Sale of cars rises 25%, motorbikes 11.7% in October.

ISLAMABAD -- The sale of cars in October 2020 rose to 11,997 units against the sale of 9,566 units in same month of the preceding year, showing an increase of 25 percent.

During first the period July-October of the current fiscal year (2020-21), the auto sale also increased to 43,865 units against 40,583 units in same period of the previous year, showing an increase of 8 percent, a data released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturing Association (PAMA) said on Wednesday.

According to break up figures, the sale of Honda cars (Civic and City) sharply increased by 80 percent to 1,858 units in October from 1,032 units in the corresponding period of last year.

The sale of Toyota Corolla, however, registered a decrease of 33 percent as it went down from 1,982 units in the corresponding month of last year to 1,314 units in same month of 2020.

During the month, the sale of Suzuki Swift increased by 19 percent to 180 units against the sale of 151 units in same month of the preceding year.

The newly launched Toyota Yaris witnessed a sale of 3,058 units in October compared to the sale of 2,421 units in September 2020 showing an increase of 26.3 percent.

Likewise, sale of...