Out of the ‘Big Three Automakers’ of Pakistan, only two have taken part in the race of Hybrid cars; Indus Motors with Prius and Honda Atlas with the CR-Z Hybrid.
Indus Motors took the lead with introducing the Prius Hybrid on December 3rd for a ridiculous price of 4.5 million rupees, in comparison, the CR-Z Sports Hybrid is expected to be launched for around 3.0-3.5 million rupees on December 10, 2013.
The major price difference between the two vehicles is due to the reason that Prius comes equipped with a 1800cc engine for which the duty and taxes have only been slashed by 25% while CR-Z Hybrid Sports comes with a 1500cc engine, a category for which government has slashed 50% in duty and taxes.
The CR-Z Hybrid uses the same 1.5 liter engine which the Jazz Hybrid also uses, but while CR-Z gives a mileage of around 25 kmpl, the Jazz Hybrid gives a better mileage of 36 kmpl owing to the small size and weight of the car.
Overall, the CR-Z Sports Hybrid has been received very well around the world due to it having some sport dynamics however, with a price of around 3.0-3.5 million rupees, Honda Atlas seems to be filling the gap of not having a Hybrid car in its portfolio in Pakistan.
However, 2014 is the year Honda Atlas has announced to expand its portfolio to accomplish the annual production target of 25,000 cars.
2door hybrid will have a v limited market
yeah HONDA ATLAS rox!!! whoz gona buy PRIUS now??
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DOes it come in Manual Transmission
Price is 3.5 not 2.5
2.5 M price tag not much if we will compare it with Prius, people will surely gonna buy it…:)
Faisal Jan… 1 meray liyee bhee buy karley…! 🙂
2.5 million for a hybrid car it will fail. There are people who will rather pay this much for a civic or would mostly prefer toyota. Even if it gives 25km, the battery runs out after 350000 km and battery costs around Rs.150000. so either long term customers will buy or those of the upper class. since its a two door sports model it is not usable in business purpose.
apnay type ki nai hai… chore
Pakwheels plz correct your article coz the duty for both 1500cc hybrid car and 1800cc hybrid car has been slashed 50%.
o bhai anay tou dy pakistan mein koi achi cheez
I think you need to recheck the price I visited a honda dealership today and the price was 3.3 million for manual and 3.45 million for automatic the price in the article is wrong
Plus 80,000 for colors other than red….
Also reconditioned crz is available in the market for 2.1 to 2.5 million so a brand new one for the price of 2.5 million isnt possible
i would buy it as a secondary car for daily use…..if its 2.5mil. coz more than that . not for me
Toyota releasing brand new Prius for PKR 4.4 million -_- personally i'd prefer the CRZ 😀
Aftab Ali I have no issues with that. All i am saying that prices matters alot. The right price grabs the market. You want good cars to be seen in ur roads. If less people would be able to buy it than how will you see?
2 vs 4 doors
Osman… the whole point of the CRZ is a 3-door sports hatchback -_- you dont buy cars like this for business purposes. only a limited number of these will be imported. And they'll be bought by spoilt rich kids or auto enthusiasts; who afterall are the only kind of people that actually buy cars like this in Pak.
CRZ isn't supposed to be a family car… Nor is it going to be as popular as a Civic or any Toyota, for that matter. Your argument is invalid.
not even possible in 2.5 million.because 38000usd is an offical price of honda cr-z automatic .so how they can sell the same car in 2.5 :O
It's 3.0 – 3.5M. No where the article says it's 2.5M. Please stand corrected brother… 2-doors will have a very limited Market in Pakistan… I'd personally go with PRIUS but with the price Indus have introduced… you can get 2010-11 Model for just under 2.6M…
It's 3.0 – 3.5M. Not 2.5M.
well i am happy with my skyline then
In addition to the two doors, its got two seats. the back is all trunk space.
they shud have launched jazz hybrid or civic hybrid instead of cr-z hybride 🙂