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What’s the duty on your car and who is responsible for the high prices
We’re led to believe that the automakers’ are the first culprits in jacking up the prices of the cars so high but we’d be wrong. The government with no sight of a steady and flourishing economy, has to find ways to gain revenue to keep the system running and pockets hot. The Honda Accord that was launched just yesterday is a tremendous car, it has won awards and praise from anyone that has driven it, in its own category of course. However here in Pakistan, it is so expensive that it’s existence is rendered completely pointless. But Honda Atlas isn’t …
Suzuki Swift facelift for Europe leaked online
Suzuki Swift is quite a popular car, even Top Gear loves the little hot hatchback. It has been a fairly successful in Pakistan, and whatever success it couldn’t achieve was due to the price it is currently offered, it like all the locally made cars, puts their value for money in question. Nevertheless, the model we have in Pakistan has been revised two times and already, it has become redundant in Europe and therefore, a new Suzuki Swift with some amount facelift was being expected. And a facelift expected was facelift given as the Suzuki Belgium’s website have posted the …
Honda Pakistan launches the new Accord
Honda Atlas, which is the Pakistani arm of the Japanese automaker has finally launched the new Accord in the Pakistani market after quite a huge wait. The new 2013 Accord went in sale in the different parts of the world in around September 2012 and after almost a gap of an year, it has arrived here. Honda Accord is a mid-range sedan competing directly with the Toyota Camry and Hyundai Sonata but in Pakistan, it is considered to be of stature that BMW and Mercedes have in other more developed parts of the world. The Accord here has a 2.4 …
Locally made car prices may increase
Local automakers have been raging about the new budget because it does not favor them and infact, the new budget has seen some revisions which may lead to increase in car prices. The government has revised different tax slabs on registration of the vehicle which range from Rs 12,000 to Rs 80,000 depending upon the displacement (cc) of the vehicles engine. Moreover, the government has proposed to add a new tax on the purchase of jeeps and cars which ranges from Rs 10,000 and Rs 150,000 depending on the engine capacity. A 10 percent federal excise duty (FED) will also …
Comparison: 2014 Euro-Spec Corolla vs US spec Corolla
A couple of days ago, the new Toyota Corolla was first revealed to the world in the U.S. with local specs. The entire world is separated into regions by Toyota and each region gets its own personalized car. We usually get to share the car with Thailand, however, Euro Spec Corolla was first to be revealed after the U.S. spec Corolla. It is built in Turkey and was revealed in Istanbul, but has modified looks when compared to the U.S. version. Interior wise, it has the same spacious cabin as the U.S. version except for the instrument panel and the …
Luxury cars may be banned
Seems like the new government is following the footsteps of Rehman Malik as they’re going on a spree of banning everything as a solution. First, CNG for use in cars was planned to be banned, however for our own benefit but yesterday, the I.T. Minister revealed shockingly about placing a ban on Google and today, Ishaq Dar who serves as the finance minister has planned to ban luxury Mercedes cars in the next budget. In his first tenure during Pervez Musharraf’s rule, Ishaq Dar had placed a similar ban on Mercedes cars until, four Chief Ministers’ wanted one and so …
2014 Honda Accord Hybrid revealed in Japan
While the motoring world had their eyes stuck on launch event of Toyota Corolla in US, Honda were busy in Japan revealing the new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. Honda Accord plug-in Hybrid is already on-sale in US however, this new Accord Hybrid is a non-plug-in electric vehicle which stands out when compared to the plug-in version thanks to its front grille-mounted blue trim and blue-hued headlights. This Accord will come to other parts of the world but the styling you see in these pictures is Japan only. Which means that rest of the world will get normal styling of their …
Pics: 2014 Toyota Corolla launched in the US
The current Corolla came back in 2008 and since then, it has been fighting with Ford Focus to be the best selling car in the world. After more then five years, Toyota apparently realized that they had to let go off the ugliest Toyota Corolla of them all and show the world that the Corolla, can be more then just boring looking cars. Selling a million cars a year, 2014 Corolla has long been overdue for an update. As Autoblog points out, the cars with which the Corolla competes with like Honda Civic, Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra had advanced …
2014 Corolla has a red hot teaser for Canada
Toyota Corolla has been the best selling car in the world for quite a long time until Prius took over. It is regarded as the most boring car anyone could ever buy, there’s no fun, its just a sedan that works as a reliable vehicle to take you from point a to point b. Initially, it was also an affordable sedan for the masses but today, only a handful can afford in Pakistan and with the imported cars coming in, many many buyers have switched over for better, and well equipped imported cars. Nonetheless, only 24 hours remain between the …
This is the Chinese Toyota Vitz
Toyota is a gigantic motor company, its so big that it has its own city in Japan; ‘Toyota City’. There’s a very good reason for a company to have its own city. Toyota Yaris is also known as Vitz in some regions of the world but the change is not only limited to just the name but the entire car as well. The Toyota Yaris as it is known in China, is altogether different then the one available in other parts of the world. And this will be the next Toyota Yaris in China. This car is created through a …
