their respective owners was held recently and another 30 cars will be handed over on March 5. “We see the market as being very buoyant. The average Sri Lankan consumer is very sophisticated and technologically savvy when it comes to selecting a vehicle. We have strived to meet this demand and have been successful,” Micro Cars Ltd AGM, Business Development, Chamath Tennekoon told Daily News Business.

“The target market will be urban, sub-urban and rural customers. We always want to bring new and innovative products into the market. Today, Micro Cars Ltd. is proud to deliver a technologically advanced compact car with a 1300cc DOHC 16 Valve Petrol Engine to the consumer,” he said.

A whole host of new technology has been used to make the car one of the safest in the category.

We have introduced new technology such as Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD), Electric Power Steering (EPS) and Double Anti-Collision High Strength Steel Bars.

The high precision engine technology makes the Panda extremely fuel efficient and environmentally safe as a Euro IV compliant vehicle.

Micro Cars Limited, has plans on expanding manufacturing capacity as sales of the Micro Panda are rapidly increasing month on month.

The Micro Car factory in Polgahawela consists of many production lines which can cope up with a sudden surge of orders.

Tennekoon said that Micro Cars Limited has found the best way to cater to the North and East market by its physical present in those areas. “We will establish our own locations in key towns and economic centers to provide the best possible service, especially after sales support. Micro is aggressively following this policy as we are certain that we have the right product mix to cater to the North and East,” he said.

“There will be a Showroom and Service Centre setup in the Southern Province in the future which are under construction. With proposed service centers in the Wayamba, Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provinces, Micro is also aggressively increasing sales volumes which in turn makes spare parts and technical services more affordable and accessible to all,” he said.

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• Sri Lanka's Micro Exports Cars to Nepal

Sri Lanka's Micro Exports Cars to Nepal

30th September 2010, www.dailynews.lk, By Harshini Perera

Micro Cars Limited will be exporting ten cars, of the Micro MX7 model as an initial shipment to Nepal. There will be 150 cars in line with the first year commitment from Micro to Nepal which will include Micro cars as well as mini vans in the future.

The cars are sold in Nepal with the franchise of a Nepal distributor who is financially strong, well-informed about the car market and who can deliver a good after service facility, Micro Cars Limited Chairman/CEO Dr Lawrence Perera said at the shipment of cars to Nepal yesterday.

He said the Micro MX7 will be exported at US $10,000 without export taxes which is generally priced at Rs 2.2 million in Sri Lanka.

The car will be priced at Rs 2.3 million in Nepal. The company uses 40 to 50 percent import component in vehicle manufacturing while 35 percent is from the local component. It encourages the local repairers and manufacturers.

“We have come to a proposal with the Transport Ministry to test ten Micro buses to be used in the public transportation system as an initial test.

“The car market in Sri Lanka is around 20,000 a year but we as a local company could only take 10 percent of the market share,” he said.

“We have a larger market share of 80 percent in the SUV jeep segment while the small car segment is 10 to 12 percent and 15 percent for medium cars. The best selling vehicle is SUVs and four new models will be launched in the future,” Dr Perera said.

Image: Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa inspecting a car to be exported to Nepal while Micro Cars Limited Chairman/CEO Dr Lawrence Perera looks on. Picture by Chaminda Hittetiya