New Cars in Pakistan Car Prices, Reviews, Comparisons & More

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 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 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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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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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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