ISLAMABAD – Regal Automobiles held a glittering ceremony to celebrate thelaunch for the first batch of CKD units for its hotly-anticipated PricePearl. The event took place at the Prince-DFSK plant located at Multan RoadLahore.
The 800CC Pearl will hit the Pakistani market on the 1st of February nextyear and is expected to go head-to-head against the Bravo and the 660CCAlto for the market share vacated by the Mehran.
The car is expected to have both manual and automatic variants and whilethe price hasn’t been officially announced, initial estimates suggest itwill be around Rs. 950,000 to Rs. 1,050,000. The company has decided toremain silent on these as the market situation could change drasticallydepending on the Rupee-Dollar parity.
While it started its life as the Yika E7, the Pearl is a mixture of twoChangan cars –the Bennu and BenBen Mini from the outside and has acompletely original interior.
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The car has some standard features like the rest of its contemporaries suchas power steering, power windows, power retract mirrors, touch screeninfotainment system with Bluetooth, AC/ heater, alloy wheels, and fog lamps.
From the looks of it and on paper, Pearl is a hot prospect and will giveboth the Bravo and the 660CC Alto a run for their money but a lot dependson its price tag.
