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When George W Bush has doubled several countries, the Axis of Evil in 2002, few people knew what it really meant for the future of American foreign policy, but no one even the president himself knew then that these countries and the sinner would one day suffer the ultimate penalty of their ridiculous home-brewed drive vehicles, and pilot that day is today and there a few weeks and a few weeks from now, but you get the idea in the first installment, we unseated North Korea today, we turn our sights in a country with a little more a leader, the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Two companies account for the overwhelming majority of new car sales in Iran Iran Khodro Company IKCO and Saipa Until recently, both were wholly owned by various investment offices within the Iranian government stake is now at about 30 percent nebulae in each company's investment include government agencies, largely guards Corps of the Islamic revolution, the wing elite of the army is to be billions and billions of dollars of investments worldwide.
If that does not sell you the idea that the automotive industry of Iran ISN your first example of the free market, consider this Imported cars carry a tariff of 90 percent of the Iranian government that keeps lower imports some 50 000 cars annually and available only for the elite upper class to bypass the import tax, many foreign automakers, including Mercedes, Peugeot, Kia, Nissan and Mazda have partnered with one of the Iranian manufacturers send so-called complete knockdown kits for the cars are assembled in Iran technically the problem is that these foreign cars are still too expensive for most buyers in this country of over 70 million Fortunately for them, Iran Khodro and Saipa are brewed fleet of cars that bring new meaning to the expression warmed.
Each country has a motorized iconic car that allowed the leap to widespread car ownership in Germany, he was the Volkswagen Beetle In France, Citro n 2CV in America, the Cadillac Escalade or the Model T Whatever Iran had one of these cars, too, and it was called Paykan.
Based on the 1967 Hillman Hunter a French British car of his own notorious descent, the Paykan was like the most iconic cars that put their country on wheels slow, noisy, dirty, and generally crappy Production continued until Iran 2005, when he was removed not because of falling sales, but because the Iranian government yes, the same Iranian government that owns the company felt it was too dangerous and ineffective to continue selling.
Many cars built and sold in Iran today have French roots, a remnant of the strong relationship France had once with the Middle East Although most Americans have forgotten the Peugeot 405 sedan, which was released in United States and the brand in 1991, it is a familiar site in Iran, they are not any vintage, well; The Peugeot 405 is the backbone of today's range of Iran Khodro, and myriad variations exist There is even a red-herring model currently in production, the Peugeot ROA, which has a body Peugeot 405 on top of the old Paykan undercarriage.
Pictured right, the Peugeot Pars is probably the closest to the original Iranian version French car interior is even available dolled up with wood so false that even an old Daewoo would feel smug.
Iran Khodro pedal also rebodied versions of the 405 and Samand Soren called These make nice cars for average buyers but certainly wouldn t cut for the elite and wealthy black Mercedes S-Class are available to the privileged few, if are popular among these people, but consumers who want a domestic limo can consider the crown jewel of the range rebadged-405, the Samand Sarir in addition to crafts supposed to come with a cut and limo working closing the interior luxury Samand Sarir will be no doubt envy pimps owners of 1970 worldwide.
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