Quarterly auto sales rise despite sluggish September

Dawn reported that the four-wheeler market, which includes cars, SUVs, pickups and vans, fell to 15,104 units in September, a drop of 12 per cent from a year earlier and 3 per cent from August. Cumulative sales for the first quarter of FY27 still climbed 19 per cent to 50,480 units. Topline Securities linked the monthly decline to delayed clarity on the HEV and PHEV sales tax policy, which held back invoicing by companies.

Indus Motor Company was the sole assembler to post higher sales during September, with volumes up 31 per cent year on year and 3 per cent month on month to 4,142 units. Corolla, Yaris and Cross were the main driver of that growth, with sales rising 34 per cent to 3,563 units. Honda Atlas Cars moved the other way, with September sales falling 8 per cent annually and 19 per cent monthly to 2,128 units.

Atlas Honda set an all-time monthly high of 167,100 units in September, surpassing its earlier peak of 163,048 units from April 2026. Two- and three-wheeler sales reached 553,994 units in the first quarter, up from 431,542 a year earlier. Razi ur Rahman, director general of PAMA, said customer interest had revived, yet warned that buyers and assemblers remained hesitant to commit to investment decisions.