Renault’s official representative in Iran, Negin Khodro, has announced that new models of Safrane, Scala and Duster will be on sale before the end of this year, according to Persian Khodro on…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran’s automotive industry, market trends, output figures, & import data, along with updates about Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro</p>
Delphi Automotive, an American auto parts maker and engineering lab, and Google have denied a report by Reuters that their self-driving prototype cars had a close call on a Silicon Valley street…
Jaguar Land Rover will never make a driverless car, R&D boss Wolfgang Epple said.
“We don’t consider customers cargo. We don’t want to build a robot that delivers the cargo from A-to-B…
The share of six largest companies importing to Iran comprises just 0.8% of the entire car industry of the country. The new statistics published by ISNA this week suggest the less than 1% figure…
Takata CEO Shigehisa Takada earned less than 100 million yen ($810,373) in the business year ended in March, or less than half of the 206 million yen ($1.67 million) he took home in the previous…
Iran Khodro Company, the country's leading vehicle manufacturer, signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with two of Iran's most prestigious universities to design and produce hybrid and…
Iranian researchers at Tabriz University, in northwestern Iran, have designed an alarm for warning against fatigue, drowsiness and distraction of drivers to reduce car accidents. Farzad…
The Iranian market will be welcoming yet another Chinese car as the country's second largest carmaker, Saipa, has begun sales of the 'Eado ' model—a compact four-door sedan produced by Changan…
A Chinese delegation visited Borujerd in the western province of Lorestan to assess investment opportunities on Tuesday. They toured the facilities of automotive factories in Borujerd, Fars News…
If international negotiations over Iran's nuclear agreement conclude by next week, Iran will again become a crucial market for PSA Peugeot Citroen, according to a French auto magazine.
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Renault's Sandero, soon to be launched in Iran, gets racy Renaultsport upgrades at an Argentinean automotive show in Buenos Aires.
Renault has finally pulled the wraps off its Sandero…
Saipa, Iran's second largest automaker, has announced this Ramadan it will not offer its employees Iftar—the meal directly after sundown during the month of fasting.
Subaru's local dealership has begun taking pre-orders for the Legacy and Forester models, according to, Asre Khodro on Sunday. The official price for the Forester model is 2.1 billion rials ($61,…
Samsung’s working on a new concept that could potentially make driving a lot safer.
Last week, Samsung shared a blog post about its “Safety Truck,” a trailer-truck that has a wireless…
Iran's Standard and Quality Inspection Company has recently assessed 28 cars locally produced in a monthlong period, ending May 21.
According to the report, 99% of the automobiles…
Mercedes-Benz is selling almost as many Maybach cars in China each month as it used to sell worldwide in a year, when it targeted the super-rich with a standalone model.
Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh recently demanded that the country’s leading automaker Iran Khodro Company and its commercial arm, IKCO Diesel, start a production…
International driving permits issued inside Iran are honored in more than 150 countries. They function as an official translation of an Iranian driver's license into six foreign languages.
Renault Pars, Renault's local joint subsidiary company, has announced that it will soon offer a new breakdown service for Renault car owners. The new service is aimed at Renault vehicle owners and…
European vehicle sales are up 7% this year through May, but the market is showing signs of a potential slump.
In May, sales grew 0.8% compared to the same month in 2014, according to…
Pars Khodro and French carmaker Renault are set to produce 15,000 Sandero hatchbacks in Iran by the end of the year (March 19, 2016), CEO of Azin Khodro Reza Rezaei said.
Renault…
Honda Motor Co. confirmed an eighth fatal victim of a ruptured Takata Corp. airbag inflator after completing the investigation of a September crash in Los Angeles.
Jewel Brangman was…
Renault unveiled the Duster Oroch no-frills pickup truck aimed at the emerging Latam market as the automaker bets on resilient demand in South America and hopes to build on the success of its…
Moves to lift trading sanctions against Iran have prompted India's Apollo Tires to expand its supply of truck-bus radials in the country.
According to the tire-maker, new variants of its…
The country needs to attract $3 billion worth of investment and team up with the private sector to develop transportation infrastructures around the country, the director general of investment of…
