Iran auto industry
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Azeri-IKCO Plant to Open in August
EghtesadOnline: The Republic of Azerbaijan and Iran will launch a joint auto manufacturing plant in the Azeri industrial city of Neftchala by August, according to reports from Baku.
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French Leverage in Iran Auto Industry
EghtesadOnline: French automakers are using their leverage in Iran in the absence of several competitors. This has been made possible with other car companies remaining fearful of the so-called…
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Zamyad Expanding Market Share
EghtesadOnline: The CEO of industrial vehicle manufacturer Zamyad, has made known that the company’s light-duty commercial vehicles have a 35% share in the market.
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Five Star Ratings Out of Reach for Iranian Car Makers
EghtesadOnline: The quality report for the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 20) has been released with no car reaching the fabled five-star quality rating by the Iran Standards…
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Production of Geely's GC6 Begins in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Private automaker Bam Khodro has launched a production line for China’s Geely GC6 sedan, in the city of Bam in central Kerman Province.
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Brazil Auto Parts Makers in JV Talks with Iran
EghtesadOnline: Officials from Apex-Brasil (Brazilian business export agency) and Sindipecas (Brazilian auto parts makers’ guild) are on a trade mission in Tehran to explore business prospects.
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Iran Industrial Agency Kicks Starts Another Car Factory
EghtesadOnline: The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) is establishing an auto production factory in Damghan city in Semnan Province.
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Iran Automotive Production Up 20% y/y
EghtesadOnline; Automotive industry output has seen a 20.1% year-on-year jump in the first month of the current fiscal year (started March 21).
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Rouhani: Steel, auto industry on verge of joining int'l market
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that apart from the active presence of Iran's petrochemical industry in the global market, the country’s steel and auto industries are…
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Contract for producing auto platform in Iran signed
EghtesadOnline: A consortium of five Iranian organizations and five major global corporations signed a contract and MoU Tuesday to joinly design and produce a modern platform in Iran.
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Pininfarina, Iran Khodro Design Deal Signed
EghtesadOnline: Italy's Pininfarina automotive design house has signed a €70 million commercial agreement with Iran Khodro Group for the development of a technological automotive platform on…
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Iran to Display Vehicles in Azeri Exhibition
EghtesadOnline: Carmakers will attend the upcoming Baku Motor Show in the Republic of Azerbaijan on June 28-30.
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Iran Auto Firms Target 3m Production Target
EghtesadOnline: Automakers are aiming at a production rate of 3 million units over the next eight years, says the investment director of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization…
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Iran Khodro Production Comes to Kermanshah
EghtesadOnline: Iran Khodro, a local car producer which assembles a range of different vehicles, has started a new Peugeot Pars production line in western Kermanshah Province.
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Citroen Spin-Off DS Not to Produce in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The exclusive distributor of DS Automobile in Iran will not produce cars locally for the time being, according to the company’s top official.
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Iran rolls out new generation of national cars
EghtesadOnline: Iran has started the mass production of an upgraded version of its Dena class of national cars which is already seen by the media as a revolutionary product by the country’s leading…
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Iran Khodro Subsidiary Attracts State Investment
EghtesadOnline: The government has invested 170 billion rials ($4.5 million) in a subsidiary of Iran Khodro in the northern Mazandaran Province, according to the head of the production plant.
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Rouhani Launches Peugeot 2008 Production Line
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday officially launched the production line of Peugeot 2008 and the locally designed IKCO Dena+. Peugeot 2008 is the first car to be produced through…
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Iran Auto Exports Decline, Imports Rise in 2016-17
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization, affiliated to the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, has released the latest data on automotive exports.
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Iran Carmaker Zagros Planning Comeback
EghtesadOnline: Zagros Khodro, a now defunct producer of Proton models, may come back from the dead according to the Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade, Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh who visited…
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Iran's Auto Industry Repeats Deregulation Mantra
EghtesadOnline: The head of Iranian Automakers Guild has called for deregulation of the auto market and move towards freeing price mechanisms to help boost the car market's competitiveness.
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Borgward Negotiating With Domestic Carmakers
EghtesadOnline: The recently revived German luxury mark Borgward says it is negotiating with Iranian carmakers to launch joint production lines in the country.
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IKCO Says Iraq Production Rising
EghtesadOnline: Iran Khodro, Iran’s largest carmaker, announced on Saturday that its Samand sedan production in its Iskandariya plant in central Iraq is now producing 45 to 50 units per day.
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Iran’s auto production up by 37 percent last year
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s auto production saw an increase of 37 percent during the last Iranian calendar year ending March 20, 2017.
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Iran Carmakers’ Output Grows
EghtesadOnline: In the last month of the last Iranian year (ended March 20), carmakers recorded significant year-on-year growth in production, according to the latest statistics.
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Iran Standards Co. Releases Quality Report
EghtesadOnline: Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company (ISQI) has released data on the quality of locally-made and assembled cars during the last month of the last fiscal (ended March…
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Bam Khodro Will Produce Geely GC6
EghtesadOnline: Bam Khodro, a small independent car producer, is set to manufacture China’s Geely GC6 sedan, in the city of Bam in central Kerman Province.
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SAIPA to Produce Auto Parts in Algeria
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s second largest auto manufacturing company, SAIPA, will start production of spare parts in Algeria following a joint venture with the Algerian firm Tahkout Manufacturing…
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Iran Automakers Produce 1.25m Vehicles in Last Fiscal Year
EghtesadOnline: Iran's state-owned and private carmakers missed their production target by 50,000 units in the last fiscal that ended on March 20.
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Iran Gov't Declares 11-Month Auto Earnings
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank Iran has released data on the government’s income from taxes in the automotive sector for the 11-month period ending February 20.