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<p>Read the latest news about Iran’s automotive industry, market trends, output figures, &amp; import data, along with updates about Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro</p>

  • In a bid to support Iran's auto parts industry, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has obliged foreign carmakers to allocate a 20% share for domestically-made car parts if they want to…

  • South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has visited numerous sites across the country in recent days, apart from meeting Iran's political leaders in the process.

  • Sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in China will "moderate" over the remainder of 2016, compared with a 39% year-on-year growth in the first quarter, the brand's China head said on April 25. Mercedes…

  • Benoit Tiers, Audi Volkswagen's regional chief, notes the challenges and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa region, including Iran.  In a recent interview on Audi's plans,…

  • Iran's car parts produced domestically are of high quality, said a member of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association.

    According to Farhad Behnia, $177 million worth of parts were exported…

  • Toyota Motor Corp. expects to have a production decline of 80,000 units after shutting down nearly all of its assembly plants in Japan after two killer quakes disrupted parts supplies.

    "The…

  • Opel, General Motor's European arm, has recently been given a new license to have its cars imported by the Iranian government.

  • A deputy industries, mining and trade minister has announced that companies are allowed to pre-sell cars only with the express permission of the ministry.

  • Iran's second largest car manufacturer, SAIPA, has announced that it will soon be selling a new SUV in Iran: Changan CS35.

    The company has said the new car is being released due to the high…

  • According to analysts Frost & Sullivan, Japanese brands constituted nearly 69% of UAE passenger vehicle sales in 2015, according to a new report.

    Demand for Japanese parts is also at an…

  • Britain's transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has pressed Volkswagen on why it is offering compensation to customers affected by the diesel emissions scandal in the US but not the UK, a…

  • Iran Khodro's announcement of producing Dongfeng's H30 Cross on the western edge of Tehran has got some Iranians excited about the possibility of owning a station wagon again, but is that the case…

  • The compact version of the Peugeot 208 is no longer available in the Russian market as of this week, according to a new report from the country.

  • Iran's car manufacturers produced a total of 976,836 units of passenger and commercial vehicles in the last Iranian year (ended March 19, 2016).

  • Iran Khodro Industrial Group has already exported 30,000 vehicles of different models to the international markets since March 20, said IKCO’s deputy for export and international affairs.

  • The Mahindra e20 has been launched in the UK as an affordable electric vehicle, costing from £12,995 ($18,000) (after grant) and sold online to customers. The cost of most electric cars has been…

  • Automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company will launch a new brand next year, codenamed "L", with cars based on joint architecture developed with Volvo, three people with knowledge of the…

  • Iran's Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade recently released production figures for Iran's auto manufacturing industry, which show the country's 1% share in the global auto industry during…

  • Iran's President Hassan Rouhani recently stated that the government will not support the local car industry indefinitely.

    Speaking at the Third Iran International Automotive Conference in…

  • Beijing's BAIC car conglomerate has announced plans to produce around 100,000 vehicles through a new Iranian venture, the company announced on April 14.

    BAIC, which has grown its share of…

  • Volkswagen's Beetle may be slated for discontinuation, if a Tweet from a trusted source is to be believed. Autoline recently Tweeted: "Goodbye Beetle. VW to axe its iconic car at end of 2018.

  • Much to the chagrin of car buyers, an official at the Iran Automobile Association has said that imported car prices may increase by at least 12-15% in the current Iranian year (started March 20)…

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel told automakers that they should soon be able to test self-driving vehicles on the country's roads by promising to remove legal barriers.

  • Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday released its first-ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only US law-enforcement agencies, but also by that country's regulators.

  • Mercedes-Benz boosted sales twice as fast as BMW in the first quarter of 2016, moving the brand closer to grabbing the lead in the world's luxury-car market for the first time in a decade.