Overview
A few weeks back Suzuki announced that they are discontinuing the Bolan and Ravi pickup vans, they discontinued these pickup vans after the time of almost 4 decades. AutoJournal.pk revealed the news of discontinuation. Hence Pak Suzuki Motors Company is deciding to execute a Suzuki Bolan relaunch with an air condition variant.
Background
In 2006 the AC variant of Bolan was introduced, but that variant was discontinued because of poor sales. The first name that the company used to launch Bolan was Hi-Roof in 1982. Then the company changed it to Bolan in 1991 when the vehicle’s assembly began locally at the Bin Qasim plant in Karachi.
Reasons of discontinuation
The high court is making a rule to add airbags in all cars mandatory mostly affect 800cc Bolan and Ravi. Bolan and Ravi both vehicles do not have enough space to install airbags, in February, Lahore high court directed the developers to install airbags in all cars.
Suzuki Bolan Relaunch
The eleventh generation 660cc pick-up van is on its way to replace the seventh generation Bolan. About discontinuation of the earlier variant, the company has not yet notified Pakistan Stock Exchange about their decision because it is essential to notify the Stock Exchange about the discontinuation of a business. It is reported that the company has imported the Completely built-up (CBU) units of the new Suzuki Bolan. There is also news about the manufacturing of the vehicle in the local manufacturing units.
Suzuki dealers officially delivered the message, that the Suzuki Bolan relaunch will be in the form of an air-conditioned variant. There will be a new name, new look, and enhanced features.
The new model of this automobile will be launching next year. So, we have to wait to find out the price and detailed description of this vehicle. Till then wait for Suzuki Bolan to relaunch in Pakistan.