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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>

  • Modiran Vehicle Manufacturing unveiled its latest MVM X33 SUV in a ceremony on September 7.  The updated vehicle was unveiled at a showroom in east Tehran.

  • A report on vehicle imports in the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20) has been released by the market monitoring section of Car Iran.

    According to the report,…

  • New-car sales in Western Europe rose 8.1% in August, thanks to increased demand in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the UK.

  • Iran’s Auto Importers Association announced that the recent report about “lifting the ban on luxury cars” has been misinterpreted. According to the director of the organization, Maysam Rezaei, the…

  • Pars Khodro announced that it in talks to resume the production of Nissan’s Qashqai inside Iran.

    In a ceremony held on the occasion of unveiling Sandero Stepway in Tehran on September 6,…

  • Volkswagen is exploring a potential joint venture with Chinese automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC), Chinese media reported on Wednesday.

    JAC said in a statement on Shanghai Stock…

  • German carmaker Daimler plans to roll out at least six, and possibly as many as nine, electric car models as part of its push to compete with Tesla and Volkswagen’s Audi.

    A person familiar…

  • A total of 137 luxury cars, which have been refused entry into Iran, will be repatriated, an official at Iran’s Confiscated Assets Organization said on September 4. Amin Daliri added that the…

  • Jaguar of Jaguar-Land Rover fame might enter Iran with three new sedan models, according to well-informed sources.

    According to local automotive website Pedal.ir, the three new Jaguar sedan…

  • The prices of imported vehicles have increased in excess of $1,000 in the last few weeks, according to reports from several news agencies in the country.

    This was a result of new government…

  • Genesis, Hyundai Motor Group’s luxury brand, will open its first dedicated showroom this week just outside the South Korean capital of Seoul.

    Set in a newly constructed shopping complex in…

  • Driverless minibuses will begin taking passengers in the eastern French city of Lyon at the European weekend in a yearlong experiment that officials are calling a “world first”. The two electric…

  • Ford Motors has shelved plans to produce a new compact car designed mainly for emerging markets like India and China, industry sources said, reflecting disappointing sales of mainstream models in…

  • Hot on the heels of the recent announcement by SAIPA group–Iran’s second largest car company–that it signed a new deal with PSA Group’s Citroen brand, a subsidiary of the Iranian company, Pars…

  • Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoust and Chairman of the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association Sohail Bashir Rana exchanged views on ways of expanding cooperation in the auto…

  • An official vehicle initial quality study has been released by Iran’s Standards and Quality Inspection Company.

    For eight consecutive years ISQI has carried out a survey on vehicle quality…

  • Iran’s largest automaker, Iran Khodro Company has produced 57,879 vehicles and pickup trucks during the last Iranian month (ended August 22).

    This has marked the company’s highest record…

  • Kermanshah, in the west of Iran, is hosting the seventh edition of a local auto expo that opened on Tuesday.  The exhibition features a range of automobiles, spare parts, and other related…

  • A truck carrying Takata airbag inflators and propellants (the components responsible for Takata’s 2015 recall) exploded in Texas earlier last month.

    According to Reuters the truck was…

  • Japan’s transport ministry has announced that eight more models sold by Mitsubishi have overstated fuel economy figures, and has ordered to stop domestic sales of those models.

  • It seems the news regarding vehicle hacking continues to get worse, especially when it comes to products from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

  • Iran’s auto export rate has declined strikingly during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started March 20) compared to the same period last year.

  • The poor performance of auto part makers in the past years has caused a sharp decline in the quality of several car models that were once reliable, sturdy and easy to maintain, said an automotive…

  • Iran’s largest carmaker, Iran Khodro Company, has launched a scheme that will allow taxi drivers to receive new cars for scrapping dilapidated taxis, on the occasion of the National Government…

  • Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Sunday predicted an up to 91% profit increase in the first nine months of the year, as government policies drive…