IKCO, SAIPA Set Up Alliance for Improving Car Standards, Quality

Iran’s two major automakers have formed an alliance to improve the safety standards and quality of their products.
“SAIPA Automotive Group’s Shahin car will soon be equipped with the engine produced by Iran Khodro Industrial Group and this joint cooperation will expand,” Mehdi Khatibi, the CEO of Iran Khodro Industrial Group, said at the 12th International Conference on Internal Combustion Engines and Oil, Khabar Khodro reported.
“In all development projects, special attention is paid to car engine in terms of pollution, power and acceleration. As IKCO is on the path of growth and development, it has paid serious attention to this issue and created short-, medium- and long-term plans for it,” he added.
Khatibi noted that in the short term, the goal of Iran Khodro is to produce low-consumption engines, upgrade them in the medium term and in the long run, invest in better engines.