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Pakistan and the costs of other raw materials such as steel and aluminum have Number of orders out of the fear of lockdown and containers were blocked inĭifferent countries when the lockdown was imposed in those countries, causing aĬontainer shortage in China, Malaysia and other exporting countries,” he added.Ĭompany imports almost all of the parts from Malaysia and assembles units in “During Covid, the car companies made a large Proton dealer said that the cost per container rose $6,000 to $8,000, putting Whyĭealers say when the dollar becomes expensive, the company increases pricesīecause they import almost all of the parts from Malaysia and assemble units in These variants are available at Rs4.6 million and Rs4.9 million. The SUV has two variants namely Proton X70 Executive and Proton X70 Premium. However, dealers expected that SUV prices would increase by Rs350,000 to Rs400,000 in December. The company hasn’t increased the prices its Proton X70 SUV yet. These variants will now be selling for Rs2.14 million, Rs2.3 million and Rs2.4 million, respectively.
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The price of Saga basic manual transmission model, Saga basic automatic transmission model and the top-of-the-chain Saga Ace automatic transmission model with added features have gone up by Rs224,000. It is dubbed as the lowest priced sedan in Pakistan. The Proton Saga has three variants – standard manual, standard automatic and premium automatic. The new rates will also apply to customers who booked their cars before November 26 but made partial payments. The company said that the new prices have taken effect from November 26. The highest change as the car companies increased car prices in the country was seen in the prices of Changan Alsvin and Karvaan, which were raised by 19%. Have already increased car prices following the raw material prices increased Car companies Toyota, Suzuki, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, United Motors and Changan