President Prabowo Will Facilitate Maung Cars For Ministers To Echelon 1

President Prabowo Subianto greeted residents from the Pindad Maung Garuda car when they arrived at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Sunday, October 20, 2024. (ANTARA PHOTO-Hafidz Mubarak A)

Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) Anggito Abimanyu said President Prabowo Subianto would facilitate ministers to all echelon 1 officials in the current government era in a Maung car made by PT Pindad (Persero) as an official vehicle.

This was conveyed by Anggito at the 15th Anniversary and Lustrum III of Gadjah Mada University Vocational School (UGM) in UGM, Sleman, Yogyakarta DI, Monday, October 28.

"Next week I will use Maung's car, the Pindad car," said Anggito, confiscated by Antara.

According to Anggito, President Prabowo wants the use of imported cars as official vehicles to be eliminated in his government era.

"Pak Prabowo has said that next week there will be no more imported goods for echelon 1 cars with ministers, extraordinary," said Anggito.

Anggito said Maung's car was designed by Professor Sigit Puji Santosa from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) who is also the Director of PT Pindad with 70 percent using domestic components.

"Later, if you want to see Maung, yesterday Professor Sigit from ITB, President Director of Pindad, said that he designed Indonesian cars, 70 percent of them are domestic products," he said.

Maung is a 4x4 light tactical vehicle produced by PT Pindad aimed at supporting close combat operations and difficult terrain cruises

Based on the official Pindad website, Maung is designed to have agile and reliable maneuverability to support the mobility of its users in various operating fields.

This formidable SUV has a safe speed of 120 km/hour, a manual transmission of 6-speed and is capable of reaching a distance of up to 800 km.

Maung can be equipped with a 7.62 mm gun bracket, SS2 V4 gun console, GPS navigation device and vehicle tracker and other equipment.

The car with a capacity of four passengers has a weight of 2,160 kg which can be modified for various purposes.

Meanwhile, Maung, specifically used by President Prabowo, has been modified in European style with chrome wheels. On the back, there is the "GARUDA" logo.