The Toyota Yaris arrived in Pakistan in 2020 and quickly took over the B-segment car market. Despite only delivering the fifth generation of the Honda City, which had long dominated this market, Honda City eventually overtook the most recent Toyota Yaris.
The Toyota Yaris held the top spot for the best-selling sedan in Pakistan for a year before the venerable 11th-generation Toyota Corolla took it back. The C-segment Toyota Corolla is still the best-selling sedan in the nation, despite the fact that Yaris sales have cut Corolla sales in half and that 1.3L Corolla variants have been phased out in favour of the B-segment model.
However, after the launch of the 6th-generation City in mid-2021, the B-segment sedan class has returned to favouring the new Honda, and Honda City once more outperformed Toyota Yaris. It was a model that was worldwide out of date, yet it was still probably more beautiful than the repulsive Yaris. And Honda City is now benefiting from the outcomes. In the calendar year 2022, the 6th generation Honda City outsold the Toyota Yaris by 19,860 units, on average 1,655 units per month.
In contrast, the Toyota Yaris sold 15,507 units in 2022, averaging 1,292 units per month. Honda City outsold Toyota in sales by 28% as a result. In its heyday, the Yaris sold more than twice as many units per month as the Civic and City put together.
Despite the Toyota Yaris currently being in its fourth generation internationally, Indus Motor Company (IMC) continues to sell the pre-facelift version of the third-generation model in Pakistan. The pre-facelift version is only offered in Pakistan, while the facelift version is sold in markets where the third generation is still readily available.