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A Paykan With a 1600cc engine and a new front and dashboard in the countryside. The Paykan (Persian: پيکان, romanized: Peykân meaning Arrow) is the first Iranian-made car produced by Iran Khodro, between 1967 and 2005.
In 1966, Iran National (now Iran Khodro) of Iran began to assemble Hillman Hunters from CKD kits, after a deal was struck between the Rootes Group and Iran National's director, Ahmad Khayami. The resulting Paykan (Persian for arrow) saloon, utility, and taxi models became known as Iran's national car. [22]
The Peugeot RD and Roa are Iranian made cars (by Iran Khodro Co). The car is a combination of Paykan and Peugeot 405. The body of Roa is a copy from Peugeot 405 and its engine and chassis are developed and modified from Iran Khodro's Paykan's chassis. Contrary to all other Peugeot 405 versions, the Roa is a rear-wheel drive car.
Iran's automobile production crossed the 1 million mark in 2005. Iran Khodro is one of the largest car manufacturers in Asia. It has established joint-ventures with foreign partners on 4 continents. 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 ...
Iran Khodro, which produced the most prevalent car brand in the country—the Paykan, which has been replaced in 2005 by the Samand—was still the larger with 61% of the market in 2001, while Saipa contributed 33% of Iran's total production in the same year. [7] Iran Khodro is one of the largest car manufacturers in Asia.
Paykan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيکان, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Peykân) is a football team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is sponsored by Iran 's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of its older products; the Paykan car.
IKCO Arisun and IKCO Arisun 2 are small coupé utilities (pickups) designed by Iran Khodro, based on the Peugeot 405.Production started in 2015, and it costs about $7,000. [1] [2] [3] Production was temporarily halted in December 2016, [4] but has since recommenced.
Iran National was destined to become the largest industrial complex in Iran, today known as Iran Khodro or IKCO. One of the leading champions of Iran's industrialization of the 1960s–70s, he began the production of the popular Peykan cars in 1967, based on cooperation with the Hillman-Hunter company of England which provided the model for it.