Majlis Research Center has issued a new report predicting Iran’s auto industry will witness a 3% year-on-year growth in production in the current Iranian year (started March 20).
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<p>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</p>
MG, now owned by China’s SAIC Group, will stop making cars in the UK this year after the parent company decided to move full production back to China.
The company said the move will result…
Malaysia’s Proton, locally known in the past 15 years for its deal with Zagros Khodro, is reportedly in talks with three carmakers, including PSA Group, to sell a significant stake in the firm.
The brakes were pulled on the production of five cars in the Iranian month ending August 21.
One model was the Voleex C30 manual transmission, which used to be produced by Rayen Khodro, a…
Iran’s auto manufacturers produced just shy of 450,000 vehicles in the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), noting a 10% increase year-on-year, new statistics showed…
The eighth specialized exhibition of auto industries and spare parts concluded in Rasht, Gilan Province, on September 24. The four-day event, according to the CEO of Gilan’s International…
An American electric engine company has announced it has broken the Guinness World Record for electric miles driven in a 24-hour period.
The company, True Zero, announced it had completed…
Volkswagen has released photos of a new electric car they plan to display at the Paris Motor Show later this month.
The company has become born-again electric car enthusiasts since…
Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company has released a new report on the quality of 43 locally-made cars.
The new statistics show domestic cars are still suffering from low ratings,…
Chinese car company Chery announced it will open its showrooms on Fridays (the Iranian weekend) for the first time.
Chery and its sister company MVM have been gradually expanding their…
Auto production increased at some local companies while it dipped at others in the Iranian month starting July 22. Production at the country’s largest car manufacturer, Iran Khodro Company, SAIPA…
A court last week gave the go-ahead for the import of cars with engines larger than 2.5 liters held up at the customs on the grounds that they had entered the country before the government had…
Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company, Iran's Test and Research Auto Company and France's UTAC CERAM signed an agreement on September 11 to cooperate on testing and inspecting the quality…
Peugeot, Iran Khodro and auto parts makers earlier this week attended a meeting in Tehran.
During the meeting, Hossein Najjari, the CEO of parts maker SAPCO, announced that Peugeot 2008 as…
Opel has announced that its upcoming Ampera-e battery-powered car will eliminate the need for pulling over and charging your car, as it can travel more than 400 km on one single charge, according…
Iranian carmakers recently announced a raft of new automotive production deals that could alter the buying habits of car buyers in the Islamic Republic–maybe even the end of the humble sedan.
SAIPA has announced the price at which Pride and Tiba are being sold in Iraq and Azerbaijan.
A Pride without airbags or a Euro-II engine, neither ABS brakes nor third-party insurance is…
Three in four British drivers are worried that the introduction of driverless cars will spell the end of road etiquette, research shows.
The survey by uSwitch.com found that 75% of the UK’s…
Urmia, the second largest city of West Azarbaijan Province, hosted the First Urmia International Auto Exhibition.
The event, which concluded on September 9, featured national and…
SAIPA’s new Saina automatic will be available in the market by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017). The price of the new model has been estimated at 320 million rials ($9,…
France’s National Assembly President Claude Bartolone recently toured the facilities of Iranian carmaker Pars Khodro.
“I’m confident that the cars, which will be produced at Pars…
New-car sales in Russia fell 18% to 113,749 in August, after a 17% fall in July, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) lobby group said.
SAIPA, the second biggest Iranian carmaker, is showcasing new and current models in two auto expos underway in Iran’s central and western cities of Arak and Urmia respectively.
According to…
Mazda Motor Corp. said it would recall 2.3 million vehicles worldwide over potential problems with their rear gates, along with a separate issue involving diesel engines.
