Financial Tribune - Automakers will soon receive the okay from relevant authorities to increase prices once again, a deputy minister of industries said. Bad news that translates into a simple message for the common man: cars are gradually becoming luxury items most families cannot afford anymore.

In an interview on Sunday, Mohsen Salehinia told Fars, �Car prices will for sure be updated. The amount to be added is being discussed at the Consumer and Producer Protection Organization (CPPO).�

After studying economic issues related to the auto industry, the CPPO will submit a report to another state body, the Market Regulatory Authority, an ad hoc committee created to check the raging inflation and price gauging. �The regulatory authority will announce the new prices.�