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Suzuki warns against used vehicle imports

Suzuki warns that allowing used car imports could flood Pakistan with lower-quality vehicles

Our Correspondent July 18, 2025 Less than a minute read

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ISLAMABAD:

The CEO of Suzuki Motor Company Pakistan met with the coordinator to the prime minister on commerce to discuss challenges facing the local automotive industry, particularly the implications of allowing used vehicle imports for commercial use.

According to a statement, Suzuki representatives voiced concerns that opening Pakistan's market to imported used vehicles could lead to an influx of lower-quality cars. They warned that this could undermine customer welfare and damage the auto industry by allowing substandard vehicles to dominate the market.

The Ministry of Commerce officials acknowledged the concerns and assured the delegation that appropriate safeguards would be incorporated into the forthcoming Import Policy Order.

COMMENTS (17)

Col Hassan | 2 weeks ago | Reply Used japanese cars are thousand times better than new zero meter Pak made cars. The difference is like a saloon and donkey carts. The local assembling companies should improve quality and features.If honestly tax and import duty is fixed on old japanese cars than no one will buy these substandard cars which are locally assembled. We know how the duty import SROs are designed and who is behind them.

Zeeshan | 2 weeks ago | Reply Lol. The CEO knows that if this happens their third class sub standard trash kind of suzuki vehicles will be replaced by high quality JDMs.

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Abc | 2 weeks ago | Reply The want people to by their sub standard vehicles. Still selling decades old models to people.

Cashif | 2 weeks ago | Reply Well didn t he tell that they re the same company who produces crap like mehran bolIHJMOan etc The market is already flooded with substandard vehicles in the shape of Suzuki.... I don t think imported vehicles...even from India or Cambodia would be like the crap we get in the form of Suzuki alto mehran bolan etc. These people are not even ridiculously funny but IMPOSSIBLE

Suzuki | 2 weeks ago | Reply Wah..suzuki..wah

Hussain | 2 weeks ago | Reply Waoooo joke of the century. Suzuki Pakistan is the most substandard actually they want to keep monopoly. Imported vehicles are far better than your Suzuki Pakistan even there s huge difference in quality of vehicles from Suzuki Pakistan and imported Suzuki

Muhammad Rizwan | 2 weeks ago | Reply Imported cars are always of best quality as compared to locally assembled Suzuki cars. Why not they focus on improving their quality rather than criticizing imported vehicles If you make quality products nobody is going to buy any imported cars

abdulwahab | 2 weeks ago | Reply yes it is time for Suzuki Mafia to be ruined. a car of 8lacs cost 35lacs as per Suzuki company Retarded managerial person.

Mirza | 2 weeks ago | Reply Suzuki should improve quality n reduce price then no tension. You are frightened due to tech n price as you are unable to compete though the used cars may also import from Japan. Good Luck n respect consumer

Aasim | 2 weeks ago | Reply Lol Suzuki talking about quality is the funniest thing I have heard so far in this whole year. The fact is that people will select good quality imported cars at an affordable rate rather than being forced to buy the substandard crap Suzuki is selling in Pakistan in last 42 years.

Usman | 2 weeks ago | Reply Suzuki itself is not producing any human safe and comfortable vehicles for Pakistani and making it s advice that Japanese cars are substandard.suzuki itself is making substandard vehicles for Pakistan and making instructions for others.its a no wisdom attitude.

Hafiz Abdul Rehman | 2 weeks ago | Reply Pakistani local car makers specially suzuki is the world s most vulnerable automobile company. Imported car of 2015 model is far better than 2025 model car of suzuki.

Dr Shahid Tanvir | 2 weeks ago | Reply First priority should be to improve the quality of the local cars specially Suzuki.

Sultan Lashari | 2 weeks ago | Reply How ironic. Suzuki talking about flooding sub standard vehicles.. something they have been doing for decades and continue to do so. Matlab Kuch bhi.

FAM | 2 weeks ago | Reply What a joke Opening Imported used cars could lead to an influx of lower-quality cars How can any car imported from countries where there are some quality checks be lower in quality to the cars produced here Instead of presenting a concrete road map on 100 deletion locally which Suzuki has not been able to do even after 40 years should be a greater point of concern for the Pakistani government.

Muhammad Ashfaq | 2 weeks ago | Reply Amazed to see the comment of Pakistan suzuki CEO. Its otherway round. The local auto manufacturer use low quality materials. Used imported cars are way better than new local .

waqar | 2 weeks ago | Reply look who is saying this. Suzuki the 3rd class car assembler in Pakistan

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