{
  "id": 1537622,
  "title": "Sales tax hike: Kia Pakistan increases Sorento prices by up to Rs1.2mn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sales-tax-hike-kia-pakistan-increases-sorento-prices-by-up-to-rs1-2mn",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T18:47:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435223/sales-tax-hike-kia-pakistan-increases-sorento-prices-by-up-to-rs12mn"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kia Pakistan has raised the prices of its Sorento models by up to Rs1.2 million in response to an increase in sales tax. Lucky Motor Corporation, the assembler and distributor of Kia vehicles in Pakistan, has also introduced new hybrid variants of the Sportage and Sorento in the local market. The newly introduced Sportage L 1.6T FWD HEV has been priced at Rs12.199 million, and the Sportage L 1.6T AWD HEV will cost Rs13.299 million. The company has discontinued the previous Sportage L Alpha, which was priced at Rs7.899 million.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}