Following the debut of the 11th generation Civic last month, Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited (HACPL) has announced that its two higher-end variants will be delivered in February 2023.
According to Business Recorder, the 11-month delay applies to the 1.5L Civic Oriel that is priced at Rs. 5,399,000 and the 1.5L Civic RS that has a hefty price tag of Rs. 6,149,000. Meanwhile, the standard Civic model is scheduled to be delivered in August.
A Honda dealership said,
We are telling our customers that the delivery time for the two high-end variants is February next year, but we are also informing them that there could be a price revision by then. We are taking bookings for approximately 20 percent down-payment.
The revelation is shocking because HACPL had launched the new Civic less than a month ago. Dealers warned that the lengthy delivery time might hamper sales due to the increasingly competitive market. It will also disappoint customers who could expect a significant price hike by then.
Regarding buyers who have received the new Honda Civic, the dealership revealed that “the few units (of the 11th Generation Civic) that have been delivered are the ones that were booked much earlier”.
Honda Atlas had previously discontinued its 2016 debutant, the 10th Generation Civic, in Pakistan. Dealers also indicated that buyers who had already booked the 10th generation Civic may be delivered a newer generation model.
Furthermore, the 1.5 PT and Aspire MT variants of the Honda City will be delivered in June, the City MT and Aspire Prosmatec variant in August, and City Prosmatec in July.
Wow 🥺
Wanna learn poor and deceptive marketing practices,, follow honda atlas.
We should stand up to the ‘dacoity’ being committed by these auto companies. The modus operandi they adopt is that they launch a car at attractive prices, it results in getting maximum bookings of car, 20% booking amount is taken by them, at this point they get you to sign that any escalation in prices will have to be paid by customer, then they delay the deliveries and then they ask for the differential of new prices. This is how they earn their profits.
So public should file complaint with competition commission and Wafaqi Mohtasib with evidences to bring them to answer this behaviour and bound them to stick to prices for a reasonable time period after launching and max two price revision (upward or downwards) in an year.
This is the only way i feel that these dacoits can be controlled from fleecing the public at large.
Alongside this, another prayer in the petition should be to make it mandatory for each assembler to give a 1000cc or below model in their line-up.