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Because of its low price and being more secure than rickshaw and safe from creating pollution, this vehicle was described as useful for the city. It is front engine and rear wheel drive with protection level higher than auto rickshaw. It was stated that with the steel body and roll gauge, the vehicle was quite [...]

Indus Motor said the new Toyota ATLIS is the first locally manufactured vehicle with catalytic converter technology, which ensures cleaner exhaust emissions protecting the environment. ATLIS has an aluminium alloy 1800cc Twin Cam, VVT-I (Variable Valve Timing – Intelligent) engine, combining power with fuel efficiency. The high tech LED type rear combination of lights that [...]

Pakistan is scrambling to cope with a dramatic increase in demand for cars that has driven waiting periods for new buyers to as long as five months. From today the government is to slash import duties on used cars, with returning Pakistani expatriates benefitting from a reduction in duty of up to 48 per cent [...]

The Pakistani manufacturers of auto parts and accessories have fared well in Automechanika Gulf as they offered up to 33 per cent less prices compared to their competitors. The Pakistani exhibitors have hoped to fetch big orders running into millions of dollars as the follow-up of the event concluded in Dubai recently. Automechanika Gulf is [...]

M S Group of Industries has introduced a new electric bike for the first time in Pakistan. The new bike has rechargeable battery and can cover about 40-km to 50-km distance once the battery is charged. It is environment friendly and has the capacity of two persons. It is being manufactured on a par with [...]

Renault intended to introduce Renault Logan in Pakistan market by establishing assembling plant of Logan Car in Pakistan with a production capacity of 15000 automobiles per year and creating in Pakistan a pole of excellence allowing export of car components from Pakistan to all Renault factories related to this particular type of vehicle.The project will [...]

Pakistan yesterday launched its first locally designed car and joined an elite group of 16 countries to achieve the feat. A large number of car lovers, dignitaries and the officials of the manufacturing company attended the launching ceremony. The 800 cc Revo is being assembled at a plant in Karachi owned by Adam Motors. The [...]

The Agro Tractors (Pvt) Ltd (ATL) has signed an agreement with John Deere, the US-based world leader in agriculture industry, for assembling and progressive manufacturing of tractors in Pakistan. ‘The tractors would be state of the art and technologically more advanced in every department than locally produced models offered in Pakistan,’ said Gibran Khan and [...]

FOR the first time since independence Pakistan is to have its own car. The country’s only home grown automotive firm, the Adam Motor Company, say the first vehicle will be unveiled in early April and until then the car’s name is a secret. It has however been tested both at Adam’s Port Qasim plant and [...]

First ever Pakistani car is all set to roll out for commercial sale in the last week of March or first week of April this year with more than 70 per cent indigenised parts. Initially, it was driven from Karachi to Ormara in 43 degree Celsius, then from Karachi to Peshawar once via Lahore and [...]