Iran's automotive Industry

Iran's automotive industry is the 12th largest automotive industry in the world and the largest in the middle east . The growth rate of Iran's car production is much higher then the rest and going in the same rate very soon Iran's car production industry will become a major power .

Iran produces many types of vehicles from  passenger cars to four wheel drives, vans,small trucks,heavy trucks. buses, minibuses and pickups and motorcycles .

 There are many automotive companies in Iran of which the two major companies are;

Iran Khodro and  Saipa  ,

           while other important companies are ;

 Pars Khodro

 Shahhab Khodro

 Sherkat Martab

 Bahman Group

 Kerman Motors

 Zagres Khodro

 Modiran Khodro

 Tractor Sazi

 Runiran and many others like Kerman Khodro , Kish Khodro etc .

 Iran Khodro diesel is the major producer of buses and trucks.

In the early days the Iranian car companies just assembled foreign cars in Iran but with the passage of time they have started making local cars which are now very famous all over Iran and are exported to many countries with the estimate of over 100,000 units export by the year of 2015.

Iranian car companies are now looking to reach higher safety and consumptions standards and most of the cars now come in both Gasoline and CNG option as the Government encourages CNG usage and also dues to very low price of CNG in Iran .

Iran Khodro and Saipa  have built car manufacturing plants in many countries in Africa , Latin America , Syria , Azerbaijan and neighboring countries.

Some of the Iranian cars

IKCO Dena 

IKCO Soren

IKCO Samand

IKCO Runna 

Saipa Tiba

Peugeot 206SD

Peugeot 207i

Peugeot Pars

Some Iranian buses 

Saipa Diesels Kaveh Truck