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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 …
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 …
Budget 2013-14 – VVIP Culture Takes a Hit
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)
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 …
Indus Motors all ready to introduce Prius Hybrid in Pakistan after July 2013
THEY ARE COMING! The green battery powered cars are coming. Babar S. Khan, Head of Corporate Planning at Indus Motors, said that they have completed extensive testing of Toyota Prius Hybrid in view of local conditions. He further added that the customers would now have the option to buy imported brand new hybrid vehicles in Pakistan backed by company’s full warranty. On speaking about the price, he said that it would largely depend on the government’s duty structure for Hybrid cars. The previous government had slashed 25% duty on Hybrid cars and earlier this week, the new incoming government of …
