Motorcycle and three-wheelers sales dropped 32.94% during the first two months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) compared with the sale of the corresponding period of the last year.

During the months under review, as many as 198,097 motorcycles and three-wheelers were sold against the sale of 295,422 units in July-August 2021-22, according to the Pakistan Automobile Manufacturing Association (PAMA).

The sale of Suzuki motorcycles however witnessed an increase of 22.16% from 5,703 units last year to 6,967 units during the months under review whereas the sale of Honda motorcycles dipped by 17.47% from 200,039 units to 165,090 units.

Similarly, the sale of Yamaha motorcycles also went down from 3,985 units to 2,503 units witnessing a decline of 37.18% while the sale of Road Prince motorcycles witnessed a sharp decline of 70.35% from 20,591 units to 6,105 units.

The sales of United Auto motorcycles also declined by 73.81% from 58,285 units to 15,264 units.

Meanwhile, the sale of Road Prince three-wheelers dipped from 1,305 units to 460 units while the sale of Qingqi three-wheelers also decreased by 58.79% from 2,194 units to 904 units.

The sale of United Auto three-wheelers has shown a decrease of 13.64% from 337 units to 291 units, the data revealed.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk