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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
July 19, 2023 17:47
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March 02,2019An estimated 10,000 containers of imported auto parts are stuck in Iranian customs warehouses ostensibly because local automotive companies Iran Khodro and SAIPA are unable or unwilling to get... -
February 26,2019Gasoline consumption has reached an unprecedented average of 90 million liters per day and substandard cars are definitely the major contributors to the worsening air pollution and related problems...
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February 20,2019As car prices keep rising as never before, the two main Iranian auto companies, Iran Khodro and SAIPA, launched what they call are ‘special sales’, selling their cars like hotcakes. Offering a...
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February 20,2019State-owned Bank of Industry and Mine will offer 4 trillion rials ($30.7 million) in loans to 150 car parts makers working with local car company SAIPA. According to a report published on the bank...
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February 18,2019After few weeks of relative stability in the chaotic car market, prices have shot up again reaching unprecedented highs leaving the people more perplexed than ever. The cheapest car in the local...
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February 13,2019The Central Bank of Iran in a directive has required 12 local banks to grant loans to parts makers, as part of the ongoing state policy to rescue the struggling industry. In a letter carried by...
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February 06,2019Smart parking meters are being installed in Tehran’s District 2. Using the smart parking meters and a smartphone app backed by Tehran Municipality, motorists can pay and reserve road-side parking...
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February 06,2019The government will lend money to two local auto companies, Iran Khodro and SAIPA, to the tune of 40 trillion rials ($333 million). The bailout is for paying part of the carmakers’ mounting debt to...
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February 02,2019Despite the new US sanctions and economic challenges Iran is facing, Chinese carmaker Chery, is not only sustaining ties with the country but has also launched a new model in the fledgling auto...
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January 30,2019When French auto companies Renault and PSA Group (Peugeot and Citroen) started leaving Iran last year, observers held the strong view that Chinese companies would rush to expand and take their...
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January 30,2019With government intervention, the final price of Citroen C3 made in Iran via collaboration between local car company SAIPA and France’s Citroen has been announced. Following rumors and...
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January 28,2019After the US re-sanctioned Iran in the summer of last year, which also hurt the country’s car industry, operations of French auto companies, Renault and Peugeot, have declined rapidly. During the...
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January 28,2019As part of efforts to curb air pollution and promote electric motorcycles, Tehran Municipality is offering an incentive to e-bike buyers worth 25 million rials ($208). The price of electric...
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January 26,2019Car buyers in Iran support privatization and a free market approach to the key industry and oppose generous state and government subsidies for the inefficient sector, a survey conducted by Iran...
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January 23,2019Tehran Taxi Organization (TTO) has introduced a project that incorporates radio frequency identification (RFID) network to better monitor the work of cabbies. RFID technology which uses...
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January 23,2019Local carmakers in Iran that long have earned the fury of an increasing number of people, respected environmental activists and prominent economists for their extended mismanagement and dubious...
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January 21,2019When it comes to higher-ups and top jobs SAIPA’s revolving door keeps on turning at unusual speed. On Sunday, Mohammad Reza Soroush was removed from his post as CEO barely after four months in the...
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January 19,2019As per a project introduced by the Ministry of Health and Traffic Police, ‘traffic safety’ is to be added to the academic curriculum in universities.
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January 19,2019An electric motorcycle has been produced locally by the Khodadadi Technical Institute in Bander Anzali in Gilan Province.
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January 16,2019Production of the likes of Paykan and Peugeot RD ended years ago but many of these old cars still ply the capital and spew poison in the air, says the Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau....
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January 16,2019There are 150,000 dilapidated taxis in the country terribly contributing to the worsening air pollution. The figure comprises nearly half the total 360,000 vehicles in the taxi fleet, the head of...
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January 14,2019As part of Tehran Municipality’s unending fight against dirty air, over the past seven weeks half a million smog inducing vehicles have been fined for infringing traffic regulations. Based on data...
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January 12,2019Over the past several months the tire industry's profit margin has shrunk significantly thanks to the rising prices and shortages of raw materials amid hard economic times. Given the litany of...
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January 12,2019Due to the new US sanctions and the economic headwinds, production of poor quality and outdated (but apparently affordable) vehicles like SAIPA’s Pride cannot be banned, head of Iran Standard and...
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January 09,2019Local automotive company Iran Khodro has once increased prices of several models by 30%, including the locally designed Samand, Runna, Peugeot models 405 and 206. According to new factory price...
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