Car sales drop by 32.3%
Figures released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) revealed total sales of 34,990 units in July-October 2012-13 as compared to 51,755 units in the same period of last financial year.
- Corolla sales plunged to 9,187 units from 15,175
- units followed by Cultus to 4,317 from 4,997
- Mehran to 9,435 from 11,414
- Bolan to 3,483 from 5,511
- Liana to 86 from 168 units.
- It seems that buyers shifted their focus towards Honda?s Civic and City models in the last four months thus slightly improving their sales at 2,290 and 3,719 units in the last four months as compared to 2,246 and 3,647 units respectively.
- Suzuki Swift sales also crawled up to 2,402 from 2,328 units.
The first four months of the fiscal year also depicted a plunge in overall car production to 37,196 units from 49,329 units. However, production of Honda City rose to 4,699 units from 3,647 units followed by an increase in Swift production to 2,469 from 2,282 units.
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