The IKCO Samand is an Iranian sedan produced by

IKCO Iran Khodro ( fa, ایران‌خودرو, ''Irân Xodro''), branded as IKCO, is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. IKCO was founded in 1962 as Iran National (, ''Irân Nâsionâl''). The public company manufactures vehicles, includin ...

. The Samand production project began in 2001 and the first car was sold in 2001. The Samand inherits the mantle of Iran's national automobile from the

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, which was sold by

Iran Khodro Iran Khodro ( fa, ایران‌خودرو, ''Irân Xodro''), branded as IKCO, is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. IKCO was founded in 1962 as Iran National (, ''Irân Nâsionâl''). The public company manufactures vehicles, includin ...

from 1967 to 2005.

Engine and components

The Iranian-designed Samand uses the

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platform, equipped with either

-designed EF7 engines or

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XU7JP/L3 engines, amongst others. IKCO manufactures 80% of Samand's parts domestically, including its Iranian-designed engine. For export markets (and also the Iranian market), IKCO uses the Peugeot TU5JP4 engine. This is because the TU5 is a low-consumption and powerful engine, and because of the ease of finding its parts all over Europe, since the TU5 has been used for the

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and

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. The TU5 version of Samand comes with three new options: driver airbag, pre-tensioner seatbelts, headlight height adjuster and active antenna. Since early 2009, IKCO has used newly developed Iranian engines such as a

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national engine for its new models ( EF7). In mid-2010, IKCO started to install petrol-only EF7 engines on Samand. The engine is not a petrol-based version of EF7 but the

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(CNG) parts of the engine are removed and also the

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(ECU) programme. However, the petrol-based version of the engine is currently under development.

Performance

* Fuel Consumption ( City / Combined / Highway (90 km/h) Constant ) * CNG Fuel Consumption numbers are measured in Kg

Diesel Samand

In 2009,

announced that they will produce Samand with their new engine EFD in 2010; however, due to the required tests for the engine, readying the car for installing the engine on it and also lack of distribution the Euro IV diesel fuel in the country postponed the production time to 2011. On November 30, 2010

announced the major changes made in Samand compared to dual-fuel or single fuel Samands for making it compatible for installing the EFD engine on. This main changes are: changing the

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, installing the

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, water and hydraulic hoses, engine housings, exhaust system gearbox and the engine compartment insulations.

Exports

Samand cars are exported to the following countries: Africa *

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Asia *

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* Syria *

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Europe *

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* Switzerland *

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South America *

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Production facilities

Samand has been also manufactured in

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, by the Unison firm alongside

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vans since September 2006. The Export Development Bank of Iran will finance the implementation of the project with a $36 million budget. By 2010, the plant's annual production capacity will reach 120,000 vehicles. Star company assembles Samand sedan in

under the local name AzSamand Aziz. Venirauto company started assembling Samand sedan (badged Centauro) in

from 2006. Siamco launched in March 2007 the assembly line of Samand (Siamco Sham) in Syria. Iran Khodro (IKCO) also plans to assemble the Samand in

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s in the future.

References

External links

Official website of Iran Khodro
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