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That's greta!! We expect more from tho good work.

Great News...Viva,

This is a pure woyane propaganda people don't have a daily food to eat we still are under west’s hand outs they are talking about luxury boyance, black eyed pea now an auto mobile first secure the food program and try to eradicate poverty then in to luxury in my opinion forget about the car business and concentrate in agriculture in stead of an auto mobile how about tractors for now

Oh Sweet. When left alone, or supported, individauls and private companies can deliver miracles in a very short time. It is when government has a very heavy hand that economic progress stalls to a halt.

Go Ethiopai!

Another woyane company!
Had woyane been not there, the old Asmara bus assembly could have been the biggest car manufacturing firm in East Africa.

what a great news. I didn't expect they will make such beautiful cars. This what our mother land needs. not hate politics. Go GO GO ABAY. keep on the good job.

God bless Ethiopia

Brilliant! and good news!

This will be a corner stone toward generating locally trained vocational people.

lovely, lovely!!!!
Good job Ethiopia! keep moving ahead slowly and we will get to the promise land

Dear all,

Although this is a music to our ears – this news i.e. “Abay’s car Rolls Out” is bound to irritate the die-hard CUD supporters and their disciples.

As a matter of fact we know that CUD and the likes seems to be addicted in fabricating hate politics by exploiting every news including a good news such as this to justify perpetual misinformation.

They all seem to be ignorant of the very fact which is development requires not development talk by stooges like them but an action at fair playing field.

I am sure they are bound to tell us we know more than anyone else.

The "I KNOW IT ALL" syndrome is the disease afflicting the CUD and their disciples BUT so far it isn't known to be contagious through social contact other than deep political influence and disguised nationalism.

Kindest regards, Zena

Congratulations and good luck to Abay.

However, first car assembled in Addis was AWRARIS, at Orma garage, more than half a century ago. I remember seeing the picture of an elegant long nosed, chubby chicked,classic car. I wish some one who knows about it could tell us more.

Mr. texas,

Your eyes will rain tears beqnat, bisbis Eritrean. You have no idea what Ethiopians will do. Gena mn ayiteh! You keep on begging for the sick sheep from Australia while we are doing all that can be done in out capacity. Thanks to God that you are gone, the bugs that had been sucking our blood for years. Now it is time for us to do the job of our country’s development, once the bugs are gone.

texas
do you expect us to use a horse until you and your friends to get back with hammer 4x4.

If that is all you can think to write, i advise you "Please dont punish you little brain"

I quote:
"First personal car assembled in Ethiopia..."

Wow! Derg assembled the first tractor in Nazreth and named it "Natfa"
And TPLF assembles a personal car and names it "ABAY"

Texas I dont think you have to object evrything.try to give credit for posetive progress,regardless of your poletical ajenda. I would say this is a good step forward. We talk about food security,I belive it can be achieved through creating new jobs,I hope this will do.not to mention the savings in Forex.However I believe that the price of the car is too expensive. Chinease are manufacturing cars costing $5000 nowadays.We dont need luxury get the basic for now.

Qudus for hard work!!! The way things are progressing and with l leadership of the current government, will make poverty our past history.

Texas (above)

Do not be that much stupid. What do you mean. Allow your dumpen brain to try to function a bit.
HOw can you say that this is a woyanized job. What wrong did weyane do regarding this? We have to applaud weyane for for bringing this to our threshhold.

Do you mean this plc is going to make cars for woyane?

PUUUFFFFFFFFFFFF
You brain and thus the ida that it generates stinks. So bad stink
Go to hell with this brain before it will poisons people.

Yes Go To HELL, ABO.

Selam Texas
read it your article twice then comment your self.How can you say " this is wayane propaganda" Do you know it the differece between woyane and private investers? Please donot oppose everything blinding.You have the write to say whate ever you like,but you you have to differnciate between good and bad things to our motherland ,Ethiopia

Before WEYANE looters invade Ethiopia we used to assemble semi-trucks with cooperation of AMICHEE, Italian company.

unbelievable!

If Kinijit built its own car,....the car would have the biggest and laudest engine and yet NO POWER what so ever!,......

Anyways, I got to get me one of them Abay cars.

texas

Don't be gegema, keft aff.! U r old enough to know how this reality of growth, development works. This is how u make money & feed the one or help to whom needs it. Do u think poor people will buy the car? Rich ethiopians will buy car, it just a way to take money from them in a very maner & systematic way, stupid.

First thing; this car is not made in ETHIOPIA, it is just assembled in Ethiopia, ... anyone can do that... you don't even have to be a government to do it ... its just so easy job to do !!!

Good news we use to assemble Tractor,ok Amiche Trucks ok now we assemble small car which is good next time we may It`s okey when we go home we buy one, why we Rent ,.....Thanks god for all .

Before we get to excited about assembling cars, keep in mind...

-we still have millions of homeless and hungry people

- no sufficient health care

- education sucks

- our country is still under tyranny

- Political opposition is routinely persecuted and citizens brutally oppressed

e.t.c

Free the people and watch them blossom. Anyone can put together imported parts to make cars. Getting excited over this is a sad reminder of where we are.

Kendachew!!!!!What is wrong with you?
Stop hatin'!You know this is a positive step forward.I fell off my chair when I saw you trying to criticize this.

ELEL BELU HULACHIHUME ENDEGENA


Every day i hear good neews about my sweet home ethiopia i promism my self to say thanks God. thanks also the leader and the people ethiopia. away to go
GO ETHIOPIA GO ETHIOPIA BRING US GOOD NEEWS MORE AND MORE..


ONELOVE ETHIOPIAN

texas go to hell ok any ways u guys don't appreciate.anything

Can any one confidently tell us this so-called private company that has started assembling new cars is not in any way related or be part and parcel of EFFORT,the notorious TIGRAY Family business run by Sebhat Nega? Who is going to benefit from the turn over? What does this car assembly plc mean to poor peasant in south Ethiopia?

It is good news that we are able to assemble a car...BUT...even the designer and manufacturer would not profit this much. This price is due to high TAX from the government...otherwise it could be sold for just 8000 dollars. To prove this Ask this the company (Holland car plc)

Ethiopians can do anything, if they could always have respect for eachother and love one another!

TMAN
WEYZERI even do u want to be called T man iwill call you againe cancer of our country
whats wrong with you dont u want our people want to hear good neews, always want to say bad news.
tell me what have u done for ethiopia.
have u ever donet. give some money to hospital ethiopia? or collected a book from whatever you r and send it to ethiopian whom need it. i know for sure u have naver done this think b/c it,s not in your mind
so get lost .started from now on do something for your country if ur truly ethiopian
last thing when u hear goog neews about ETHIOPIA MAMA ETHIOPIA say elelelele or shut up .seeya
ethiopia tikdem elel endegena

Whoever invested (whether it be Dergue, Woyane or anybody) in this project it is good for Ethiopia. Not only it opens job opportunity to many brothers and sisters, it inspires others to follow the same suit. Excellent job!

Congratulations Holland Car!
Keep up the good job.

Dear texas,

You are a shame to your self. You have to change yourself inorder to talk about others.

We have people like “Texas” who know nothing but give bad name to any good news that come out of Ethiopia. On the other hand, we have people like “Zena” who try to ridicule any idea which defies TPLF. What in the world are we doing? Can we just get along, please? We can only get good tribute only if we are ready to give credit to the work of others. God bless Ethiopia.

Texas you wusha![dog] Shabiya... Ethiopia with 81million population can buy not car ,even private Jets.

It is a death trap. Just have a look at the crash test video of Chinese cars.

Instead of five million poleticians
one busness man contributing economical devlopment for our country!!!!

While a few angry CUD are trying to spin this great news to suit their hate propaganda, 95% of the comments made so far have a positive view toward this new development in Ethiopia. The die hard CUD hate mongers will wither away as things continue to change in Ethiopia for the better. Since the bickering within the CUD leadership came out in the open, many misguided CUD sympathizers have vowed to stay away from this party of hate mongers, a party that was patched together in haste for the sole purpose of settling old scores with the ruling party.
God bless Ethiopia!

good news... Ethiopia is moving in the right direction. Thanks to those who are helping to make it happened. Made in Ethiopia for ethiopians! Next we'll start building our on jets! to kick asses!

Thanks God,
We heard a nice move forward.
Keep up !

It's not for the first time cars are assembled in Ethiopia ,as is stated before Haile regime creat Amiche trucks assemble industry one of the big and first factory in Africa . Why all the woyane's thugs and bandits ae hailing for nothing .Assembling cars is not and will not be the first and the last in our country .We have there enough qualified technicians who have the skills to creat new models ,but knowing the TPLF looters nobody gives them the chance ."..BEKOMATA BET ANDE TAT BERKU..." . LONG LIVE THE TRUE ETHIOPIANS !!!!

Ethio-

Elil elil elil bilenal.

Abel Qual
I am sure you must be a damn Eritrean.How is that you do not wish to hear good news in Ethiopia???

Get out out of here and join your dehai

My next car will definately be one of these. Lets be customers of our own!

Dear Texas, you have to go to the Abay company to reassembled your mind!!!

thats what i'm talking about....exellent

Several of you have suggested that we should rather focus on eradicating poverty first before we begin to asseble cars in Ethiopia.

Not a bad idea. But I have a question?

What are you waiting for? What have those of you who suggest that we should not assemble cars yet have done to eradicate poverty? By the way sending your parents money on Easter and Christmas does not count.

What steps have you taken that would help feed the millions of Ethiopians that have little or nothing to eat?

What organizations have you set up to fund the many orphanages full of kids victimized by Aids?

How have you helped the many rural schools in our country acquire books and other equipments they need to educate our kids?

Do not be offended that I have asked you these questions. Instead, realize your hypocracy in criticizing someone else's work when you have done absolutely NOTHING.

Stop the hate!

Excellent news. Ethiopia needs more manufacturing jobs. I hope other Ethiopians with capital will get into similar business.

Texas,
Are you Ethiopian? If you're you must be RETARDED!!

In my opinion this is such a great idea. I wish if we do get more of those.I'm so happy.Cz this could creat many job oportunity. It doesn't mean that those homless get a job at Abay Compony. The one who is qualified to work for this compony will leave another opportunity to the others. I dont see any thing wrong with it. I dont know why some people be unhappy about this. I'm not Woyane! What has to do with woyane when our economy g so good? dont you guys know that is a big change for us. thats how we begin to be out of third world country. dont put poltics, hate and economey mixed up.Have a comon sense.

Compared to Honda Civic LX 2007 5-speed manual @ $16,710 dollars in the US. I hope vehicle emission standard and other safety features are same as US vehcles too!

i have seen the car when i went to ethiopia for the millenium they had the car parked infront of demble for people to seee. it seems like it got a lot of space but i cant say much about its engine performance

One more good news for ethiolovers. Dont say it loud if you do not want to let shabians end up with headache.

Look how productive we are in all matters when we dont fight one another. The slightest opportunity we got for peace, the result is tremendious. Lets give peace and tolerance a chance, then we get more superb news which deafen our enmeies.

We will make it together.

Send shabians home.

Some thing is better than noting.

Dear 'B',
that's the funniest comment I ever heard. Someone should start a brain-assembly business to reconfigure "texas's" mind.

Dear 'texas',
please don't use the name 'texas' ever again b/c you are embaracing the smart people who live in texas.

I didn't say that is anything wrong, all what I said in here is true, but I can see that a lot of woyane people are take it out of contest, my opinion is at this time and age after we see Lambergini, Ferrari, , MAZZERATI, BMW, MERCDECE, HONDA, TOYOTA, NISSAN, INFINITI, LEXUS, FORD, CHEVY, GMC, and so on is it worth it to build a car which by the way no body knows about, is it our priority right now, are we able to compete with the above mentioned brand name automobiles that is all I am saying but we have a big old land waiting for good hard working farmers waiting for a good tractor machines to plow, that is all folks. But please folks I put a name in there you can use that name and attack me personally which I don’t think it is necessary, but don’t blame Eritrea, cud and so on for that, me only me is responsible for writing this, oh boy, a lot of people needs growing up to do. Use your energy to think and be true to what is going on in the country.

Have nice weekend
Peace

for abay-a real great job's done.continue-"beruh tesfa-wode abayethiopia godana"-ethiopia is SIMPLY THE B_E_S_T-better gid it in your heads-bullshit diaspora!!!bloody reefergeez-nobody miss you back home in ethiopia-so stop your unqualified crap bullshit-"yager kedatenyotch"LET'S CELEBRATE "ABAYETHIOPIA"_against all odds!!! GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA!!!

ethio,

I'll join you in elilta when my people eat 3 sqaure meals a day, drink clean water and say what's on their minds without fear of persecution. To me that will be progress. Again, assembling cars from parts made elsewhere is not anything to brag about.

Ethiopia's economy is agricultural. 85% of populaion lives in rural area in farming.. Ethiopia's GDP (General Domestic Per capita is less than 100 dollars. Let keep aside other problems and what kind of policy do we have? Imagine the country who can not feed it self not only that, it feeds it's people with food aid from international community when we drive a car produced or exported. I am laughing. It is like a guy wearing a nice Italian shoes when even he has no pants to cover his private part. This is a crisis to the country becausec of lack of actually working national economic policy. The government already developed dependency as the doners spoiled him because of anti terrorism "ally". So no one takes responsibility about tha policy especially about the agriculture that feeds the needy population. It is better if we could export our agricultural products at the same time improving and processing them to compete. This is generally the so called rich rulers investment what ever the license tag is.No appreciation for fake economy policy and investment.

What is wrong with our people? Ijust don,t understand why our mind is full of negativity. Come on guys we shuold congagulate those people who asemble abay. We know ethiopia needs a lot of thing. SO insteade of critisizing some one who has done something that we never tried or even thought about we should either shut up and enjoy the american made hamberger in here or go back and do something that we all proud off.

The only pity of the diaspora is, that they can not afford to live in comfort in Ethiopia anymore beacuse of their meager saving they have in West countries.

Today 100.000 USD can not buy you even a decent house let alone to let you live in comfort.

Next question how many people in diaspora have the minimum 100 grand in their saving.

So the only thing they can do is to cry like baby.

Can we get all along and do what we can to help our country. before we critisize some ones efort we all should stop talking and start acting.

No matter what this the big one, and we should give a credit to the leaders who
open the dore for the western tech and
investors. Weldone lets keep it up!!!!

great news for great ethiopians,keep it up .I am behind you!

abay abay yager adibar yager sisay.

peace to all.

Tman

You said you will wait until all Ethiopian eat three meals a day and so on...

Go ahead and wait. Those of us who believe that progress comes one step at a time keep on celebrating every progress we see in Ethiopia.

You are one of those who say that why we cellebrate millinium in a grandeous way. In your croocked mentality, you believe that we stop celebrating any thing because we are poor. You know very well that Meles is not assembling the cars. A lot of Ethiopian got hired to do the job. Those Ethiopians start feeding not only their family but also their extended families. That is how you will feed your people not sitting down and critising the good work done by action people.

If you were in power, how do you plan to feed your people? Hand out or creating a job oppotrunity like this one? I know for sure you know what I am talking about. The issue with you and people like you is that unless Kinijit is in power, nothing would be appreciated.

Ethiopia will keep on progressing towards the middle class status by doing one thing at a time. You and your friends, on the other hand, lobbying to block aid from the starving Ethiopian children in the name of HR 2003.

Maferia!
God Bless Ethiopia!

Superb news, good luck to Holland Car.

It is a good start but how in the world a car assembled in Ethiopia cost the same as a car assembled in the US.
Hey man power in Ethiopia is almost free plus who is going to afford a 16K car? Are they planning to close next year?

Great news

First car assembled...during EPRD

first tractor assembled, during Durg

first looser Kinjit assembled in 2005

cost car= $16,000.00
cost tractor= $20,000.00
cost Kinijet= $0.99

that is amaizing we are growing and god bless the people of ethiopia,and i expect more developemnts to be carried out ,and respect for humanity grow more,love you all

Thank you, Abram. Here you go.

Texas is fighting for Eritrea...What a lost cause. I guess it is nostalgia..coming to Nazret USA. Reminds you of Nazret Ethiopia. Nazret is developed so much it is twice the size of Asmara.... sorry!

Who can afford this peace of crap from china? We could get Toyota for that price!!
This investment is some form of a scheme to suck up all virgin resources from the south.

Toyota is African symbol and could be exported all over Africa.
I wonder how much Woyanes share in this deal is ??

TMAN
Can you tell me what heve you done for Etiopian please if u haven,t done nothing please shut up and accept the good neews
Shefafa u r shefafa if you dont know the world i will tell u agaian temama

Is that car being sold in U.S? Anybody knows? All I have to say is if you'r going to buy that China made becarefull.Anything china made must be watch carefull.

alena

we know that eritrean are even short donky
sorry go to somalia ask for camel we r too bussy to spare change.

When people clap their hands and get excited about a small achievent, it is not good for the country. isnt that part of the reason why we are behind everyone else?

that it is a big deal and big achievement for us if we eat ..

I am sure most of you here have no idea about car technology. But you have to ask you self, does it really take a lot ot assemble a car? In a low scale, this can be done at any small garage.

Besides, why dont we manufacure some of the parts?

cali how you and other stupide diss chinw you and ower country s till dont know how to make nidels. please respect china they are far more than us ofcourse u know how to talk but no0t how to work

No matter what this is big for the country and for the people. lets some times admit
it is good to incarage and admite this goverment is doing good job than the one befor. I dont think assembling car can be done in a simple garge dooo.

have a good day.
Toronto.

Good improvment! please let us go to gether for development in other sectors and unity of people of Ethiopia too.

Though its nice to hear such things as manufacturing cars in Ethiopia, there is a lot priorities than this right now. Imagine the country famous in the world for hunger and one of the poorest in the world manufacturing cars. Why just produce enough food first, why first don't follow the foot step of other African countries in fighting hunger and disease. The thing does not make any sense to me. It is nothing more than a shame and an insult to the people who sleep hungry. The other time, to celebrate the so called millennium homeless peoples were forcedly detained and displaced by the this government, I mean, are they shame to who? that is the reality of the country, we got accept and live with it. Now I hear we manufacture our own cars, isn't that too soon? I think we are shutting the mouth of those who depend on the western aid for every single day by displaying the false GDP.

i appreciate it in a sense it create a job opportunity for few, so their family may at least live better and their kids attend school instead of being a conductor on a taxi at early age as 6. On the other hand i detest the fact people get elated for a car being assembled in ethiopia. given the parts, tools and a manual, well it wont even fit the creativity of teengers pimping their cars in other part of the world.

alena,

what are you doing here, you better leave for the long queue that snakes the Italian made streets of Asmara Or there wont be bread on the table today. See dumb azz, we are in different classes, this is not about fixing a century old Amiche while enjoying a salt juice from red sea. A friendly advice to you, make your rat holes bigger and reliable because you never know what will be our next advancement and what can we do with it.

I forgot the homeless and beggers are out f Addis. Who is next the middle class?
It make sense now. It is time for the homies to enjoy the street in ABAY.

Why this all fuss 4 car assembly? i utterly agree with Mr TEXAS above and give him my consent zat what the pecking order 4 Ethiopia should be concentrating on its Agricultural productivity and try to enable the farm family be food self-sufficient instead of making them dependent upon relief food hand outs! How on earth such a comment drags some of TPLF thugs here to slam and vomit loathsome comments against bloggers. Why in the world you sally to label bloggers as Eritrean, Kinjit, and so on so forth???? how dare you label me shabia or CUD??? I am proud Ethiopian but i am still bleeding inside when i look back on what WOYANE tyrant/dictator MELES and his entourages did, still doing, and contemplating 2 do in my Country.
I am sure NAZRET.COM understands my position and post my comment though it hardly relates to the article, Thank you!

{Alena}?
Alena …….alena……alena …..?
Are you sure you alive ? If you say so … (KEQOMUT BETACH ……….KEMOTUT BELAY)
Perhaps (YENURO EKULETA).please ,get out of here .it’s not look good for you. Do you know what I mean ?
It’s not comfortable place for you (alena) and people like texas &abel Qual why don’t you join the bread line early ? We are talking about just development or progressive business.
Of Corse, a week is too bad for you , security is vary restrict because of your number one spy shot off.
The greedy mad dog Isaias will be next.
Even to make line is very dangers too. that is your business anyway. So Sad……sad……!!!!!!!!!
MAY GOD PROTECT GREAT ETHIOPIA FROM MIKEGNA!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN!!!!

WE ARE IN A SERIOUS BUSINESS.I am glad that Ethiopia is seeing unusual progress from time to time. Thanks to the Ethiopian people who are determined to achieve the peoples goal.
CUD the selfish people do not want to hear such good news about Ethiopia.
YIRGACHEFFEE- I LOVE YOUR HUMER. THE CUDS ARE NOISY BUT POWERLESS.
GOD BLESS MOTHER ETHIOPIA.

ayyyyeee weyane, lela men tameta yeon, endeteweded..... real ethiopian cant love you cant easely!

The mehaminan think that the woyanes have invented a car and are happy about this propaganda!! mehaim hula! is another amice

Is this $16,000 dollars is in U.S. dollars? If your answer is yes and if you are one of those who are dancing you must be living on another planet.
Who could afford such cars? Or is there something I'm missing?

One small step for Holland Car PLC and one giant leap for Ethiopia. It is a great news. Progress is achieved in steps. Step by step we will reach the developed world. And yes, we do have many other pressing problems in Ethiopia but take progress any where you can get it. It is win, win.

Let peace be our guide, progress be our way.
and love be our guiding principle.
May God bless all our achievement.

Yirgacheffee,
I always love your comment. Indeed, the engine would be super loud, but without a power---that is Kinjet (Kejet).

Do you believe how CUDs are barking? For every progress Ethiopia is making, there is a litter of tears form each CUD member. What is a problem?

was that car fabricated in ethiopia or assembleed?they shoud have been called her 'oromia'ok ,any way that was not the job of olf.but oromos librethion the pple

Abay-what a name- what a news-this is what we were expecting. Welldone Ethiopia, we just need some time am sure we will be witnessing tremendous developments in the automotive industry.

Abay is now moving
While Cud is still crying
Wether talking about the river?
or Abay our new car.
rejoice! why do we get anger?

accept the changes
as you have no options
while the automotive sector rises

move out of the way
red yellow green we fly
high high to the blue sky
riding millenium with our car abay

Ethiopia is rising
its industry flourishing
overall economy growing
enemy and opposition declining

red, yellow and green
rule of the road traffic motion
reminds me flag of a great nation
last chance to the opposition

will you blok the road or move?
its better to be on the posetive

understanding helps
arrogance disgusts

trying to hit back
can have bad consequences

learning from dergue's demise
reminds you of useless titles
wether generals or phds

PHD is not the answer
neither is colonel or master
as they can all be monster
degree is not a guarantor

We need understanding and patience
coupled by maturity and commonsense
filled by love and common objectives
voluntarily united by its peoples
Ethiopia continues to exist

We will rise above the rest
EPRDF is proven to be the best

We will rally infront and behind
untill we see the CUD distroyed
its institutions dismantled
The leaders named and ashamed

In the name of african democracy
in the name of ethiopian unity
CUD is abusing golden opportunity
ignoring respect and unity
stood against humanity

high high we fly
we will rise above the sky
Cud's opposition out of the way
shouldnt be on the highway

the race is fast
cars on a 100mile road intact
winning difficult
traffic cameras that are not corrupt

weather is dry and sunny
racers most ignorant and funny
Plates are full of PHD
some genuine and others forgid
couldnt finish as expected
waiting to be recognised
had no time as they were confused

blaming is their culture
And will continue for the future
untill financial help is secure

hailu shawel the daddy
Birtukan the baby
emboldened by the diaspora lobby
led the racing conspiracy
that ended in the loss of humanity
asked for clemency

clemency respected
release guaranteed
opposition meetings held
leaders left homeland

daddy hailu the great
joined his inmates
expressed his hatreds
to his compatriotes
to prove that he is the best

red yellow and green
ethiopia will rise as a nation
in air or road competition
Abay nile is the notion
ethiopia will be earthly heaven
If we love or hate the opposition

TPLF thugs have named Abay ,the so called new assembled car .what a joke ;of course the Blue Nile River is a pride for all of us .But Zenawi and his tyrant regime sold our sovereignty. Because of them ,Ethiopia must have the permission from Egypt to exploit its own ressources .Abay car for what ?Maybe to give another present for Egypte !!! "..ABAY MADERIA YELOW GEND YEZO YEZORAL..."

Alena, ABAY Isn't a city. Try to learn some new words of Amharic.
But why dont you just ask your parents cause they speak Amharic for sure.

baymeno,

When you beat your chest and roar like a lion over such a small achievement, you’re showing your backwardness. We are not giving enough credit to Ethiopians who are intelligent and readily trainable to do anything. Assembling cars is no challenge.

Free the people from tyranny , poverty , corruption and your governments backward policies and they will show you amazing achievements.

And by the way, HR2003 will sail through the Senate and will be enacted in to law. I know this is your worst nightmare but your uncles will have to start getting used to democracy. You are slowly but surely loosing you grip and, understandably, you are fighting it. You’re fighting a losing battle, the people always win.

again,this is prove that meles and his TPLF thugs are communist but hides to their best under the umbrella of democracy. However,itsn't only Abay_Car but chaina,Korea as well as Russia have a huge busniss with meles regime.

Abay, You are wonderful.

First of all i very much enjoy reading the comments given by the readers. I appreciate the moderator for posting them, making it balanced and fair. But sometimes i see reders trying to put in words what is in their mind, making it difficult to undertstand, moreover making it confusing. so please folks do a little spell check and proof reading. May i... some words used in the comments...Nidles,Stupide,Neews,Heve,Dore,librethion...new words to learn. Any way my only concern is that, ABAY, the naming. Abay as we know has the name, a great name but no use that i know.It is like what elders say:y'tsom sigga- yemaybelut, taking the fertile soil up north "flowing up". I am afraid of the vehicle not to disappoint us like the GREAT river. Hey there!
Someone please tell the Chinos to build more roads. We are gonna have vehicles more than they can handle.Bye for now.

Alena,
You are dead meat! You are a typical CUD member.
It is you and your likes that are giving Ethiopia a bad name. Are you an Ethiopian? I doubt it.

Please, please take some Geography notes to the parking lots where you work at; or ask Professor Mesfin W/Mariam to teach you. However, Professor Mesfen had forgotten much of it, but can help you on this.

What do they mean by 150 percent?
Does that mean that one has to pay triple the original price to import a car?

Hey texas
Let me tell you one thing. You are not thinking better thatn woyane. You should be proud of what is happening in your country instead of just talkimg. what have you done to your country? Noting! I think you're some kind of stupid that have never been satisfied.I think you don't even know what business means. These guies are trying so hard but a person like you who doesn't care about other try to relate everything with politics. If you really in to your country, start doing some thing that your country can appreciate. If you really are in deep touch for our people, you should start drink starbucks so our coffee product will sell more and more.

It is a good start. The assembly business is not a big investment. Sometimes its impact on national economy is not huge. If the government of Ethiopia secures 60% excise tax indeed it shall be a huge source of revenue. But it is a hurdle for the investors to remain competitive on the business after paying such a huge excise tax. Let us wish good luck to the entrepreneurs.

Few years ago I remember three buses were built in Police Garage from scratch. One hundred percent materials were used from junk cars & locally made parts. The name of the bas was “Ermejachin”.

As it is mentioned above we had sedan, bus, tractor and small aircraft (“Eshet airplane is produced in Ethiopia by Ethiopian Airlines under license from Schweizer”) assembly plants. Unfortunately we were unable to keep them on business.

For further information about Abay please click the link below
http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/October/week4/interview.htm

Don't you think it is time to assemble a plane? Then we will see if you get to fly it.

Regardless, we don't need to fight over this issue, just do your part to build the country.

I heard that after the car was shown to chines people some 2million died 'cos of loughter hence the car was made in Ethiopia and can not make bread for million people. What is going on man.

what the hell his name is, ...does it have a sitting belt and got the gears double checked?

Tman
Why don’t you answered the question of ethio , he/she questioned you that ……

{{{{Can you tell me what heve you done for Etiopian please if u haven,t done nothing please shut up and accept the good neews
Shefafa u r shefafa if you dont know the world i will tell u agaian temama}}}}


You maybe one of those whom educated by public money or you maybe one of those whom
Destroyed Ethiopia or you maybe one of those stone throwers whom destroyed too many public buildings and buses. Tell him/her who you are.
Do you think the Ethiopian renaissance will be true by CUD ? I Think you do. Because, you told us that….

{{{{Free the people from tyranny , poverty , corruption and your governments backward policies and they will show you amazing achievements.}}}}

Perhaps, some dirt guys like you will share this nightmare. But the realty is ,your dream leaders are running for money and power. By the way, even they can’t lead them selves. you know that sourly.
Let me tell you some thing June 1997 in the protest time I met someone who look like handsome &
Educated he was throwing stone for public bus. I told him please…. Please ….don’t do that…..embarrassingly he told me back “””KINJITIE NEG YITEGNEWAL””” first of all you don’t have vision development idea too. You destroyed the exist and you don’t want to see any progress .so what can I say . Just “”LIJOCHU TEQEBREW ENGDELIJOCHU NACHIHU YADEGAHIHUT “”that’s what I say.Is that make cense?
GOD PROTECT GREAT ETHIOPIA!!!!!!

I just don't understand how people can make any thing negative out of this news. It is pathetic for any one of you to see this as something negative, this is progress, you don't become industrialized overnight, this is a positive step towards development it should be encouraged not discouraged. You just can't reject every thing that is happening in our country because it is happening during the rule of the TPLF. Any one of you who wrote any thing negative about this good news are pathetic loosers.

im glad ethiopia is developing. you can export these cars to neighbouring countries as well now. even to my country eritrea. but i hope you also continue to develope your agriculture sector as well as that is very important as most people in ethiopia engage in this sector.

R u guys anti-Ethiopia? Please tell me what this has got to do with politics, weyane???
It's for our country!!! GOSH...

Just one silly question:
"Holland Car PLC is established in 2005 and is a joint venture between the Dutch company Trento Engineering BV in Sittard (50%) and the Ethiopian company Ethio-Holland PLC in Addis Ababa (50%)."

If Ethio-Holland is an Ethiopian company, why is it called Ethio-Holland?

To me is just a 100% Dutch company with some Ethiopian "autantis" hired in it. The Dutch are known for this kind of cheating. The way I see it, the Dutch are dumping used used cars from Europe and in a clever way. They disassemble the old Honda, Toyota etc in Europe and they re-assemble them in Mojo, Ethiopia with a new name --ABAY.

One thing is clear the car is for those who can afford, the best news is number of poor people will be employed, and will earn f0r their family. it is good for the country.

'malefia newe' we don't know how far down the road this thing can go, but it's a wonderful beginning, wish all the best of sucess
'chere yasemane'