In the previous report, South Korea's policies aimed at developing the automotive industry in the country and in contrast to the ambition of the government before the revolution in the field of automotive industry were mentioned. Technology should be considered as one of the reasons for the lack of development of the automobile industry in the country.
Khodrocar - A model of Buick products called Buick Skylark was also placed in the assembly line of General Motors Iran. This Buick model was based on the Chevrolet Nova platform, but had a more powerful engine and more amenities.
Shortly afterwards, production of the Cadillac Seville was added to the two cars. This car, which was introduced under the name of Cadillac Iran, was one of the most comfortable and luxurious cars in the world at that time and competed well with Benz luxury products with its 8-cylinder engine, smart gearbox and many amenities.
At a time when Iranian officials were happy to assemble American luxury cars, Korea's Hyundai was keen to expand its export market in order to recoup the cost of the project. Hyundai was able to export the car to Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and some African countries, but despite export markets, the car was not yet profitable, and Hyundai continued to work with Ford to assemble the company's cars in Korea.
During this time, a dispute arose between General Motors Korea's partners. General Motors bought Xin Jin's share from him and changed the company's name to Sahan Motor. The company began assembling two models of Opel cars called the Sahan Record. Xinjin also partnered with American Motor Co. to launch a new company called Xinjin Jeep to launch Jeep vehicles in Korea.
In 1976, George Tranbel had a dispute with the officials of Hyundai Motors. He has been the company's vice president since building the company's first national car, the Hyundai Pani, and has now decided to leave Korea after three years of working together. He received offers of cooperation from two companies. First, his former company, British Leland, which was able to solve part of its financial problems, and an Iran National company, which planned to implement the national car project with a formula similar to Hyundai.
George Tranbel accepted Ahmad Khayami's offer and came to Iran. After an initial review of the available facilities, he announced that due to the weakness of Iranian component makers compared to the Koreans, it is currently not possible to implement a national car project in Iran. Iran Nacional was supposed to start producing a more up-to-date car than Peykan and in a period of time to strengthen the Iranian parts manufacturers.
Khayami entered into negotiations with the French company Peugeot and agreed to assemble 30,000 Peugeot 305s in Iran. The Peugeot 305 was a low-consumption family sedan with a 1300 cc engine that was introduced to the market by Peugeot in 1977 and was considered the car of the day at that time.
But before the implementation of this agreement, the Islamic Revolution won and the period of Pahlavi rule ended. From 1335, when the first car manufacturing company was founded in Iran, until 1978 and the fall of the Pahlavi government, 11 car manufacturing companies were established in the country, the result of which was assembling 652,000 passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses.
The strike of the employees of the Iranian Oil Company caused the world oil price to increase from $ 14 to $ 37 in 1978 and the second oil shock occurred in the world. The global crisis has affected South Korea's heavy industries, including automobiles. At the same time, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was the architect of industrial development, was assassinated by the country's security chief.
These events caused the economic growth of South Korea to be negative in 1978 and the country to experience 40% inflation.
In Iran, in the aftermath of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, car companies faced an ownership crisis. Many of the owners of these companies had fled the country because of their ties to the previous government, and because of the activities of leftist guerrilla groups in the factories, the workers had the impression that it was time to take their rights from the factory owners.
Under these circumstances, a few months after the victory of the Revolution, the Commercial Engineer government passed the Law on the Protection and Development of Iran's Industries. According to this law, all the assets of 51 capitalists before the revolution became the property of the government.
The names of the owners of large car companies such as Jafar Akhavan and Mahmoud Khayami were also among them. Apart from this, the Aiseh family, who owned Saipa, even though their property had not been confiscated by the government, preferred to leave the companies and leave the country due to the large loans they had received before the revolution.
The government also confiscated Saipa Company due to non-repayment of facilities. With this incident, all car companies in the country became state-owned.
Shortly afterwards, production of the Cadillac Seville was added to the two cars. This car, which was introduced under the name of Cadillac Iran, was one of the most comfortable and luxurious cars in the world at that time and competed well with Benz luxury products with its 8-cylinder engine, smart gearbox and many amenities.
At a time when Iranian officials were happy to assemble American luxury cars, Korea's Hyundai was keen to expand its export market in order to recoup the cost of the project. Hyundai was able to export the car to Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and some African countries, but despite export markets, the car was not yet profitable, and Hyundai continued to work with Ford to assemble the company's cars in Korea.
During this time, a dispute arose between General Motors Korea's partners. General Motors bought Xin Jin's share from him and changed the company's name to Sahan Motor. The company began assembling two models of Opel cars called the Sahan Record. Xinjin also partnered with American Motor Co. to launch a new company called Xinjin Jeep to launch Jeep vehicles in Korea.
In 1976, George Tranbel had a dispute with the officials of Hyundai Motors. He has been the company's vice president since building the company's first national car, the Hyundai Pani, and has now decided to leave Korea after three years of working together. He received offers of cooperation from two companies. First, his former company, British Leland, which was able to solve part of its financial problems, and an Iran National company, which planned to implement the national car project with a formula similar to Hyundai.
George Tranbel accepted Ahmad Khayami's offer and came to Iran. After an initial review of the available facilities, he announced that due to the weakness of Iranian component makers compared to the Koreans, it is currently not possible to implement a national car project in Iran. Iran Nacional was supposed to start producing a more up-to-date car than Peykan and in a period of time to strengthen the Iranian parts manufacturers.
Khayami entered into negotiations with the French company Peugeot and agreed to assemble 30,000 Peugeot 305s in Iran. The Peugeot 305 was a low-consumption family sedan with a 1300 cc engine that was introduced to the market by Peugeot in 1977 and was considered the car of the day at that time.
But before the implementation of this agreement, the Islamic Revolution won and the period of Pahlavi rule ended. From 1335, when the first car manufacturing company was founded in Iran, until 1978 and the fall of the Pahlavi government, 11 car manufacturing companies were established in the country, the result of which was assembling 652,000 passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses.
The strike of the employees of the Iranian Oil Company caused the world oil price to increase from $ 14 to $ 37 in 1978 and the second oil shock occurred in the world. The global crisis has affected South Korea's heavy industries, including automobiles. At the same time, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was the architect of industrial development, was assassinated by the country's security chief.
These events caused the economic growth of South Korea to be negative in 1978 and the country to experience 40% inflation.
In Iran, in the aftermath of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, car companies faced an ownership crisis. Many of the owners of these companies had fled the country because of their ties to the previous government, and because of the activities of leftist guerrilla groups in the factories, the workers had the impression that it was time to take their rights from the factory owners.
Under these circumstances, a few months after the victory of the Revolution, the Commercial Engineer government passed the Law on the Protection and Development of Iran's Industries. According to this law, all the assets of 51 capitalists before the revolution became the property of the government.
The names of the owners of large car companies such as Jafar Akhavan and Mahmoud Khayami were also among them. Apart from this, the Aiseh family, who owned Saipa, even though their property had not been confiscated by the government, preferred to leave the companies and leave the country due to the large loans they had received before the revolution.
The government also confiscated Saipa Company due to non-repayment of facilities. With this incident, all car companies in the country became state-owned.
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