Ghandhara Automobiles Limited formerly known as Ghandhara Nissan, is a Pakistani automobile manufacturer based in Karachi. It was established in 1981. Ghandhara Automobiles is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Chery, Dongfeng, JAC and Renault Trucks vehicles in Pakistan.

History

Ghandhara Nissan (Ghandhara Automobiles) was incorporated in 1981 for the distribution of completely built-up (CBU) Nissan vehicles in Pakistan. In 1992, it became a publicly listed company on the Karachi Stock Exchange. Ghandhara Nissan has a technical assistance agreement with Nissan Motors and a joint venture agreement with Nissan Diesel for the progressive assembly of passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and heavy duty vehicles. Ghandhara Nissan's manufacturing and assembly plant which has a capacity of 6,000 cars per year, is located at Port Qasim, Karachi. Ghandhara Nissan forms one of several companies of Bibojee Group. In 2016, Renault announced to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018 in collaboration with Ghandhara Nissan, and collaborated with new partner Al-Futtaim Group of United Arab Emirates (UAE) but shelved the project later on. In March 2018, Nissan signed a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan to begin local production of Datsun models but suspended talks later. In February 2021, Ghandhara Nissan announced it would manufacture Chery vehicles in Pakistan. On April 18, 2023, Ghandhara Nissan Limited changed its name to Ghandhara Automobiles Limited.

Products

Chery

Commercial Vehicles

Dongfeng Trucks

As of 2015, it was hoped that Dongfeng trucks would be able to carve out a big share in the Pakistani market for trucks due to Pak-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Pakistan is also witnessing an increased demand in heavy trucks due to CPEC and relative improvement in the country's security situation.

Renault Trucks

JAC Motors