The 26th Thailand International Motor Expo 2009 ended on Sunday evening after eleven busy days at Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani and was judged an all-round success, a real shot in the arm for the Thai car industry as more than 25000 new cars and light commercial vehicles were ordered during the show. I’m back the very end of its run, the final day seeing the crowds peak as almost a fifth of the show’s sales are booked on this day. There is more than just the myriad of OEM and trade stands in the Challenger Hall as outside enthusiasts gather for owners’ get-togethers and modified, tuned and customised cars create mini light shows while pumping out sounds through a mass of speakers. In the end 25220 cars were sold at the show, beating pre-event estimates by 10000 units. Topping the list of the best-sellers was Japanese giant Toyota which took 7230 bookings, with Honda (4239) a distant second, while Isuzu (2539), Mazda (2277) and Mitsubishi (1518) rounded out the top-five most in-demand. All these are involved in the local car industry and the figures are boosted by sales of pick-up trucks which are very popular here. In sixth place, and the first non-Japanese carmaker, was Korea’s Proton (1388) which doesn’t benefit from either pick-ups or a local base; its new Exora MPV launched at the show accounted for nearly 60 percent of its orders over the last week-and-a-half. European brands fill out only a niche position here due to sky-high import duties, BMW with 415 sales …
AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Grup A Thailand vs Laos 2 - 2 goal by Thailand: Sarayoot Chaikamdee 67′, ‘90+1 Laos: Konekham Inthammavong 54′, Kanlaya Sysomvang 82′ Venue Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia Comment by coach Bryan Robson (Thailand) “The good thing for us is that now I will have more time to work with the players in training — something that I didn’t have a chance to do before this game.” David Booth (Laos) “We can consider it as two points lost but, as our team manager said earlier, Laos have not even managed a draw against Thailand in 35 years so we have to be thankful for small mercies.”
AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 Group A Thailand vs Malaysia 0 - 0 goal by Thailand: - Malaysia: - Venue Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia Comment by coach Bryan Robson (Thailand) “It’s something that I’m trying to get used to as Thailand coach. Once again, we completely dominated possesion and we created some great opportunities but we wasted them.” K. Rajagobal (Malaysia) “We knew we could play better and I told them not to repeat the simple, silly mistakes. They showed more energy today and as the game went on and the game remained scoreless, they gained in confidence. I have to pay credit to them for a good performance.”
AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 Group A Thailand vs Malaysia 0 - 0 goal by Thailand: - Malaysia: - Venue Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia Comment by coach Bryan Robson (Thailand) “It’s something that I’m trying to get used to as Thailand coach. Once again, we completely dominated possesion and we created some great opportunities but we wasted them.” K. Rajagobal (Malaysia) “We knew we could play better and I told them not to repeat the simple, silly mistakes. They showed more energy today and as the game went on and the game remained scoreless, they gained in confidence. I have to pay credit to them for a good performance.”
AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 Group A Indonesia vs Thailand 7th Desember 2010 at Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia www.affsuzukicup.com ALL COMMENT THAT LED TO THE PROVOCATION WILL BE REMOVED.
AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 Group A Laos vs Indonesia 4th Desember 2010 at Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia www.affsuzukicup.com ALL COMMENT THAT LED TO THE PROVOCATION WILL BE REMOVED.
AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Group A Indonesia vs Thailand 2 - 1 goal by Indonesia: Bambang Pamungkas (pen) 81′, (pen) 89′ Thailand: Suree Sukha 68′ Venue Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia Comment by coach Alfred Riedl (Indonesia) “I thought that today, we were playing in third gear a little bit but their goal woke us up. I was surprised that we had so much power in the end and we got the result we wanted in the end.” Bryan Robson (Thailand) “Overall I thought we played quite well tonight but after we scored the goal, we seemed to panic a bit and gave the ball away a bit too much.”
