The Suzuki Alto holds 30.7% of the Pakistani market in September.
The Pakistani new light vehicle market is slowly getting back to normal in September at -24.1% year-on-year to 8,312 units according to local association PAMA. That’s better than the -34.9% of August and the -57% of July. The year-to-date total remains devastated at -64.1% to 63,747. Note Changan and Kia do not report sales figures to PAMA but are reported to be quite successful here. Suzuki (-29.5%) falls slightly faster than the market but still manages a 50.9% share vs. 43.8% so far this year. Toyota (-39.1%) is in worse shape at #2 with 19.2% share vs. 27.2% YTD while Honda (+4.8%) defies the negative context to 16.1% share vs. 13% YTD. Sazgar Haval shoots up 261.4% and stays in 5th place. Model-wise, the Suzuki Alto (+7.5%), Hyundai Tucson (+12%) and Sazgar Haval H6 (+261.4%) are the only gainers in the Top 10.
Previous month: Pakistan August 2023: Suzuki (+7.9%) reaches 56.3% share, slight sales improvement on last month
One year ago: Pakistan September 2022: Suzuki Swift up to #2 in market off -50.7%
Full September 2023 Top 8 all brands and Top 22 all models below.
Pakistan September 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-23 | % | /22 | Aug | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Suzuki | 4,234 | 50.9% | -29.5% | 1 | 27,939 | 43.8% | -70.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toyota | 1,595 | 19.2% | -39.1% | 2 | 17,308 | 27.2% | -61.8% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Honda | 1,342 | 16.1% | 4.8% | 4 | 8,286 | 13.0% | -67.5% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyundai | 820 | 9.9% | -15.2% | 3 | 7,200 | 11.3% | -36.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Sazgar Haval | 300 | 3.6% | 261.4% | 5 | 1,927 | 3.0% | 2221.7% | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | JAC | 13 | 0.2% | -76.8% | 6 | 299 | 0.5% | -52.9% | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Isuzu | 6 | 0.1% | -77.8% | 8 | 88 | 0.1% | -65.1% | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | BAIC | 2 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 7 | 138 | 0.2% | -70.0% | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Chery | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 562 | 0.9% | 28.6% | 6 | 6 |
Pakistan September 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Sep-23 | % | /22 | Aug | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Suzuki Alto | 2,551 | 30.7% | 7.5% | 1 | 14,525 | 22.8% | -69.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Honda Civic (est) | 661 | 8.0% | -3.5% | 9 | 3,273 | 5.1% | -74.6% | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | Toyota Corolla (est) | 573 | 6.9% | -41.0% | 2 | 5,466 | 8.6% | -70.4% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Suzuki Swift | 506 | 6.1% | -59.9% | 4 | 3,464 | 5.4% | -55.6% | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Honda City (est) | 499 | 6.0% | -3.3% | 11 | 2,504 | 3.9% | -74.3% | 13 | 8 |
| 6 | Toyota Yaris (est) | 477 | 5.7% | -41.0% | 3 | 4,543 | 7.1% | -70.4% | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Hyundai Tucson | 420 | 5.1% | 12.0% | 5 | 3,743 | 5.9% | -25.7% | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Suzuki WagonR | 359 | 4.3% | -53.1% | 6 | 2,628 | 4.1% | -79.7% | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Suzuki Cultus | 332 | 4.0% | -55.8% | 7 | 2,627 | 4.1% | -74.9% | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | Toyota Hilux (est) | 300 | 3.6% | -34.9% | 10 | 4,021 | 6.3% | -36.6% | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | Sazgar Haval H6 | 300 | 3.6% | 261.4% | 8 | 1,927 | 3.0% | 2221.7% | 15 | 21 |
| 12 | Suzuki Ravi | 257 | 3.1% | 4.9% | 15 | 2,143 | 3.4% | -71.9% | 14 | 9 |
| 13 | Toyota Fortuner (est) | 245 | 2.9% | -34.8% | 12 | 3,278 | 5.1% | -36.6% | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | Suzuki Bolan | 229 | 2.8% | -62.4% | 14 | 2,552 | 4.0% | -65.1% | 11 | 10 |
| 15 | Honda BR-V & HR-V | 182 | 2.2% | 130.4% | 13 | 2,509 | 3.9% | -13.7% | 12 | 14 |
| 16 | Hyundai Porter | 177 | 2.1% | 46.3% | 16 | 1,118 | 1.8% | -19.2% | 18 | 17 |
| 17 | Hyundai Sonata | 126 | 1.5% | -16.6% | 17 | 1,190 | 1.9% | -38.2% | 16 | 16 |
| 18 | Hyundai Elantra | 97 | 1.2% | -69.7% | 18 | 1,149 | 1.8% | -61.7% | 17 | 15 |
| 19 | JAC X200 | 13 | 0.2% | -76.8% | 19 | 299 | 0.5% | -52.9% | 20 | 18 |
| 20 | Isuzu D-Max | 6 | 0.1% | -77.8% | 21 | 88 | 0.1% | -65.1% | 22 | 22 |
| 21 | BAIC BJ40L | 2 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 20 | 138 | 0.2% | -69.3% | 21 | 20 |
| 22 | Chery Tiggo | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 562 | 0.9% | 28.6% | 19 | 19 |
Source: PAMA
