Category Archives: News & Events

Import of cars in Pakistan – bad for the industry?

The budget is upon us. Import of 3 year old cars is currently allowed and that is a problem. Why? Because a car that is three year old is practically new – you get a good price for it and … Continue reading

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Toyota Avanza in Pakistan

2010 has hardly started, and Pakistan sees five different cars being launched! First, there was the Suzuki Swift (covered on CarAdvice here and for Swift pictures, see here). Then there is Toyota coming out with four different cars, all belonging … Continue reading

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Suzuki Swift 2010 in Pakistan

It has been a long time coming. As you are aware, we have been hoping for the Swift to be brought to Pakistan for some time now. Suzuki did what any sensible company should have done and brought a jawdropper … Continue reading

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Which is the fastest road car in the world?

Face it boys will always be boys & the badder the boy the faster will be his ride. However here we are interested in super cars that are street legal & go faster than all others. Although Bugatti Veyron made … Continue reading

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Can’t believe this super car is an EV!

A zero-emission supercar, tentatively named LS AMG eDrive, features 4 electric motors with a combined output of 392 kW (526 hp) and 880 Nm (649 lb-ft) of torque enabling it to rocket from 0-100 km/h in around 4 seconds. This compares favourably as … Continue reading

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The Art of Leasing a Car – How secured is an insured leased car?

Insurance is the only method with which one can ‘reclaim’ some of the expenses incurred in obtaining & using a car. It is adviseable to have complete car insurance even when the car is not leased but in case of … Continue reading

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Mitsubishi makes the best micro car?

Although it may not be virtually unknown outside its ‘native’ Japan it won the 2007 Car of the Year award from the Japanese Automotive Researchers and Journalists Conference (RJC), and two other “Car of the Year” awards, from the Carview Corporation website and … Continue reading

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The Art of leasing a Car – Flexible Tenures & Downpayment Options explained

While approaching the bank every potential customer has atleast some idea of ‘how long’ his relationship with the bank will be for this particular transaction or in laymen’s terms what will be the duration of this loan? This duration for … Continue reading

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The Art of Leasing a Car – KIBOR & its implications!

Those of us who have off-late ‘attempted’ borrowing from a bank in the recent past have all heard of the mysterious KIBOR. All banks nowadays peg their lending to the KIBOR & then add their spread to give their customers … Continue reading

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The art of Leasing a Car

Car leasing today seems to have become a hard science with all the islamic/unislamic/fixed-rate/KIBOR-linked rate/flexible-tenure/flexible-downpayment/insurance options ‘mumbo-jumbo’ and what not but infact it is as much an art as painting or photography. Before I confuse you further with my ‘Science … Continue reading

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