Europe’s tax system is the best. There, people can afford to change cars more often and can afford to get the latest tech easily. The average age of the car fleet in the EU is around 12 years old.
In Pakistan, one of the most prominent Japanese car companies is still selling 50 year old technology to us as brand new in the form of Bolan and Ravi. Almost all bikes in the country are beyond obsolete. Even used cars are becoming so expensive that, each year, the majority of people who would like to buy a used car, have no choice but to buy older and older model cars. That means that ave. age of our car fleet in Pakistan is decades old! if any system like the one in EU is implemented here, most poor people with very old cars would simply get rid of their cars because of the added tax.

We need a serious up date in our auto sector policy and technology if we want our auto sector to go anywhere.

The article doesn’t note the nuances of taxation according to which province the car is/was registered in. E.g. Punjab has an annual luxury tax on specific categories while GB, AJK, erstwhile FATA & some parts of KPK are tax-exempt zone and the NCP (non-custom-paid) cars from there cannot enter mainland Pakistan, despite submitting an annual token. Also, Lasbela registered vehicles had no annual token that’s why most of the old Bedford trucks have Lasbela number plate.

This writer’s articles used to be good but recently the quality has reduced a bit. The writing style is good so I hope she gets back her quality and to continuously improve.