India Vs Pakistan car industry market

India VS Pakistan : Here’s how big our auto industry is as compared to our neighbour

While one of our neighboring countries blatantly copies international car models, the other is hilariously outrun by India in terms of car production. In fact, the total number of cars produced in Pakistan does not even match up to the India’s car export figures. In a report based upon the data from Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association, South Asia’s multimedia news agency, Asian News International says that the number of cars produced and exported from India are four times that of total vehicles produced and sold in Pakistan.

In the Financial Year 2014-15, the total number of passenger cars sold in Indian market stood at 23.56 lakh units while, in the same period, merely 1.52 lakh units were sold in Pakistan. India’s exports, in the same period, stood at 5.74 lakh units. According to the report, Pakistan does not have a single indigenous car manufacturer. Moreover, because of the low safety and quality standards, car buyers in the country opt for Japanese cars which provide better safety and are value for money.

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While our neighbor trails light-years behind us in terms of vehicle production and sales, the Indian vehicle industry, with several initiatives by the Government of India and the automobile manufacturers, is expected to be a global leader by the year 2020.

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The two-wheeler industry is beyond comparison. The four-wheeler segment forms a small part of the Indian vehicle market whereas the two-wheeler segment forms 81 per cent of the country’s automobile market. The Pakistani two-wheeler market, on the other hand, is catered by just three brands which sell about a dozen models — that’s less than the number of vehicles launched in India every year. In terms of numbers, the total two-wheelers produced in Pakistan in the year 2015 stand at 19.12 lakh units while, in the same period, the Indian two-wheeler market saw a total production of 1.61 crore units — that’s about eight times of Pakistan’s production. Even the number of two-wheeler exported from India, at 24.57 lakh units, was over 5 lakh units more than Pakistan’s total two-wheeler production.

One may cite Pakistan’s low per capita income for the lack of sales and thus lesser demand resulting in low production. But Pakistan’s per capita income isn’t far too behind than that of India. Based on the data from 2015, India ranks 122 in the world’s GDP (at purchasing power parity) per capita list by International Monetary Fund while Pakistan stands at 132 with a difference of USD 1,662 per annum.

That tells a lot about how the two countries developed after the partition of 1947. We would like to hear your views about the massive difference in the motoring scene between the two countries. Let us know your views through the comments section.

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10 thoughts on “India VS Pakistan : Here’s how big our auto industry is as compared to our neighbour”

  1. Good to see a comparison, however in my opinion the way comparison is made is not fair. We have to look at the population, Maharashtra being a highly populated state will sell more vehicles than Assam so how can it be compared ?
    If we compare number of vehicles per 100 people it will be a fair comparison.

  2. Seems u belong to the land of pathans who ate born hypocrats and home grown fanatics. How will your country grow. Your entire country economy is equal to India’s one of the State and to match your Balance sheets less said better and seems u lack knowledge about your own country stats.

  3. seriously? looking at an import export details? dude.. they have a complete car culture there, but we? we dont! we do only have ricers! ricers in the sense who just modify cars just for visual pleasure!. they do have JDM and USDM culture there, here its just IDM that plays around with body kits.

    to the noobs:
    JDM (Japanese Domestic Market): japanese cars in short but its a little deep topic where nissan toyota mitsubishi etc plays
    USDM (US ” “) where muscle cars role
    IDM (Indian ” “) where marutis role!

    to be true they did have this culture long back, if u are a car guy, u would understand, they do have 2jz supras, 13b rx7 rotary engined mazda, and even rb26 engined nissan skylines flying through the streets like flies. the classic legends! and for offroad enthusiasts they do have the land cruisers, and the nissan patrols long back! so these are cars that produce 300+ horses stock! and boy they do have tuning culture too! and this is a place where petrol rules, and petrol is for petrolheads and for us its just diesel that works our mind.

    and now tell me what do we have? 🙁
    priced up cars, with more than double the petrol prices as of them.

    source: i just follow car culture around the world. and carthrottle.com

  4. Stupid comparison. Useless article. What is the point of comparing without knowing about the historical facts? And, the worst of all is tge line which says about 1947. I am laughing out lout. Idiocy at best!

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