Pakistan Full Year 2012: Corolla threatened by Suzuki Mehran
Toyota Corolla
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The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association communicates each month the sales of locally produced models, which is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular new cars in the country as imports are still relatively limited. Pakistanese sales of local models are down 4% in 2012 to 154,735 registrations. The Toyota Corolla remains the most popular vehicle in the country with 38,616 sales and 25% down 9% on 2011. However towards the end of the year it got beaten up by the Suzuki Mehran, ranking #1 for 3 of the last 4 months of the year and peaking at an out-of-this-world 32% market share in December. Over the Full Year, the Mehran is up 11% to 32,920 units and 21.3% share.
Suzuki Bolan
In fact, the entire Top 4 best-selling models is unchanged on 2011, with the Suzuki Bolan rounding up the podium with 19,257 sales and 12.4%, up a very healthy 23% year-on-year, and the Suzuki Ravi at #4 with 13,948 units and 9%, down 7%. The Suzuki Cultus passes the Suzuki Alto – whose production has stopped during the year, to reach #5. The Suzuki Swift is up 18% at #8 and the Honda Civic up 17% at #9.
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Full Year 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
Pakistan Full Year 2012:
| Pos | Model | 2012 | % | /11 | 2011 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla | 38,616 | 25.0% | -9% | 42,414 | 26.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Suzuki Mehran | 32,920 | 21.3% | 11% | 29,542 | 18.4% | 2 |
| 3 | Suzuki Bolan | 19,257 | 12.4% | 23% | 15,676 | 9.8% | 3 |
| 4 | Suzuki Ravi | 13,948 | 9.0% | -7% | 14,973 | 9.3% | 4 |
| 5 | Suzuki Cultus | 12,852 | 8.3% | 0% | 12,863 | 8.0% | 6 |
| 6 | Suzuki Alto | 9,509 | 6.1% | -27% | 12,949 | 8.1% | 5 |
| 7 | Honda City | 7,519 | 4.9% | -3% | 7,726 | 4.8% | 7 |
| 8 | Suzuki Swift | 6,916 | 4.5% | 18% | 5,855 | 3.7% | 8 |
| 9 | Honda Civic | 6,032 | 3.9% | 17% | 5,157 | 3.2% | 9 |
| 10 | Toyota Hilux | 4,450 | 2.9% | 3% | 4,317 | 2.7% | 11 |
| 11 | Daihatsu Cuore | 2,044 | 1.3% | -59% | 4,932 | 3.1% | 10 |
Source: www.pama.org.pk
@eddy Now again the import policy is revised and the cars more than 3 years old can’t be imported ,therefore the import sales will drop dramatically and local sales will increase.
With the changes on import tariffs, I think more sales would appear on the import list as it would narrow the gap of locally produced and imported ones.