Thnx for all the welcomes.Now I'm quite sure this forum won't disappoint me.
It'smy pleasure to provide u with the latest news regarding Iran's Car industry and market.
As you know Iran has one of the lowest fuel price around the world.
A litre of unleaded petrol is priced 0.1 USD and a litre of super( higher octane) petrol is 0.14 USD(almost 10PKR).
and CNG is priced at 0.02 USD.
Therefore many 1970's Gas guzzlers still exist in Iran.
From July 2007 Because of very high consumption of fuel in Iran the government decided that all of the Cars will recieve only 100 litres of petrol per month,therefore every single car got an electronic ration card and all of the petrol stations were provided with the card readers.
This attempt resulted in lower fuel consumption by Iranian drivers,writing-off thousands of inefficient cars and even helped in reducing the fuel-smuggling to all the neighbour countries.
In july 2008 came a new law.every Iranian made 2000cc and less than that,car will be provided with the ration.
and all of the imported cars of more than 1300cc have to buy the fuel on an unsubsidized rate(0.4 USD for normal petrol & 0.5 USD for Super).
Most probably from mid-2009, petrol will be sold on unsubsidized rate.
There is a huge maket for under 5000$ in Iran which at the moment there isn't any product provided by any manufacture in Iran (There is some talk with Fiat,proton and some chinese car producers.)
from 5000 to 10000$ there are different models Kia Pride(Hatchback,liftback and sedan and sedan facelift) which are produced by SAIPA Corp.
MVM 100 (1000cc and 1300cc versions)
Peugeot ROA (Peugeot 405 with a Rear drive 1600CC Engine) By Iran Khodro(Khodro means automobile)
Renault Logan(named Tondar 90i sedan in Iran) By Pars Khodro
In 10000$ to 20000$ There are:
Renault Logan with more options
Kia Rio By SAIPA Corp.
Peugeot 405,Pars 1600 CC By Iran Khodro
Peugeot 206 Hatchback, Sedan 1400 and 1600CC version.
Hyundai verna(Accent)
Volkswagen Gol (A brazilian Version)
Proton Wira
And in above 20000$ Range comes:
Renault Megan
Mazda 3
Nissan Maxima,Murano,Roniz(Xterra)
And Fiat is also opening a Assembly or production site Just outside Tehran City.
There are many Imported brands too.
(BTW, Import duty for Vehicles is 100% in Iran.)
It means Toyota Corolla's Basic Model is Priced Around 36000$)
The Imported Brands are Mecedes Benz,BMW,Audi,Toyota,Subaru,Hyundai,KIA,Proton,Citroen C5,Lexus... .
These are the cars which came to my mind .May be there are more which I forgot to mention.
I meant this one, It's a photoshopped version,a two door Model doesn't exist under samand Brand.
The rest of the informations provided by Zia were accurate.
Looking forward for your comments.
I'll try to find some good pics of Iranian roads and vehicles soon.
