Indonesia's car sales plunged 10.9 percent to 21,879 units in July from the previous month to become the lowest selling month this year, a newspaper reported Thursday.

National car sales in the first seven months of 2006 fell sharply by 50.3 percent to 171,456 units against 345,170 units in the corresponding period last year, reported Bisnis Indonesia, quoting sources with the country's automotive producers association Gaikindo.

But Gaikindo chairman Bambag Trisulo said the July figure is not final yet as several producers have not reported their total sales.

"I expect the figure will be above 20,000 units as we have not collected all reports yet," he said.

Toyota led the July sales with 7,652 units, trailed by Suzuki with 4,048 units, Mitsubishi 2,793 units, Honda 2,400 units, Daihatsu 1,790 units and Isuzu 1,206 units.

Source: Xinhua