The Iranian market affected by the embargo in 2012
- Iran's automobile market has made a strong progress during the years following 2000 (it rose from 1.1 million units in 2005 to 1.6 million in 2011) now experiencing the effects of the embargo and has strongly reduced in 2012, to 1 400,000 units (PC + LCV).
- PSA, whose production in Iran was designed exclusively for the local market, abandoned during the year the manufacturing, representing 260,000 units in 2006, 360,000 units in 2009 and 460,000 units in 2011. The French manufacturer only made 145,000 vehicles in Iran in 2012. Fortunately, the vehicles from its foreign plants accounted for 132,000 sales.
- With 277,000 total sales in 2012, the PSA is in second place in the Iranian market behind the Hyundai-Kia group that registered 428,000 vehicles sold last year.
- Local Iran Khodro Group sold 250,000 vehicles followed by Renault-Nissan, with 108,000 sales (mostly locally assembled Dacia Logans) and another local group SAIPA, with 85,000 sales.
- The Chinese carmaker Chery is in 6th place with 20,000 sales. It should be noted that Chinese manufacturers make an excellent score on the market, with 27,000 sales.
- GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler groups are not present in the Iranian market because of the embargo.
Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes
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