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SUVs

Back on the road

Back on the road

With policy rate cut by half, auto loans have made a strong comeback, and it has translated in a resurgence of...
Published 04 Jul, 2025 06:02am
Brakes on
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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
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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
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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
INDU: Good ol’ demand
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INDU: Good ol’ demand

It wasn’t too long ago when Indus Motors was keeping its plant shut down due to material shortages and supply chain...
Published 14 Mar, 2025 07:36am
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
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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
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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
Cars on the cards
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Cars on the cards

A 50 percent increase in volumes should have automobile assemblers writing self-congratulatory notes to themselves,...
Published 22 Nov, 2024 09:06am
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!
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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
Bad romance
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Bad romance

In the last recorded quarter (Jun-23), none of the three listed automotive assemblers in Pakistan was in losses,...
Published 13 Oct, 2023 08:52am
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
Siren song
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Siren song

Imagine for a moment, an industry whose market size has been halved within a span of a single year despite new ...
Published 04 Aug, 2023 08:18am
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
Auto: Idle hands
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Auto: Idle hands

The automotive market—including, passenger cars, light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and SUVs—has shrunk 43 percent...
Published 11 Apr, 2023 08:53am