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“The New Toys on the Road”
In examining the economic environment of today it comes as a surprise to see the fleet of luxury cars flaunting the streets of Karachi & other metros of Pakistan. Pakistan is currently confronted with its greatest economic struggle with every aspect of the economy heading for an all time low. However in the midst of such testing times the phenomena of imported luxury cars is at its peak. One glance at the road and you can feast your eyes upon the finest automobile offerings from international giants such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Range rover, Bentley & others. Observing these cars …
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Tagged: 2013 Car News, BMW, cars, Ferrari, imported cars, Karachi, lamborghini, mercedes benz, Pakistan
A View on Pakistan’s Automotive Industry
The advent of automobiles changed the landscape of transportation forever. The unprecedented developments in automotive engineering pave the way for one of the most dominating industry in the world having massive potential for the future. Today automobiles are not just foundations for transportation but have become a way of life. Pakistan a country of 180 million plus people is one of the most attractive frontiers for automobiles in the world. Pakistan’s automobile industry made its humble beginnings in the year 1953 under the umbrella of National Motors Limited established in Karachi. Assembly of Bed ford trucks were the first output …
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Honda Civic 2013 Launch Event
The PakWheels team managed to get up, close and personal with new Civic at Launch event held at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. The event was targeted primarily towards the media and customers who were interested in booking the car. The car is currently on display at the PC Lahore. The 9th generation civic offers a number of new features compared to the previous model. We will be following up with a detailed review on what’s new in this version.
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Official Press Release: New 2013 Honda Civic Launch
Honda introduces the 9th Generation New Civic terming it “The Scent of Success” Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) launched the much anticipated new model Civic in press conference held in Lahore on 18th September 2012. Speaking at the occasion, Chairman Honda Atlas Cars(Pakistan) Ltd , Mr. Yusuf H. Shirazi reiterated his confidence in Pakistan and its economic potential. He underlined that at Honda Atlas quality is an attitude aimed at winning customer acceptance, trust and goodwill, gains being a long term objective. A direct contribution of 19 Billion(1.15% of the total tax collection) to government exchequer by the group in addition …
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Pictures: 2013 Honda Civic Launched in Pakistan – September 2012
Honda has recently launched 2013 Honda Civic while production of existing Honda Civic model has been put to stop. However the process of clearing old Civic cars is underway. Price quote for new Honda Civic 2013 is uncertain but base model price is estimated between 21 and 23 lacs depending upon specs. The latest Honda Civic 2013 model is equipped with noisy cabin, vague steering and mediocre quality of interior. View images of latest Civic 2013 model revealed by Honda Pakistan. Honda Civic 2013 Gallery There are few people who think Honda got late in launching Civic 2013 in Pakistan. …
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Competition Commission of Pakistan initiates an inquiry into Indus Motors’ business practices
After receiving complaints of ‘excessively vague nature of purchase contracts’ on Indus Motors’, the Competition Commission of Pakistan has launched an inquiry. Talking with Express Tribune, an anonymous source stated that Indus Motor was abusing its dominant position in the market and was treating its clients ‘unfairly’ and the price at which the booking orders are placed is changed randomly without any notification or reason and the buyers are forced to pay high prices. Booking orders are too vague that the buyer is not sure about the exact price and delivery date and the company also recovers the cancellation charges. …
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26 out of every 100 new cars on the road are imports
According to the data compiled by Paktribune, 26 out of every 100 new cars on the roads are imports, signifying the ground they have taken over by now. Although, sales of locally assembled cars have also increased by 23% (157,325 units compared to last year’s 127,944 units) but car imports have seen an overwhelming increase, 55,000 cars have been imported this year compared to only 21,000 car imported last year, an increase of 162% has been noted. All Pakistan Motor Dealers Association Chairman (APMDA) HM Shahzad further says that they’ll double the imports of 55,000 units imported to 100,000 if …
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Pakistan Government working on to bring General Motors (GM) to Pakistan
To break the monopoly of the local car assemblers, it is understood that we need more automakers than relaxing import legislation for cars and to do exactly that, Yamaha is in talks with Pakistan government and recently, the Adviser to Prime Minister on Industries Muhammad Basharat Raja said that talks were held with delegations of Korean Company and General Motors (GM) to motivate them to invest in Pakistan and he hopes for positive results. General Motors was previously the world’s largest automaker in the world but owing to the economic recession and credit crises, it fell down from the rank …
Government bought Rs 600 million worth of bullet proof car against the rules
Before going any further in this latest development of government debauchery, no rules existed in the government books for purchase of bullet proof cars and despite this, the than PM Shaukat Aziz issued an order to import 22 bullet proof cars at the cost Rs 600 million. The rules only allowed; a secretary could use up to 1,300cc car, and a minister was allowed up to 1,800cc cars, admitting that rules did not permit bullet-proof and luxury cars said Cabinet Secretary, Nargis Sethi. Moreover, he added that 32 bulletproof cars and luxury Mercedes Benz cars were purchased at a cost …
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Government may relax used car imports age limit to ten years
The upcoming budget may bring good news for some and bad for most but one thing we’re sure of now is that the auto assemblers wouldn’t be getting any good news if the Government really does what they say they’re going to do. According to auto dealers, the government may allow used car imports up to ten year in the upcoming budget which is causing a great concern amongst the auto assemblers. HM Shahzad, Chairman, All Pakistan Motor Dealers Association said that “we are hopeful that in the coming budget, the government will allow commercial import of used vehicles and …
