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ABM Chapter 2018112010160919
Chapter 5. Consumer’s
Purchase Intentions
towards Automobiles in
Pakistan
Abeera Amir*, Muzaffar Asad
School of Accounting and Finance, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Email: *beya_amir@hotmail.com
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the factors which influ-
ence the consumer’s purchase intentions towards automobiles in Pakistan.
After reviewing the literature, the most significant independent variables
(price, product, after sale service, brand product quality and brand loyalty)
were integrated together into a research framework and then the hypotheses
were tested. The unit of analysis was the individual automobiles consumers
in Lahore, Pakistan selected as random respondents. The sample size was
250. Simple regression was used to analyze the results. The findings de-
picted that the three independent variables—price, product and brand
product quality— have a positive significant relationship with the consum-
er’s purchase intentions towards automobiles while the other two variables
i.e. after sale service and brand loyalty showed insignificant results. The
managers in the automobile industry as well as the policy makers will find
this study helpful, when they will be making strategies (example marketing
related) and also while developing auto policy.
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Keywords
Purchase Intentions, Price, Product, After Sale Service, Brand Product
Quality, Brand Loyalty
1. Introduction
economy. Taking Pakistan, into consideration then based on the facts that
Pakistani automobile industry is not much prominent in the world. It is
rather expanding in Pakistan from a long time. [2] narrated that there is a
hope that the customers are more likely to repurchase the product if they
are “satisfied customers” which will expand the market share of the
company as well as its overall sales. This shows that company can be-
come profitable if it can satisfy its customers. Satisfaction is a fulfillment
of the needs and desires of consumers and thus consumers will repeat
purchase Customers when they are satisfied with the experience of the
process of purchase or after they consume the goods [3]. Companies
providing high quality goods and services might convince the consumers
and hence individuals may trust the company to be a profitable invest-
ment as well [4]. Before, purchasing the product, the consumers gather
the information related to the products and reaches on certain decision
and therefore purchase intention is often used to analyze consumer be-
havior [5].
2. Literature Review
cal function country of origin and assessed its impact on the consumers’
automobile purchase decisions. The variables used in his study were price,
quality requirements of the product, risk and social factors.
Theoretical Framework
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H1: Price (P) has a significant impact on the purchase intention (PI)
Price
Purchase
Product Intentions
Brand loyalty
H2: After sale services (AS) has a significant impact on the purchase
intention (PI)
H4: Brand product quality (BP) has a significant impact on the pur-
chase intention (PI)
H5: Brand loyalty (BL) has a significant impact on the purchase inten-
tion (PI)
3. Methodology
The collection of the data for the purpose of the survey has been done
through questionnaire. Table 1 shows the items along with its sources.
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The five point likert scales ranging from strongly disagree to strongly was
used in all the items. The unit of analysis of the study was the individual
consumers of automobiles in Lahore, Pakistan. The respondents were
both male and female between the age group of 29 to 50 years old. A to-
tal of 326 responses were gathered out of which 76 responses were ne-
glected because of incomplete questionnaires, thus leaving 250 responses.
Hence the overall response rate was 76%.
Brand product quality 5 Sajjad Ahmad and Muhammad Mohsin Butt, (2012)
The data was then analyzed on the SPSS software to run the regression
for the purpose of finding the impact of predictors on the response varia-
ble. The equation formed on the basis of the proposed framework is :-
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Table 2 depicts the values of the R along with the values of R square,
standard error of the Estimate and Durbin-Watson. The coefficient of de-
termination is the “R Square” which has a value of 0.76. The predictors
brand loyalty, after sale service, product, product quality and price are
explaining the 76 % variation in purchase intentions. The value of 1.799
of Durbin-Watson shows that the possibility of autocorrelation is mini-
mal.
Change Statistics
Std.
R Adjusted Error Durbin
Model R R Sig.
Square R Square of the F Watson
Square df1 df2 F
Estimate Change
Change Change
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Table 4. Coefficients.
Unstandardized Standardized
Coefficients Coefficients
Model t Sig.
B Std. Error Beta
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been rejected because its p-value is greater than 0.05. Similarly, the H5
(brand loyalty) is also rejected because its p-value is 0.54 which is greater
than 0.05. This indicated that after sale services and brand loyalty doesn’t
influence the consumer’s purchase intentions. Moreover, the H3 and H4
are important factors which influence the purchase intentions. Consumers
are concerned about the product itself and the brand product quality in
making purchase decisions.
H2: After sale services (AS) and purchase intention (PI) 0.776 Rejected
H4: Brand product quality (BP) and purchase intention (PI) 0.000 Accepted
H5: Brand loyalty (BL) and purchase intention (PI) 0.054 Rejected
5. Conclusions
The results of the study indicated that the consumers believed that the
prices of the locally manufactured cars are high. Therefore, instead of
buying high priced locally manufactured cars, they prefer to purchase
imported cars. Hence, price is an important factor in assessing the pur-
chase intentions of the buyers. Another research finding indicated that
there is a statistical significant relationship among the product and pur-
chase intentions and the result showed that the locally manufactured cars
lack the technological advancements and creativity. So as a product, im-
ported cars are preferred by the consumers as compare to local cars. The
last significant variable was the brand product quality. One of the most
important feature on which almost all the respondents agreed was on
brand product quality. They agreed that imported cars are of good, relia-
ble and of consistent quality as compare to locally manufactured cars.
The other two independent variables after sale service and brand loyalty
showed insignificant results. These finding depicted that consumers pre-
ferred element of brand product quality and price while making a pur-
chase of automobiles rather than being brand loyal. Due to the intense
competition, many automobile companies introduce new models of cars
almost every year or maximum after one year. Moreover, the companies
also have the knowledge that the preference of the consumers does
change with the passage of the time.
making the strategies related to marketing, the most crucial task is to look
for the factors that influence the needs of the consumers [22]. The man-
agers in the automobile industry can upgrade their marketing strategies
for upcoming products, and even for the existing products. This study can
also help the policy makers while developing the Auto Policy.
Future Research
The study has identified the factors that influence purchase intentions of
the consumers towards automobiles in Pakistan. The research in this
study was narrowed to only five most significant variables (price, after
sale service, product, brand product quality and brand loyalty) from the
previous studies. Future research can be conducted on variables like eco-
nomics, social influences and status, culture and relationship with the car
dealers and a new framework can be constructed. Moreover, the re-
searchers can conduct the study on moderating role of personality and
culture in the proposed framework. Another future research can be con-
ducted by adding the mediating variable subjective norm from Ajzen’s
Theory of Planned Behavior in the proposed research framework.
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Questionnaire
Strongly Strongly
Purchase Intentions Disagree Neutral Agree
Disagree Agree
Strongly Strongly
Price Disagree Neutral Agree
Disagree Agree
The price of locally
assembled cars is high
The price of locally
assembled cars is low
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Strongly Strongly
Product Disagree Neutral Agree
Disagree Agree
Locally assembled cars are suitable
for the local Pakistani market
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Strongly Strongly
Brand product quality Disagree Neutral Agree
Disagree Agree
Strongly Strongly
Brand Loyalty Disagree Neutral Agree
Disagree Agree
I feel loyal to imported
brand car company
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