Pakistan

The 11th generation Toyota Corolla has been one of the bestselling cars of 2015 both in Pakistan and internationally. In the USA alone, 363,332 units of Corolla were sold in 2015. In Pakistan, the story is same…

One of our long time member and blogger Fazal Wahab started a thread on PakWheels forum about unsafe road users. Fazal has been an advocate of safe driving for a long time and tries to throw the light on the…

Toyota Vitz has been a hot favorite among all the imports for a long time. Vitz is one of those cars that started to appear on our roads in bulk a decade or so ago when import rules were relaxed for counter the…

The year 2015 has finally ended. In these twelve months, we came across some interesting stories. The year saw some incredible growth in the local automobile production. Corolla became a hot favorite as always.…

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced that the government has decided to cut the prices of diesel and other petrol products, except petrol. The price of petrol and other HOBC products will remain the same. The…

On 25th December 2015 around noon I was driving on the university road to reach to my friend’s place; I would have been half a kilometer away from expo center where I found around 8-10 bikers coming from the…

It has been two years since new vehicle owners have received a registration plate from Sindh Excise and Taxation Department. According to the Deputy Director Excise and Taxation Department Shahabuddin Khatri,…

When the local assembling of automobiles started in the early 90s, manufacturers started assembling the cars that were already available in the market back then and already had good reputation among customers…

Suzuki Motor Corporation sent a letter to Ministry of Industries and Production stating their intentions to bring two new models to Pakistan, along with the replacements of Suzuki Mehran and Cultus. But it all…

Pakistan Sustainable Transport Project (PAKSTRAN) in collaboration with UNDP held a workshop named “sustainable urban transport policy and transport/traffic management issues” about the menace of increasing…

We have been making quite a noise lately about the latest activities in our local Pakistani automobile scene. Local automakers are bringing new models, and some of the European automakers are interested in…

Leaders of the world met to discuss and find a solution to tackle the alarming rate of increasing carbon emissions in Paris. The United States, Europe and now China are the biggest producers of greenhouse…

In my previous article, ‘Imported car buying guide’, I tried to discuss and explain how you can buy a car from Japanese auction house and have it shipped to the Karachi Port here in Pakistan. In order to gain a…

A couple of months ago, my car vanished from one of the busy main roads here in Karachi. I tried locating it but didn’t find a clue. Tired and exhausted, I went to the nearest police station to file a first…

Lately, we have been talking about how few of the European automakers are interested in starting their operations in Pakistan. Russians have also met with concerned ministers and officials of Pakistan…