KARACHI: Passenger car sales (PAMA members) in the country increased by 56 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in November 2025, data showed on Thursday. On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, sales decreased by 8.0 per cent against 13,513 units sold in October.
According to data released by the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), passenger car sales (PAMA member cars) increased by 56 per cent to 12,408 units in November 2025 compared with 7,972 units sold during the same month the previous year.
For the first five months of FY26 (July-November 2025), passenger car sales rose by 43 per cent to 55,239 units against 38,597 units last year.Mashood Ali Khan, an auto expert, said that the auto sector had performed well after a long time. Tractors have made a comeback. There is a need to support industrial policy and discourage the import-base policy. He said that there is a need to increase the localisation. “We hope that the situation will further improve next year, as the government is also considering localisation an important aspect,” he said.
Sales of 1300cc and above cars were recorded at 7,270 units, up 80 per cent compared with November 2024 sales of 3,930 units.During this period, 1,000cc cars recorded sales of 485 units against 381 units during the same month last year. Below 1,000cc vehicles recorded sales of 4,641 units, up 29 per cent against 3,598 units in November 2024.
In November, only 12 units of Dewan Honri-Ve electric vehicle were also sold, down from 63 units sold during the same period last year.Sales of buses and trucks increased to 530 units in November 2025 from 328 units in November’24. Sales of jeeps and pick-ups increased to 3,034 units from 2,191 units sold during the same period in 2024.
Sales of tractors slightly increased to 3,663 units from 3,428 units in November 2024. Tractor sales fuelled by the government tractor scheme and improving farm economics.The sale of rickshaws and motorbikes increased to 165,753 units during November’25 against 120,484 units in the same period in 2024. Atlas Honda (ATLH), the maker of the popular CD70 bike, recorded the monthly sales yet again near to all-time monthly high reaching at 140,382 units in Nov 2025.
According to a report of Topline Research, the yearly growth numbers are fuelled by new entrants alongside lower interest, easing inflation, and improving macroeconomic sentiments.However, MoM sales were down due to seasonality, wherein generally, before the year-end delivery of vehicles is deferred to the first month of next year for the latest model registration.
Company wise: Honda Atlas Cars (HCAR) posted the highest YoY growth of 135 per cent YoY and remained flat on MoM basis to 2,609 units in Nov 2025. City and Civic models rose 134 per cent YoY and 5 per cent MoM to 2,359 units, while BRV & HRV models rose 145 per cent YoY and down 31 per cent MoM to 250 units in Nov 2025.
Indus Motor Company (INDU) posted the YoY growth of 75 per cent to 3,833 units. Corolla, Yaris and Cross sales together rose 78 per cent YoY and down 14 per cent MoM to 3,236 units, whereas Fortuner and IMVs rose 60 per cent YoY and down 24 per cent MoM to 597 units.
Hyundai Nishat reported YoY growth of 38 per cent, amid 89 per cent & 75 per cent YoY rise in Elantra & Tucson models.Sazgar Engineering (SAZEW) reported sales of 1,109, up 90 per cent YoY but down 20 per cent MoM.
PSMC saw the surge of 23 per cent YoY reaching 6,615 units mainly due to 171 per cent rise in cultus sales followed by 48 per cent rise in alto sales reaching 485 and 4,069 units in Nov 2025. However, on MoM basis, PSMC witnessed a downtick of 11 per cent in sales due to the notable declines in majority vehicle segments. This took cumulative sales to 33,849 units up 31 per cent YoY in 5MFY26 as compared to 25,812 units in SPLY.
“We expect positive momentum in auto sales to continue in FY26, supported by lower interest rates and new hybrid and plug-in hybrid models. Additionally, easing inflation and normalisation of supply chains should further strengthen demand in the coming months,” stated the Topline report.
