Pakistan November 2012: Suzuki Mehran back to #1 at 29% share
Suzuki Mehran. Picture by Yawar Masood, all rights reserved.
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In Pakistan we have access to monthly sales of locally produced models, courtesy of the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association. This is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular new cars in the country as imports are still relatively limited. After dropping by 38% in October, the new local car market is down 23% year-on-year in November to 9,154 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 146,287 units, down 2% on 2011.
For the second time in the last 3 months, the Suzuki Mehran (aka Maruti 800) snaps up the pole position away from traditional leader the Toyota Corolla and this month it hits an out-of-this-world 29% market share thanks to 2,658 sales! The Corolla is down to #2 and 20.3% but stays #1 year-to-date at 37,234 sales and 25.5%. The Suzuki Cultus (aka 2nd generation Swift) continues to progress at 11.3% vs. 8.2% year-to-date.
Previous month: Pakistan October 2012: Toyota Corolla reclaims top spot
Previous year: Pakistan Full Year 2011: Toyota Corolla leads, Suzuki Mehran up
Full November 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
Pakistan November 2012:
| Pos | Model | Nov | % | Oct | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Suzuki Mehran | 2,658 | 29.0% | 2 | 30,210 | 20.7% | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Toyota Corolla | 1,860 | 20.3% | 1 | 37,234 | 25.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Suzuki Cultus | 1,031 | 11.3% | 3 | 12,007 | 8.2% | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Suzuki Bolan | 878 | 9.6% | 4 | 18,053 | 12.3% | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Honda Civic | 843 | 9.2% | 5 | 5,446 | 3.7% | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | Suzuki Ravi | 648 | 7.1% | 7 | 13,096 | 9.0% | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Honda City | 577 | 6.3% | 6 | 7,241 | 4.9% | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Suzuki Swift | 359 | 3.9% | 9 | 6,554 | 4.5% | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Toyota Hilux | 265 | 2.9% | 8 | 4,261 | 2.9% | 10 | 11 |
Source: www.pama.org.pk
When you said: ‘The Suzuki Cultus (aka 1st generation Swift)’, I think you meant the second generation, because the first generation rebadged-Swift isn’t produced anymore for a long time.
Hi Terschelling,
Yep you are correct, thanks for picking this up!
Cheers,
Matt