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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>

  • Iran’s Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh has announced that an agreement has been reached an Iranian automaker to launch a project in Oman.

  • Renault's automatic Logan model (L90 Tondar) in the local market has had a 20-million-rial increase, according to the local automotive website Asre Khodro. According to Alireza Pourhassani, a…

  • The president of a multinational engine provider said Iran could become the center of automobile industry in the Middle East, had the sanctions not prevented the country’s progress in the field.…

  • Iran Khodro Company, the country's largest auto manufacturer, has produced 452,800 cars during the 11-month period ending February 19.

    With a total of 107,846 units, Peugeot 405 holds the…

  • A new report states that due to the increase in availability of credit for purchasing new cars and the rise in competition, the value of secondhand vehicles in Iran is starting to drop. Eghtesad…

  • A representative of Renault-Nissan has announced the launch of two new models, with the long-awaited Kwid being the most likely candidate, adding that the production capacity of Logan and Sandero…

  • Iran's automotive industry is the largest in the region, which is evident by the sheer scale of its output and export. However, how the Islamic Republic's neighboring states see and value its auto…

  • SsangYong will extend its Tivoli crossover range with a longer, more spacious XLV model this summer. Based on the XLV Air concept first revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September last year…

  • Renault will launch sales of a new Alpine sports car in 2017, reviving the mothballed nameplate to add racing flair to the automaker’s lineup.

    The coupe will be able to accelerate to 100…

  • At Isfahan's 12th International Exhibition of Automobile Industry this week, the largest Iranian private auto manufacturer, Kerman Motors, started selling its latest model with a special offer.…

  • Iran's Customs Administration has proposed that car import tariffs should be calculated based on engine size and vehicle value.  

    According to the head of ICA's Tariff Evaluation…

  • European car sales rose 6.3% to 1.09 million vehicles in January, industry data showed, even as Volkswagen Group saw registrations of VW-brand cars fall 4% in the wake of the automaker's emissions…

  • A total of 79,853 units of passenger cars and pickup trucks were produced in Iran during the 30-day period ending January 20, said Amirhossein Qanati, the automotive deputy of Iran's Ministry of…

  • GKN Company, a British multinational auto parts manufacturer, has said that it expects good sales on the back of the lifting of sanctions from the Iranian economy.

    The UK's Auto Express, in…

  • Germany's Volkswagen will be allowed to set up operations in Iran as long as it meets strict new requirements, Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said in a meeting with…

  • The Third Iran International Automotive Conference is scheduled to be held on February 29-March 1 in Tehran.

    The event is said to be of high importance, as it is the first of its kind to be…

  • Hybrid cars have gradually become more popular over the past decade globally, but the Iranian market is only beginning to learn of the advantages of the part-battery-part gasoline powertrain.

  • Isfahan will host the 12th International Exhibition of Automobile Industry this week. The exhibition opens on February 17 and ends on February 20. It will be held at the international fairground…

  • The future of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza remains uncertain after this year with Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone saying on Friday that a deal had become more complicated.

  • Russia's biggest carmaker AvtoVaz issued a plea for help to shareholders, including Renault, on Friday, after plunging demand at home drove it to a record loss and an audit revealed its frail…

  • Having withdrawn from Iran in 2013, Kansai Paint plans to buy back into a former joint venture, following the lifting of economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

  • The South Korean government and the head of Hyundai have announced plans to step up sales and investment in the Islamic Republic during the Iranian weekend (Thur.-Fri.).

    The first comment…

  • Automaker Volkswagen says global sales rose 3.7% in January, held back by sagging economies in Brazil and Russia and by an emissions scandal that hurt figures in the United States.

    The…

  • PSA Peugeot Citroen has over the past week not responded to claims by its local production partner Iran Khodro about "compensation" paid as part of the new joint deal.

  • A senior official of the Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce has announced Iran striking a fourth auto deal before either company made an official announcement.

    Iran Khodro and Italian-American…