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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>

  • Following the latest auto contracts signed, 2,000 jobs will be created in East Azarbaijan province, said a deputy of the province's Industries, Mining and Trade Organization.

  • Jaguar will step up its challenge to Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz in China with the XFL, an extended wheelbase version of its XF large sedan.

  • Iran Khodro's Communications and International Relations Director Ali Mesrian rejected reports by Iranian news agencies that Fiat-Chrysler has bought shares in the local car manufacturing company…

  • Iran Khodro Company and France's Peugeot will officially launch their joint venture in late April.

    Iran's Deputy Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohsen Salehinia touched upon the…

  • The latest data collected from 1,750 units of traffic counters on Iranian highways show that the average hourly traffic on the roads grew by 0.8% this year during the Iranian New Year holidays (…

  • Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller will push for a significant reduction in bonuses for the carmaker's management board on Monday, sources familiar with the matter said.

  • The Chinese-derived Dongfeng H30 is believed to be coming out of Iran Khodro's assembly line in the next few days. According to a new report from Donyaye Khodro, the compact crossover vehicle is…

  • French auto group Peugeot Citroen last week received a license authorizing it to invest in Iran while the joint venture with Iran Khodro Company should be made next summer, with production…

  • New-car sales in Russia fell 10% to 125,917 vehicles in March, the smallest decline in 15 months, causing a leading business group in the country to forecast that the market is close to hitting…

  • Iran's tire industry has been one of the few remaining sectors in the wider automotive sector to not fall foul of the stagnancy afflicting car sales.

    With this in mind, a national tire…

  • Western European car sales rose 5.2% in March, according to industry data provided by LMC Automotive.

    New-car sales rose to 1.64 million, which are based on national registration data and…

  • A British-registered Hummer limo with the license plate "H2 XKX" has been banned from coming into Iran in Urmia, West Azarbaijan province.

    The 8-wheel hummer luxury vehicle was stopped by…

  • A future fourth national car currently named "X409 Platform" will "rival European competitors" according to Hasem Yekezare, the CEO of Iran Khodro Company, Iran's largest national car producer.…

  • The first motorcycle stunt riding event of 2016 was held on Iran's Persian Gulf island of Kish, marking the first such event held in the free trade zone.

    The event called "Top Rider" had…

  • PSA Peugeot-Citroen tripled its profit target with a program to roll out 26 new cars, eight commercial vehicles and a pickup truck, as the French automaker seeks to solidify its recovery after a…

  • Following the recent report of the Kaptur model being produced by Renault in Armenia and exported to Commonwealth of Independent States and Iran, Renault Pars responded by saying the report is…

  • Mercedes Benz will be exporting 2,000 vehicles in the new Iranian year (started March 20).

    Setareh Iran, the official distributor of Mercedes Benz in Iran, has announced that in the new…

  • An Iran-Oman joint venture to manufacture cars in the sultanate will become operational after one year, according to a senior official of Iran Khodro Industrial Group.

    Saeed Tafazzoli, IKCO…

  • Japanese automaker Suzuki plans to launch and later assemble at least three new models for the Iranian market, hinting a significant shift in its sales outlook for Iran in the post-sanctions…

  • Tesla Motors Inc. said orders for its new Model 3 electric sedan topped 253,000 in the first 36 hours—a fast start for the company's first mass-market vehicle, which may not begin to reach…

  • The purchase and renewal of the traffic police's fleet in Tehran requires formal permits from the municipality and the city council, said Traffic Police chief, Taqi Mehri.

  • An Iranian official said on Sunday German automaker Volkswagen was expected to sign a deal with an Iranian partner in the coming weeks to produce vehicles in the country.

    Tehran’s…

  • Austrians are interested in automotive cooperation with their Iranian counterparts, the secretary of Iranian Car Part Makers Association said.

    Sasan Qorbani was also quoted as saying by…

  • Honda is recalling 160,000 Fit subcompact and Vezel sport-utility vehicles in Japan because of defective power steering and a part that controls the electric current in the vehicles. The recall…

  • Iranian specialists have started to reverse engineer electric vehicles to master the technologies used in building the modern cars.

    According to Alireza Daemi, the Industries Ministry's…