IRAN KHODRO. IRAN KHODRO in IRAN

Iran Khodro Industrial Manufacturing Co., hp 14 Karaj Road,

P.O. Box 11365-1313 Tehran, Iran

tel. +98211/48905800, 4907204, fax +9821/48905801, http://www.ikco.com

IRAN KHODRO PEUGEOT 206

IRAN KHODRO SAMAND

IRAN KHODRO PEUGEOT 405 GLX

IRAN KHODRO PEUGEOT PARS

IRAN KHODRO SARIR

IRAN KHODRO SAHEL

Program: Peugeot 206, Samand, Sarir, Peugeot 405 GLX, Peugeot 1600 RD, Peugeot Pars, Sahel, Mercedes-Benz E, Paykan 1600 Pick-up.

Production volume in 2003 - 408,128 passenger vehicles and 27,201 pick-ups. Irannational company, established in August 1962, began the production of microbuses, buses and delivery vehicles in 1963 under the Mercedes-Benz license. The Paykan 1600 sedan, made under the Hillmana Hunter (1966-79) license, was manufactured from February 1967 until May 2005. The Paykan 1600 Pick-up, equipped with a 1.6-liter 65 hp engine, has been offered since 1969. The firm changed its name to Iran Khodro in 1980 and took over the Khavar company in 1999. Based on the agreement with Peugeot from 1988, the production of the Peugeot 405 GLX, currently available with a 1.8-liter 99 hp engine (top speed of 182 km/h), started in 1990. Since 1998 the estate body version called Peugeot 405 Wagon (1.8-liter 99 hp) has been available. The Peugeot 1600 RD model, equipped with a Paykan 1.6-liter 70 hp engine (top speed of 175 km/h), joined the program in 1996, and in 1999 - the Peugeot Pars (known as the 405 Persia till 2001) with new styled front and rear ends (1.8-liter 99 hp, 190 km/h). The production of the Peugeot 206 with a 1.4-liter 75 hp (174 km/h) was launched in May 2001. The original Samand sedan (initially christened the X7), featuring a Peugeot 1.8-liter 99 hp plant (top speed of 190 km/h), was shown in 2000, and in February 2001 launched for production. The recreational, open, 4-seat Sahel model debuted at the 2003 Tehran Motor Show. It is equipped with a Peugeot 1.6-liter 109 hp unit and built only by special order. Iran Khodro also presented the following models at the Tehran Motor Show in 2004: the extended by 30 cm Samand under the name Sarir (1.8-liter 81 hp, 165 km/h) and 4 prototypes: Zoubin sedan (1.9-liter 148 hp, 215 km/h), Pardis sedan (1.8-liter 110 hp, 165 km/h), coupe Soren (1.8-liter 100 hp, 185 km/h) and Samand pick-up version. The assembly of the Mercedes-Benz E began in June 2005. A full 90% of the Samand is built from indigenous components, 85% of the 405, 60% of the 206, 98% of the 1600 RD, and 85% of the Pars . Plans for the future: November 2005 - Peugeot 206 Aryan sedan; 2006 - Peugeot 307 Sedan, Peugeot 307 Hatchback, Renault Logan (a new IDRO- Renault joint venture called Renault Pars was established for this purpose in 2004, which coordinates all Renault activities in Iran); 2009 - a new Samand. The assembly of the Samand sedans will begin in Syria and Senegal in 2006.