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What’s the duty on your car and who is responsible for the high prices

Hybrid Cars Duty Structure Pakistan

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 …

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Suzuki Swift facelift for Europe leaked online

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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 …

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Honda Pakistan launches the new Accord

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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 …

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Locally made car prices may increase

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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 …

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Importance of emergency lanes

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How important are emergency lanes? Well no one realizes it, at least not in Pakistan. We are in real need of emergency lanes in today’s world. People are so lost they don`t even give a damn to the loud sirens anymore. I guess they have forgotten the meaning of humanity. The ambulances, fire brigades all get stuck behind traffic jams. You can clearly see the negligence of these people. Its like they are waiting for some one to tell them to “please move sir. A life is at risk.” I have also seen people who get out of their cars …

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Budget 2013-14 – VVIP Culture Takes a Hit

VVIP Protocol as seen in Pakistan

In a great initiative taken by the government, duties on imported luxury cars will be the same for everyone across the board. VVIPs (including governors, chief ministers, federal ministers and the like) will no longer be exempted from tax duties on the import of cars. Courtesy: Arghan Tahir (Jumbo International)

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Comparison: 2014 Euro-Spec Corolla vs US spec Corolla

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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 …

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China only Honda Crider fits perfectly between Civic and Accord

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Toyota has the Camry to compete with Honda’s Accord and Corolla to compete with Civic however, Toyota has cars which people can buy if for example they don’t fancy something as cheap as the Civic or as expensive as the Camry but Honda does not have that option to offer to its buyers. But now it does. This is the China-only Honda Crider all set to be launched into the Chinese market on June 26 and will be positioned below the Accord and above the Civic. Powered by a 1.8 which produces 139hp and 172nm, a 2.0 may be added …

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Luxury cars may be banned

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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 …

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2014 Honda Accord Hybrid revealed in Japan

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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 …

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