IRAQ | Automotive Industry

[IraqiPlan_et]

General Company for the automotive industry launches its new production of Renault
January 3 2012


The General Company for Automotive Industry, one of the companies within the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and in conjunction with the New Year, introduced to the public production of French renault characterized by the durability and high-class modern art, said General Manager Adnan Ahmed in a statement to the Information Office in the Ministry and the reported solution (News) that the company's production of the cars mentioned came through the partnership contract private collection and the production of Renault saloon cars and four-wheel drive, announcing the allocation of the company's offices in Baghdad and Alexandria for the purpose of cutting and delivery.

He staid that the company also began setting up the first line to assemble an integrated saloon type with a capacity of (9350) cars per year and can be increased in a time when three other companies to set up assembly lines for passenger cars and pick-up.

On the other hand between the staid that the company's sales in 2011 exceeded the (55) A car and included sedans and pickups and cars field of origins different from French, Chinese, Korean, Iranian, and stressed that the company continues processing of provincial councils and ministries trucks and medium and heavy wheeled different specialized.

[alshawi1234]

Whats up with Iraqis going after Iranian and chinese cars? I swear their vehicles are lagging 20 years behind in quality and technology.

[General Juhziz]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

State Company for Automotives Industry, one of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals State Companies singed Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese Sheri Company to produce and assemble (10000) salon at the company plants. The company General Director clarified to MIM information bureau that this activity is considered as one of its kind in Iraq and a first step for producing such kind of industry to cover the local market need of salon cars adding that the company is about to end final negotiations with Renault French Company to sign 2 contracts between both companies to assemble trucks in Iraq. On the other hand State Company for Automotives Industry performed contracts with State sector to sell truck, fuel tankers, Reem Tourist buses and different kinds of caravans, these contracts were distributed over Hamorabi Company, Power Producing Company, Southern Fertilizers, Southern Refineries and Iraqi Digging Company. It is to be noted that State Company for Automotives Industry presented recently its new scania trucks to the local market through installment sale for State Institutions and Citizens on equal bases.


State Company for Automotives Industry
By: Atheer Naji
The company displaied its products of Cheery and Jeely salon cars and trucks in addtion to specialized vehicles of Fire fighting and garbag. Engineer Adnan Razeen the company General Director clarified to MIM information bureau that the displaied company cars at the fair are delivered directly within few days were the car number and identity will be handed over, adding that the company currently is producing (5) kinds of cheery and (5) kinds of jeely cars whose prices are ranging from (8-14) million I.D. Mr. Razeen referred that the company signed a contracts with Iranian Khodrow Company and Saipa Iranian Company and Levan Chinese Company to produce salon cars in adtion to signing a contract to produce trucks with Scania, Mercedes and Renault Companies as well as signing a contract to produce specialized equipments with Austrain Ampl and German Kemberlind companies.



the chery and geely cars which are built in iskandariya now.

chery (these are now very popular in iraq)








the GEELY cars that are made in Iraq now:

this car like proton saga in malaysia so cute

[makaay31]

Hyundai Signs $36m Contract for Iraqi Car Plant
Posted on 21 February 2012.

The ‘Iraqi Automobile Industry Company’ [State Company for Automotive Industry] has reportedly signed a contract with the South Korean company Hyundai to manufacture and assemble Hyundai cars.
The contract, worth with 44 billion Iraqi dinars [$36 million], involves the production of 2000 saloon cars annually.
The manufacturing line is to be completed within three years.
As of 2011, the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is the eighth largest, and fastest growing car manufacturer in the world. It has plants all over the planet, including operations in Turkey (Hyundai Assan Otomotiv) and Egypt (the Ghabbour Group).
The Iraqi company has completed an economic feasibility study to build a factory that will produce an Iraqi-made car.

[Sinjar]

As the country's roads become safer and the economy grows, a market for new cars is emerging.

Not having seen a significant influx of modern vehicles since before the sanctions of the Saddam Hussein era, Iraqi streets have long been stuck in the 1980s (see the video, below). For many years, the pinnacle of vehicular modernity for Iraqi citizens was beaten-up Volkswagen Passats, shipped from Brazil between 1983 and 1990 in exchange for oil, according to Businessweek. But with General Motors, Volkswagen and Ford all jumping into this new, emerging auto market, Iraq could soon emerge from its Cubalike automotive time warp.

This year, the Iraqi economy is poised to grow at a rate of 10 percent -- faster than all other countries in the Middle East, Dubai-based economist Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce told Businessweek. Oil revenues and foreign investment are behind the growth, which is expected to bring higher incomes and, in turn, more automobile purchases.

A safer Iraq is also helping pave the way for a car-buying boom. In 2011, 1,500 Iraqi civilians fell victim to bombs and other violence -- a drastically lower number than in 2006, when the height of post-Saddam violence brought 34,500 deaths. The major automakers are seeing huge opportunity in Iraq, where just 1.35 million vehicles now serve the country's 30 million citizens. Neighboring Saudi Arabi, by comparison, has a slightly lower population but nearly five times the number of registered cars.

Ford, GM and Volkswagen have all moved in to get a piece of the action. Ford's Iraq sales tripled in 2011, and the manufacturer expects them to double this year. GM experienced a 68 percent spike in Iraqi sales last year and plans to invest in new service centers and showrooms. In fact, Iraq is GM's second-biggest market in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia, partly because it's been selling to U.S. forces, aid organizations and the government since 2003. (A popular model is the Dodge Charger, nicknamed "Obama" by Iraqis.)


This emerging car market reveals that times have very much changed in Iraq, with a switch to a middle-class lifestyle for some.

“It makes me feel happy to drive my own car, even with the traffic,” Damiaa Saadi told Businessweek. The 37-year-old Baghdad resident recently bought her first car, a Kia Sportage





Source:MSN Autos

[makaay31]

Originally Posted by Sinjar

1.35 million vehicles now serve the country's 30 million citizens.

Only 1.35 million? Really??

[sheytanElKebir]

That number is NOT correct. There should be between 3-4M cars in Iraq now. This is still low compared to the regional average (we have about 1 car for every 8-9 persons), but since we have 60% of the population as children, That brings the number to a more reasonable 1 car per 4-5 adults. There's still room to at least double the number of cars in the coming years... I just wonder where on earth they will drive and park them all!

[makaay31]

[elusive]

where's that?

[elusive]

btw i just noticed your signature sheytan LOL

[sheytanElKebir]

Originally Posted by elusive

where's that?

its on the road to Hilla from Baghdad, just near the "baghdad gate" exit. PS. The Toyota, Kia and other service centres are also near there.

[sheytanElKebir]

4/18/2012: Baghdad Auto Show
Baghdad, Iraq

The State Company for Iraqi Fairs & Commercial Services presents its compliments and has the pleasure to inform you that our company is going to organize Baghdad Auto Show during ( 18-21/4/2012) in participation with Fourm Fairs & Promotion Co. Inc. / Turkey in Baghdad International Fair ground .
Many global companies specialized with the industry of automobiles, spare parts and accessories are expected to participate at the show.

[Persi]

Great news yabe......BTW congrats on your 3,000 post

[sheytanElKebir]

saipa junk to be assembled in Iraq. Sky falls.

TEHRAN - Iranian carmaker Saipa will establish a car assembly line in Iraq with the nominal capacity to roll out 40,000 cars per year.

After commissioning a production site in Syria, Saipa is now planning to launch an assembly line in Iraq, which has the capacity to boost output to 120,000 cars per year through increasing working shifts, Fars news agency reported.

Iranian car manufacturers produced over 1.498 million units of different kind in the first eleven months of the past calendar year, which ended on March 19, Mehr news agency reported.

Iran has developed its domestic car industry for five decades and produced 1.6 million vehicles last year, about half of them made by Iran Khodro, which aims to export around 10 percent of its production this year, Reuters reported.

Even with sanctions, which have scared off some suppliers from exporting to Iran, Iran Khodro says sales rose 18 percent in 2010 and plans a 13 percent output increase this year to 860,000 vehicles.

it is actually a disgrace that such deathtraps are even allowed to enter Iraq.

[fazl1991]

sidig "sayba"

[sheytanElKebir]

mu sayba. bit 3ashayir.

[SumerianKing]

I dont think iraqis would buy such crap. Maybe some would from basra.

[sheytanElKebir]

hahahahaa. sumerianking. the streets of baghdad are littered with this crap!

[fazl1991]

Originally Posted by SumerianKing

I dont think iraqis would buy such crap. Maybe some would from basra.

r u srs dude

if u take a satellite image of Baghdad these days you will see yellow roads instead of black ones

[SumerianKing]

That isnt good. I hope they get rid of them. Its just that iv been seeng much more developed cars popping up in baghdad latley, so thought more of them might start advancing past the crap there is now.