Car Sales Went Surprisingly Up in Dec’21

Normally, car sales get slow by the end of year because people wait for the new year to buy cars with a new model year. But, in a surprising turn of events, new car sales grew by massive numbers in December 2021. People knew that the mini-budget would take the car prices up, so they probably booked cars in anticipation of the car price hike. 

The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) has posted the monthly car sales for December 2021. As per the PAMA report, the four PAMA members (Pak Suzuki, Toyota Indus, Honda Atlas, and Hyundai Nishat) sold a total of 27,331 cars in December. Compared to the 18,714 sales of November, there is month-on-month growth of 46%.

Company-Wise Sales Breakdown

Toyota Indus was the only PAMA member to lose sales in December. The company sold 6,214 units last month. (MoM decline: 2%)

Pak Suzuki had record-breaking sales of 15,503 car units in December. (MoM growth: 82%)

Honda Atlas also had a good sales month, recording 4,708 sales in December. (MoM growth: 56%)

Hyundai Nishat had a balanced month with 762 sales in December. (MoM growth: 2%)

All other car companies, Kia Lucky Motors, Master Changan Motors, Regal Motors, MG Motors, and Al-Haj Proton, are not PAMA members. Their sales numbers are not included in the report.

Car-Wise Sales Breakdown

Suzuki recovered from the lowest Alto sales in November with the highest-ever sales in December. The company sold 9,195 units of Alto, 1,411 units of Cultus, 2,861 units of Suzuki Wagon R, 1,040 units of Suzuki Bolan, and 2 units of Suzuki Swift.

Toyota Indus sold more Corolla units than Yaris for the third time in a row. The company sold 1,971 units of Yaris, 3,180 units of Corolla, 641 units of Hilux, and 422 units of Fortuner.

Honda Atlas sold 4,405 units of Civic and City and 303 units of BR-V. 

Hyundai Nishat sold 228 units of Elantra, 169 units of Sonata, 135 units of Porter, and only 230 units of Tucson. 

Here is the MoM comparison of all the above car sales.