Display of car prices is a must for showrooms

January 10, 2015

Jeddah, Jan 10: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has started implementing a recent Cabinet decision to compel car agencies and showrooms to display all information on each model offered for sale, including prices, aimed at ensuring consumer protection.

According to sources, the Council of Saudi Chambers received a directive from the ministry to instruct car agencies and distributors about the new conditions for vehicle sale.

It is not permissible to sell a vehicle or offer for sale at showrooms unless certain vital information is displayed on the vehicle under the new regulations, said the sources.

The regulations also stipulate that the mandatory trade data about the vehicle must be written in Arabic and English languages.

The data should include the price of the car, and all the information should be real and displayed at a prominent location in legible letters on the windshield of the car for sale. The new regulation is supposed to be in force after 60 days from the date of issue of the order.

The ministry officials will conduct inspections at the showrooms and distribution agencies to ensure that they are adhering to the new regulations and

penal measures taken against defaulters.

The ministry launched this year several regulations governing consumer-dealer relationships for post-sale services.

The regulations make it mandatory for dealers to provide a substitute car for each day of delay if the agent delayed the supply of spare parts, or if he violated the obligation to ensure the quality of manufacture.

The new instructions also considers it the obligation of a dealer to provide an alternative spare part of the same brand to the consumer for each day of the delay in the event of breach of the agent’s obligation to ensure the supply of spare parts in order to achieve the intended purpose of the spare part during the guarantee period ensuring the quality of manufacture.

The ministry also stressed that the consumer is not bound to conduct periodic maintenance of his car at the dealer. The guarantee remains valid even if the maintenance is done at another place other than the dealer, the source said.

The move is part of the ministry’s efforts to ensure consumer protection especially from exploitation or fraud and the ministry’s decision to regulate the car market by improving the dealers’ services, including the commitment to guarantees, maintenance, repairs and spare parts, consumers receive from car distributors, the source added.

In a related development, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, director of Public Relations at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, demanded that the new regulations governing the sale of new cars be extended to the showrooms of used cars as well.

He pointed out that if the used car showrooms are compelled to publish prices of the cars offered for sale, customers could be saved from the clutches of speculators and unscrupulous brokers in the market, which is considerably larger than the market for new cars.

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Syrian Town erupts after Israeli forces enter Beit Jinn; heavy casualties reported

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November 28,2025

Several Syrians were killed and more than two dozen others injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, amid intensified incursions by the occupying regime since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

Syrian state TV reported that the casualties occurred during an overnight Israeli assault involving helicopters and drones on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside. The attack followed an Israeli military unit’s entry into the town, where they were surrounded by local residents, leading to gunfire and direct confrontations.

According to the report, “The occupation army’s helicopters and artillery shelled Beit Jinn, located at the foothills of Mount Hermon, resulting in 13 martyrs and 25 injured civilians.” The broadcaster did not specify the full extent of damage.

Al-Ikhbariyah Syria confirmed that the shelling coincided with Israeli soldiers entering Beit Jinn, while artillery pounded surrounding areas. The broadcaster stated that the escalation began after local residents clashed with an Israeli patrol that had infiltrated the southern town and “kidnapped” three young men.

Following a two-hour exchange of heavy fire, Israeli forces withdrew and repositioned on the hill of Butt al-Warda at the town’s outskirts.

Israeli media acknowledged that six soldiers were wounded in the clashes—three of them seriously—describing the confrontation as a “sudden ambush” that forced the deployment of reserve units and air support to secure an exit route. No further details were provided.

The aggression has fueled renewed displacement from Beit Jinn, with residents fleeing to nearby villages amid increasingly frequent Israeli attacks.

The raid came just a day after Israeli troops carried out another ground incursion into Umm al-Luqas village in Quneitra province. According to SANA, an Israeli unit in four vehicles entered the village, raided several homes, and later withdrew.

Syria condemned the repeated incursions as violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and UN resolutions, urging the international community to enforce compliance and pressure Israel to halt its operations and withdraw fully.

Israel has expanded its attacks across Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad government last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize strategic positions.

Meanwhile, critics say the HTS-led interim government’s inaction and growing normalization gestures toward Israel have emboldened Tel Aviv to intensify its military operations. HTS, formerly linked to al-Qaeda, seized control of Damascus last December, formally ending Assad’s rule.

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