- Samand
Samand is
Iran 's national car, manufactured byIran Khodro (IKCO) using local manufacturers for its parts.In Persian, "samand" is the name for a breed of fast horse.Engine
The Samand is built on the
Peugeot 405 platform, using the "XU7JP/L3" engine amongst others. The Peugeot 405 is also in production in Iran, along with a facelifted version, the Peugeot Pars. Iran Khodro's relationship with the French companyPSA Peugeot Citroën began when they supplied XM7 engines (used in thePeugeot 504 ) along with the drivetrain for some models of thePaykan ,Fact|date=February 2007 which itself was based on theHillman Hunter . IKCO manufactures 80% of Samand's parts domestically.From 2007, IKCO uses Iranian developed engines like dual-fuel national engine for his new models. The German company
Bosch has also shown interest in assembling the Iranian engine under license.Exports
Export of Samand to
Russia ,Bulgaria andTurkey began in 2006.IKCO is targetingPoland , U.A.E,Tajikistan ,Pakistan ,Afghanistan , andEgypt as export destinations in the future [cite news
url=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-18/0806299422160901.htm
title= Iran Khodro to export 50% of output by 2016
publisher=IRNA
date=2008-06-20] .Assembly lines
Samand has been also manufactured in
Minsk ,Belarus , by the Unison firm alongside Lublin vans since September 2006. Star company assembles Samand sedan inAzerbaijan under the local name AzSamand Aziz.Venirauto company started assembling Samand sedan (badged Centauro) in
Venezuela from 2006.Siamco launched in March 2007 the assembly line of Samand (Samand Shaam) inSyria . Iran Khodro also plans to assemble the Samand inEgypt , China andSenegal injoint venture s in the future.ee also
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List of Iranian cars External links
* [http://www.ikco.com Official website of Iran Khodro]
* [http://www.farhangsara.com/cars/paykanx7.htm Samand data]
* [http://www.iranmania.com/News/Photoes/General/Top/330samand.jpgPhoto of the Samand]
* [http://www.payvand.com/news/06/feb/1054.html IRNA news report about Samand assembly in Belarus]
* [http://www.payvand.com/news/05/nov/1017.html News report about the Samand's dual fuel engine]
* [http://www.samand-russia.ru/index.php Club Samand in Russia]
* [http://www.star.az/modules/news/ Star - AzSamand]
* [http://www.evsengroup.az/en/automobile.html Evsen Group - AzSamand Aziz]
* [http://www.venirauto.com Venirauto /Samand Venezuela]
* [http://www.samandclub.com Samand Club Bulgaria]References
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