Pakistan’s passenger car sales experienced a substantial 38% year-on-year increase in June 2025, according to data from the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), as reported by The News.
For the fiscal year 2025 (FY25), a total of 112,203 units were sold, marking a 38% rise compared to the 81,579 units sold during FY24. PAMA’s data, released on Thursday, also showed that passenger car sales in June 2025 surged by 74% to 17,659 units, up from 10,128 units in June 2024.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, June 2025 sales were 58% higher at 17,659 units compared to the 11,143 units sold in May 2025. Within this period, sales of 1300 cc and above cars reached 6,775 units, a 50% increase from 4,522 units in the same month last year.
In June 2025, 1,000 cc cars recorded sales of 676 units (comprising 523 units of Suzuki Cultus and 153 units of Suzuki WagonR), down from 898 units in June 2024. Vehicles below 1,000 cc saw a sale of 10,178 units, a significant 116% increase against 4,708 units last year. Suzuki’s Alto alone sold 9,497 units in June 2025, compared to 4,352 units in June 2024.
Electric vehicle Dewan Honre-Ve sold 30 units in June, an increase from 24 units in May 2025. Sales of buses and trucks also rose to 737 units in June 2025 from 297 units in the same month last year. Jeeps and pick-ups saw an increase to 4,114 units from 3,156 units sold during the same period last year.
Conversely, sales of tractors dropped to 2,791 units from 4,134 units in June 2024. However, tractor sales showed a 78% increase on a MoM basis in June 2025. The sale of rickshaws and motorbikes surged to 138,509 units in June 2025 against 89,895 units in the same period last year. Overall two and three-wheelers sales increased by 54% year-on-year (YoY) but were down 9% MoM. This brings FY25 sales for these categories to 1.5 million units, a 32% YoY rise.
According to Myesha Sohail, an auto analyst at Topline Research, the MoM rise was primarily driven by a 39-month high for Alto sales due to pre-buying ahead of a GST increase from 12.5% to 18%, effective July 1.
The strong YoY growth is attributed to a more stable macroeconomic environment, the introduction of more vehicle variants, lower interest rates, easing inflation, and improving consumer sentiment. Company-wise highlights include:
- Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) posted the highest MoM growth of 2.4x, mainly due to a 2.8x MoM rise in Alto sales to 9,497 units in June 2025, a 39-month high. Cultus also saw a 2.1x MoM rise to 523 units.
- Sazgar Engineering (SAZEW) recorded a 47% MoM growth and a 55% YoY rise to 1,349 units, marking its second-highest monthly sales. The launch of the new facelift of HAVAL also contributed to higher sales. In FY25, SAZEW’s total sales surged 2x YoY to 10,844 units, up from 5,374 units in FY24.
- Indus Motor Company (INDU) posted a 25% YoY increase but was down 24% MoM, selling 3,687 units in June 2025.
- Honda Atlas Cars (HCAR) saw a 65% YoY increase but was down 10% MoM, selling 1,808 units in June 2025.
“We expect positive momentum to continue in auto sales in FY26 due to lower interest rates and a pipeline of new models to be launched by companies across different engines, i.e., Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, etc.,” stated Myesha Sohail.
