A majority of applicants who registered in the national online car ordering portal, Esalecar.ir, will receive their vehicles by the end of the fiscal 2024-25 (March 20, 2025).
Mehdi Taqaddosi, the portal’s manager, told the Persian automotive daily Donyaye Khodro that based on the production plan of car manufacturers and the schedule set by the portal, 97% of applicants who have registered in the second phase of the integrated sale will receive their cars by March 2025.
He stated that the remaining 3% consist of those who wanted CKD cars marketed by private automakers, which could not be supplied during the period.
“Since the demand for some models, such as Farda Motors’ FMC, was higher than their production capacity, some applicants could not purchase them from the national online car portal. However, they can opt for models offered by carmakers that fulfilled their obligations and have the production capacity to meet new demands, such as Modiran Khodro’s X22 Pro model and SAIPA’s QUIK S,” he said.
Taqaddosi said the details of the replacement plan, the deadline for withdrawing from the second phase of the integrated car sale and the updated list of cars available in the portal will be announced this week.
According to the official, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has no plan to reopen the portal for the applicants of the first phase of integrated sales to select cars that have become available due to the withdrawal of some customers or the rise in production capacity of carmakers.
“The result of applicants seeking to replace their worn-out cars with a new vehicle has not been announced yet, because it took more time to process the information of these applicants … But in order to avoid a delay for applicants, who are not many, the results of the replacement plan for worn-out cars will be announced this week,” he said.
Taqaddosi stated that banks have been informed to unblock the funds deposited by people on Wednesday.
50,000 Applicants Withdraw From Nat’l Online Car Portal
Alarge number of applicants have withdrawn from the national online car ordering portal, Esalecar.ir, in just 24 hours.
According to Mehdi Taqaddosi, the portal’s manager, the reduction in domestic car prices because of the decline in foreign exchange rate is the main reason behind this lack of interest, IRNA reported.
“One of the private sectors’ car producers announced on June 12 that only 10% of car applicants of this company deposited the rest of the car purchase money in the first stage of the integrated sale plan and the remaining 90% have quit,” he said.
“The applicants approached their banks and withdrew their money; they didn’t wait for the announcement of results on June 14.”
He said some of the private sector’s assembled cars are being sold in the market at a price lower than the factory prices and this issue, along with the unattractiveness of registered vehicles, has accelerated the trend of withdrawal.
While stating that the number of applicants in the second phase of the integrated sale plan was more than one million people, Taqaddosi said the precise number of withdrawals is not known, but “we will inform as soon as it becomes available.”
In the past few days, it was reported that 20-50% of applicants of domestic and assembled cars in the national online car ordering portal had retreated from the first phase.
Experts believe that this indicates that most people had participated in this plan to earn a profit, but pulled away when the price gap between the factory and market prices declined.
The prices of assembled cars in the market have fallen considerably in the past few days.
The price of Bahman Motor’s Dignity Prestige fell by 950 million rials ($1,950) on June 12. It dipped by 900 million rials ($1,847) for Arian Motor’s Lamari Eama, 800 million rials ($1642) for Bahman Motor’s Dignity Prime, 900 million rials ($1,847) for Chery’s Tiggo 8 Pro and 900 million rials ($1,847) for Tiggo 8 Promax IE.
Also, the market price of Kerman Motor’s cars (except JAC Motors’ S3), Respect and Inroad vans (from Bahman Motor), X55 Pro, Arizzo 5, Arizzo 5 Sport, Arizzo 6 Pro and Tiggo 7 IE, Ryne R3 and Suba M4 is lower than the factory price of these products.
The prices of other assemblers' products have also shrunk from 100 million rials ($205) to 700 million rials ($1,437).
