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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>

  • President Donald Trump has had a lot to say on Twitter about the US auto industry and its use of Mexican plants. On Tuesday morning, he spoke directly to the CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Fiat…

  • The governments of Iran and Oman will continue  negotiations on setting up a plant in the Persian Gulf sultanate over the next few days according to reports from the two capitals. 

  • Peugeot in the UK has launched an online buying site for all their models – Order Online by Peugeot – with everything from part exchange to finance.

    “Order Online by Peugeot” promises to be…

  • The production line of a newly formed joint venture between Volkswagen and the Iranian automotive company Mammut Khodro will be launched by the end of the current Iranian fiscal year that ends in…

  • New details have been released about SAIPA's upcoming sedan model SP100.

    The future car is being designed on SAIPA's SP1 platform and will come with an automatic gear box, electronic power…

  • The 13th edition of the International Isfahan Auto Show opens on January 24.  Like previous editions, the four-day expo will bring together leading local auto manufacturers and importers, YJC…

  • Iranian authorities have reduced the cost of the Temporary Admission License for the vehicles that enter Iran from Armenia by over $410. Mehr News Agency reports that the Islamic Republic Customs…

  • An updated version of an electric car and two electric motorbikes were unveiled in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani earlier this week at the courtyard of the presidential complex in Tehran…

  • Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new US administration start a trade war with China, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday, warning against…

  • The total revenue of Iranian auto importers and producers during the first nine months of the current fiscal that ends in March was 391 trillion rials ($10.2 billion), according to a new report.…

  • Nissan will review the case for future investment in the United Kingdom when the terms of the country’s departure from the European Union finally become clear, CEO Carlos Ghosn said.

  • Iran’s leading carmakers along with Austrian and German auto manufacturers are designing an energy-efficient vehicle.

    The hitherto unnamed model is expected to be in the market in the near…

  • Sales of Renault-branded vehicles in Iran doubled in 2016 to 108,536 units, according the company’s annual production report sent to the Financial Tribune.

    Renault Group said sales boomed…

  • BMW said it was best for business for the UK to be in the EU single market and urged London to ensure the country retained tariff-free access to the bloc.

  • Car plants in Kazakhstan produced 8,397 cars in 2016 compared to 12,453 cars produced to 2015. In the last month of 2016, output reached 240 cars compared to 452 cars in November 2016 and 1,648…

  • Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda showed off the all-new 2018 Camry and 2018 Camry Hybrid at the Detroit Motor Show this week.

    The all-new 2018 Toyota Camry features surprisingly sporty styling inside…

  • The largest auto manufacturer Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has unveiled two upgraded models of Dena and Peugeot 207.

    Keyvan Vaziri, ICKO manager, said “The models are Iran Khodro’s response…

  • An official with the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has rejected reports published in sections of the media that Afra Motor—local representative of Volvo in Iran— has been allowed to…

  • An Iranian-made hybrid motorcycle was unveiled in Mashhad,  Khorasan Razavi Province this week.

    The motorbike has been designed and built at the science and technology park in the…

  • LS Automotive Co., an automotive electric part making unit of South Korea’s conglomerate LS Group, is seeking to make inroads in overseas markets with moving into markets like Iran and China.

  • Japanese carmaker Nissan said it will conduct its first European real-world trials of self-driving cars in London, choosing Britain just months after it said it would build two new models in the…

  • The government expects to earn 18.3 trillion rials ($460 million) in the next fiscal year through two automotive charges.

    The proposed budget for March 2017-18 shows the amount will be…

  • During the last calendar month to December 21, the production of 11 heavy duty vehicles and pickup trucks were halted in Iran.

    The local automotive website Persian Khodro, named the…

  • French prosecutors are investigating Renault over suspected cheating on vehicle exhaust emissions, a source at the Paris prosecutor’s office told French journalists on January 13, sending shares…

  • New import regulations passed by the Cabinet indicate that vehicles no more than a year old can be imported into the country.

    The new ruling that was passed last week was proposed by the…