Prices of imported vehicles have shot up 15% during the past three weeks, Head of Iran Auto Importers Association said.
According to Farhad Ehteshamzad, the jump in prices is due largely…
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Volkswagen Group’s Czech brand, Skoda, will produce a low-cost car for emerging markets like Iran by 2020.
The news about the push into the Iranian market comes despite the collapse of…
Bangalore-based Advanced Structures India (ASI) engineering company, which develops auto parts products, is interested in entering the Iranian market. The small company with 45 engineers…
Renault is set to introduce the fourth generation of Megane into Iran’s auto market via its local partner Negin Khodro following years of absence.
According to automotive website Khodro…
China’s Chery Automobile wants to increase its share of overseas sales to a third of total sales, up from a quarter currently, but plans to do so organically and not through acquisitions, its…
The locally assembled car Changan CS35 is increasing its use of local auto parts, according to the Iranian press. SAIPA Kashan, where the car is currently produced, has said that 20% of parts of…
Austria’s Transport Minister Joerg Leichtfried said he had agreed with carmakers to update the software of 600,000 diesel cars to reduce pollution following a similar deal struck in Germany…
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors said there are “big uncertainties” whether it will continue to study a takeover of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Jeep division.
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During the past decade, continent by continent, Renault has bought out bankrupt companies and transformed them into profit-making production centers. Now the French business is on a similar…
Kermanshah, a city in western Iran, is hosting the eighth edition of a local auto exposition starting Tuesday. Reza Salim Soleimani, the event director, said a range of the latest models, spare…
Ezam Automotive Parts Group is set to produce automobile parts in Iran in cooperation with leading German and French companies.
The part maker will cooperate with Germany’s Bosch and…
Geelran Motor, an importer of China’s Geely vehicles in Iran, has launched the presale of GC9 in Iran’s free trade zones.
Free trade zones in Iran do not have restrictions or charges on…
MAN Diesel & Turbo, a German multinational that produces engines and turbo machinery, has said it is increasingly active in Iran, seeing the country as its biggest growth market in the…
Two leading state-run carmakers, Iran Khodro and SAIPA, are struggling to maintain their monopoly over Iran’s market. Recently their struggle got all the more difficult. A new joint venture that…
Gilan Tourism and Racing Association has staged Iran’s first organized and regulated 400m drag race in Bandar Anzali.
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is joining the self-driving alliance led by BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye, becoming the second automaker in the year-old group to opt to partner in developing an…
Iran’s commercial attaché in Islamabad led an economic delegation to the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers (Paapam) offices in Lahore last week to…
The government has passed new rules that require auto importers to scrap 2-8 old cars for each imported unit.
According to the ruling, “issuance of registration plates” will require…
Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has stopped issuing auto import permits for all cars.
Without the documents, local businesses and importers cannot register new orders with…
Chinese SUV brand Haval, which was supposed to enter the Iranian auto market in 2016, has finally been delivered.
Haval is a Chinese automotive brand owned by Great Wall Motors. The sub-…
Iran Khodro dealers confirm that the new Peugeot 301 sedan is priced at 949 million rials ($24,973), and will be delivered to buyers in ten days.
The 301 model is assembled by IKCO under…
Opel is piloting a new retail format that offers German customers the opportunity to purchase a new car while shopping in a mall, mimicking a concept first developed by the UK’s Rockar…
Iran Khodro has unveiled the DongFeng S30 as part of a push to broaden its space in the taxi fleet.
The model, showcased during the Tehran Auto Show, will be offered only as taxis with…
China’s JAC S3 small sports utility vehicle is on sale in Iran for 71.9 million rials ($18,800), according to a report in local media. The company is offering special discount on the vehicle for…
President Hassan Rouhani’s government has issued a call requiring local automakers to contribute to modernizing the transportation fleet.
According to the mandate all new locally…
