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Brakes on

Brakes on

Rate cuts have been more than welcoming for car buyers, and it shows in improving sales across the industry. In 10M,...
Updated 30 May, 2025 08:07am
Wait is over
BR Research

Wait is over

It has taken 41 months for net automobile loans to circle back to the level they used to be. That’s nearly three...
Updated 28 Apr, 2025 08:08am
Back in gear
BR Research

Back in gear

As small as Pakistan’s automobile industry is, it has contracted significantly in recent years. By FY24, industry...
Published 08 Apr, 2025 09:04am
‘Owning’ the market
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‘Owning’ the market

Car sales are rising and driving up the premiums as they go. Known locally as “own money”, this is where buyers pay...
Published 27 Mar, 2025 06:59am
Shifting gears
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Shifting gears

The automotive market is salvaging its size. After dropping to a historic low in FY24, the market is growing once...
Published 19 Feb, 2025 07:49am
Mixed signals
BR Research

Mixed signals

Consumers say they don’t intend to purchase motor vehicles in the next six months—well, most consumers, not all;...
Published 15 Jan, 2025 07:55am
Forget FY24
BR Research

Forget FY24

In 2021, buckling under the pressure of a rising import bill, soaring inflation, and shrinking reserves, the State...
Published 12 Dec, 2024 08:37am
Don’t bury the Lede
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Don’t bury the Lede

The shrinking of the automobile market for newly assembled vehicles is almost palpable and can be felt (by...
Published 21 Oct, 2024 09:12am
Autos: It’s not over
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Autos: It’s not over

In a great display of resilience, automobile sales have remained consistently strong on May 24 after delivering a...
Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am
Misery meets company
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Misery meets company

If the worthy reader too cannot keep up with the barrage of news on price cuts being offered by various automobile...
Published 20 May, 2024 08:49am
Autos: Unpromising!
BR Research

Autos: Unpromising!

In two more months, the automotive industry would have reached the half-way point into the fiscal year that is FY24,...
Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:39am
The reckoning
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The reckoning

Automotive industry is large enough and auto OEMs are making enough profits for analysts to talk about it endlessly....
Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:38am
Autos: Head-on collision
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Autos: Head-on collision

While March numbers would give pause and indicate there may still be ample demand in the market for newly assembled...
Published 11 May, 2023 09:01am
Suzuki skids to a stop?
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Suzuki skids to a stop?

Pakistan Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) has had plenty of idle time on its hands, however vexing that may be, owing to massive...
Published 19 Apr, 2023 08:32am
Crash and burn
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Crash and burn

Automotive assemblers are trying to make do. In the first half of the fiscal year, volumes have shrunk 38 percent...
Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:58am
Auto: Flailing volumes
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Auto: Flailing volumes

FY22 is not panning out very well for the automotive industry. This was anticipated early on as overall inflation,...
Published 19 Sep, 2022 08:31am
All about that base
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All about that base

Reverberations can be felt across the automotive industry as demand is returning with a vengeance. In Feb-21,...
Published 18 Mar, 2021 07:40am