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The Paykan saloon ceased production in May 2005, to be replaced by the Peugeot RD, based on the Peugeot 405 platform.
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Paykan and saloon
The resulting Paykan ( Persian for arrow ) saloon, pick-up and taxi models became known as Iran's national car.
Paykan saloon car production was discontinued in 2005, almost thirty years after the end of Arrow production ( latterly as the Chrysler Hunter ) in Britain.
Paykan and production
The first Rootes model to be discontinued under Peugeot's ownership was the Hunter in 1979, and its production tooling subsequently went to Iran, where the Paykan went into local production, which continued until 2004.
The Bardo 1600i, the pick-up version of the Paykan is still in production ( 2012 ) ( Although they do not achieve the required standards like having ABS, Airbag, Safe Seat belts ).
The production rights for the Paykan have now been acquired by the government of Sudan, and production of the Paykan is expected to restart.
The Iranian government reportedly offered Iran Khodro a large cash incentive to end Paykan production by 2005, labeling the car as an environmental hazard and because of its unacceptably high fuel consumption.
In 2005, Iran Khodro announced that it had sold the discontinued Paykan's automobile production line to the Khartoum Transportation Company in Sudan, while auto-parts production for the Paykan still continues by third party manufacturers in Iran.
Paykan and 2005
The Samand inherits the title of Iran's national automobile from the Paykan, which was sold by Iran Khodro from 1967 to 2005.
Paykan and be
Bardo Pick-up, pick-up version of Paykan, will be replaced by a new pick-up from Samand family.
Paykan and replaced
It replaced the long-running Paykan which was itself based on the Hillman Hunter, an ancestor ( in corporate ownership and model positioning terms ) of the 405, having been produced by the Rootes Group and Chrysler UK from 1963 until 1979-the year that Peugeot purchased Chrysler's European operations.
Paykan and by
The Paykan () was an automobile produced by the Iranian company Iran Khodro ( formerly called " Iran National ") Industrial Group.
The Paykan design was based on the 1967 Hillman Hunter, which was originally designed and manufactured by the British Rootes Group.
The Samand, commonly referred to as the " New Paykan ", is currently being produced by Iran Khodro as a modern substitute for the Paykan class of cars.
The team is sponsored by Iran's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of its older products, the Paykan car.
Paykan and Peugeot
The Peugeot RD is a rear wheel drive car which has a 405 body and mechanical parts from the Paykan.
The new owner in Britain, Peugeot, established a new contract whereby Iran Khodro would manufacture the Paykan with the same body panels but Peugeot 504 engines and suspension, for six more years.
Although Paykan was based on an old 1966 model, there were many changes and modifications made to it over the years, notably the substitution, for the original 1725 cc Rootes engine, of a Peugeot 504-derived unit.
One example of this is the British Hillman Hunter, which was license-built in Iran as the iconic Paykan, as well as Naza, building vehicles under license from Kia and Peugeot ( Naza 206 Bestari ).
Paykan and based
The best known example of the latter was the Iranian-built Paykan, based on the Hillman Hunter.
Paykan Football Club (), is a football team based in Tehran, Iran.
Paykan and on
* Paykan article on Autoblog
For details on former players, see: Category: Paykan players.
Paykan and .
Its engines and suspension were used in later models of the Paykan, the Iranian version of the Hillman Hunter.
In 1991, Iran Khodro began manufacturing its own parts for the Paykan.
In its ultimate incarnation, the Paykan was constructed from 98 % locally-made parts.
* www. PaykanHunter. com ( Hillman Hunter & Paykan Blog )
For more than three decades, Iran Khodro produced the Paykan, a car developed from the Rootes Group's Rootes Arrow range, best known as the Hillman Hunter.
Iranian-designed IKCO Samand, replaces the dated Paykan as Iran's " national car ", and features a part-Iranian designed CNG / petrol dual-fuel engine in its Soren variant.
A Paykan seen here in the countryside.
In 1972, it seemed that every car in Iran was a Paykan.
saloon and ceased
The saloon was only produced in Spain, and production ceased in 1992.
Autolatina ceased production of the Verona / Apollo in 1992, after only three years of the original release, but still produced locally the third generation Orion a year after and keeping the Verona nameplate, until it was replaced by the sixth generation Ford Escort saloon in 1996.
Production of cars ceased during the war years, but by 1946 a new vehicle was offered, the Jensen PW ( a luxury saloon ).
When local assembly of the Laser ceased in 1997, Ford New Zealand switched to importing the Escort hatchback and saloon, but then switched back to the Laser in 1999, as importing the Focus from Europe was then unviable.
saloon and production
That year, the Occupation returned production facilities to Japanese control, and Datsun introduced the 110 saloon and 110-based 120 pickup ( what rodders call a " pickoupe ").
Notably, the Car of the Future plan aims to encourage more manufacturers to enter the sport-provided that they have four-door saloon cars currently in mass production.
The first British company to market a production saloon ( US: sedan ) fitted with disc brakes to all four wheels was Jensen Motors with the introduction of a Deluxe version of the Jensen 541 with Dunlop disc brakes.
In 1923 coil ignition and electric starting were added and the four-seater " Long Four " was introduced in tourer form priced from £ 245 followed in 1925 by a closed saloon model, the previous short-chassis two-seater continuing in production.
It was known as the Bedford 8 or 10 cwt Van and remained in production after the saloon had been replaced by the HB, and then HC, versions, and beyond.
Ford found that customers were more attached to the idea of a saloon than they had expected, and this was further addressed in 1987 by the production of a saloon version of the Sierra.
MG Rover went into administration in 2005 and its key assets were purchased by Nanjing Automobile Group, with Nanjing restarting MG sports car and sports saloon production in 2007.
It continued in production until the DS420 arrived in 1968, by which time it had sold almost as many as the " Major " saloon.
As production was limited to one body style, Estate ( 2. 0-litre ) Hatchback ( 2. 5-litre V6 ) models were imported alongside the saloon models.
When it was introduced in 1948 the Elliott saloon was claimed to be the fastest production closed car in the world, it was timed at 104. 7 mph over a mile.
After entering into a joint-venture with Volvo in 1985 the company began production of the Volvo 780, a two-door saloon entirely created by Nuccio Bertone, from the formal design of the model to the full production cycle.
The smallest of the Jaguar model range, the X-Type was marketed in saloon and estate variants, and was the first estate manufactured in series production by the company.
The four-door saloon was in production from 2001 to 2009, and the range was expanded in 2004 with the five-door estate which also ended production in 2009. The estate is the first ever manufactured in series production by the company and the second-ever Jaguar estate car ( the first being a conversion of the XJS into the Lynx Eventer ).
This model debuted in Europe in 1972 ( with factory production starting in May 1972 ) as the Audi 80, and in 1973 in Australia and the United States as the Audi Fox, and was available as either a two-door or a four-door saloon ( sedan ).
The coupé had a re-engineered aluminium body, shorter than the production A8 saloon.
It did not officially replace any of the British Chryslers, despite being a similar size to the traditional rear-wheel drive Avenger saloon and estates which had been on sale since 1970 and did not finish production until 1981.
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