Pak Suzuki stopping Alto 1000 manufacturing

[danger007]

That thing is a ghastly shame of auto industry.

The Japanese made this in 1997 and is a fully functional car with AC and safety features @ 25km/Liter. Someone should buy the tech + tooling and start mass manufacturing in Pakistan.

hmmm do you know the cost of that ''thing'' in InR 150000+ around .... What is the cost of Jap car cost??? Lol buddy .....

 

[Zeeshan360]

@Sombozo ..
Stop comparing a small family car with a sports car
That Japanese car can accompdate only 2 passengers

 

[airmarshal]

Thats too much dude

Anyways but do japs manufacture these cars in pakistan as they do in India or they just assemble them...

I m asking this bcoz if they manufacture them then atleast some know how would have been transfered to locals n the supporting industries also get a boost but if they only assemble them then pakistan govt should allow duty free import on cars atleast consumers will get them at lower price...

Like India, Suzuki has a majority stake in PakSuzuki and they dont just assemble, majority of components of Suzuki are made in Pakistan. That cant be said of Toyota and Honda.

But still if you go and check PakSuzuki website, the cars are still very expensive.

 

[Asian.Century]

Pakistan Auto sector has written the book on public private cooperative corruption.
They are selling a 30 year old car for a little less then a modern car with all new tech and safety.

The first thing a competent government needs to do is remove all restrictions on competition, including terrifs on importing cars.
Lets see how the mehran survives in a truly free market.

Pakistani Cars are so expensive.

Do you know the name of the book written by Auto Sector on private cooperative corruption???

 

[American Pakistani]

It is shameful indeed for us Pakistanis that having world's 7th largest population we don't even have one Automobile industry that is 100% Pakistani. After "Adam Motors" shut down in 2005 none other came up.

 

[KRAIT]

WIth MFN status given and trade relations increasing, Pakistan should invite Indian automobile makers who can provide better cars for less money. Tata and Mahindra for starters. Any possible reason why they won't be successful?

OI wish you can provide them good offers to set up plants in return of some ToT. Same can be done in railway engine manufacturing. This way you can raise your domestic way faster.

 

[bc040400065]

hmmm ok.... how much it costs....can i get pics of mehran.....

mehran is same as you have maruti 800. same looks same design, the Pak suzuki mehran has some local input thats the only difference.
at topic after Hundai Santro, now cuore and alto as well. bad news for middle class in pakistan because now we don't have any choice. Suzuki cultus i think does not deserves the price tag it is offered and with no one left in competition its price will go up more. i think if import duties are reduced prices will automatically come down.

 

[no_koadsheding_plz]

What

1. That's out of question there is no company in pakistan with so much capability, facility and money to do it.

And it takes decades of R&D to create something worthwhile.

2. There is a short cut called takeover to take the jump to escape R&D task but there is no company in pakistan which have such money. Like in India Tata have purchased British Jaguar & Land Rover while Mahindra have purchased South Korean Ssangyong Motors.

3. There are enough products and companies all over the world to do that and that too in the budget of the targeted customers.



When u will decides to destroy ur industry, compromise on quality and taste.

sorry but u r wronhg on this issue .,..
before 2000 there was only one compan making 70cc bikes and its price was 67k back then .. nowadays there are dozens of compamnies making bikwes of all categories from 70cc-125cc.. and there avg price is 40-45k pkr .. only due to them onda has reduced their prices .. else we would be having cd 70 at 2 lak pkr today ...

regarding quality .. i have chinese made local assemmbled bike ( not totallly chines made has huge propoprtion of local parts ) and it has done so far 60,000 kms i bought it at 36000 in 2007 ... and still engine is sealewd .. no major damage .. only regular oil,filter change and tuning and bulb change ,sprockets and chain are origial .. so isnt it quality ?

honda cd 70 is a design of 70's still same no change wheareas in chinese clones u can find any desing that u like with any features.. at fraction of the cost ... so isnt it taste ?


i quoted bkes and caras are no different when it comes to the points u raised ..

 

[Damadji]

mehran is same as you have maruti 800. same looks same design, the Pak suzuki mehran has some local input thats the only difference.
at topic after Hundai Santro, now cuore and alto as well. bad news for middle class in pakistan because now we don't have any choice. Suzuki cultus i think does not deserves the price tag it is offered and with no one left in competition its price will go up more. i think if import duties are reduced prices will automatically come down.

Maruti Suzuki is phased out of 13 major cities in India and within next 2 years it will be phased out of whole of India.

1. Because it don't see much sale because we have got better option in India.

2. Maruti Suzuki does not want to upgrade it to Euro IV or BS IV emission norms.

 

[danger007]

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[RazorMC]

Monopolies (sometimes involving sole-trading) have always restricted competitive growth, development and pricing.
We can look into allowing Tata and Mahindra into Pakistan as long as they're manufactured here.