Auto Industries Lean Toward Improvement

While Iranian carmakers have constantly been under fire for low quality of their products and inadequate safety standards, reports by Iran Standard and Quality Inspection Company indicate a slight improvement in the companies’ general output.
Reports indicate a slight improvement in quality of vehicles in Iran’s market compared to May 2017 according to the monthly audit published by ISQI on its website.
ISQI is a private entity which conducts monthly quality and safety tests on behalf of the Ministry of Industries. According to the reports published by the firm, many locally-made cars suffer from poor quality and barely earn one star in its five-star ranking system.
Resembling previous reports, in the latest version of ISQI’s audit, no car has reached the fabled-five star; however, newly added vehicles to Iran’s market—all priced over 500 million rials ($11,904)—are mostly ranked four-star.
Among the new vehicles with a four-star quality are the Peugeot 2008, produced through a joint venture between Iran Khodro and the French automaker Peugeot, Hyundai i20 manufactured by Kerman Motor and Bahman Group’s Chinese-derived Besturn B30.
ISQI’s surveys vehicles based on their build, parts quality—including items such as tire rubber and internal electrical devices—and emissions.