BMC (Turkey)
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| Industry | Automotive |
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| Founded | 1964 |
| Headquarters | İzmir, Turkey |
| Products | Automobiles, Automotives, Trucks and Buses |
| Parent | TMSF |
| Website | www.bmc.com.tr/ |
BMC (Turkish pronunciation[beː meː ˈdʒeː]) is one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in Turkey. Its products include buses, trucks, and military vehicles.
The company was founded in 1964 in partnership with the UK's British Motor Corporation. It was taken over by Çukurova Holding of Turkey in 1989, and seized by the Turkish government's TMSF in 2013.
BMC was subject to a final bid of TRY751m to ES Mali Yatırım ve Danismanlik, whose owner Ethem Sancak confirmed his interest in building up a defence business and that he was in talks with the Qatari government over the possible investment of TRY1bn into BMC.
Exports of Austin trucks from the UK to Turkey began in 1947. Austin merged with Morris Motors in 1952 to form the British Motor Corporation, or BMC for short. BMC Turkey was formed in 1964 in İzmir by Ergün Özakat in partnership with the British Motor Corporation. The UK-based company held 26% of the capital, with the remainder belonging to the Turkish partners. Both Austin and Morris vehicles were manufactured at BMC Turkey under licence during its early years.
1966 was the first year BMC started adding truck, light truck, tractor and engine production in its product line. Turkish-made Leyland 6/98 diesel engines of 120 hp (89 kW) were used across the line by the late 1970s.
In later years BMC evolved and developed other models with partnerships with other firms, and the successors of the British Motor Corporation (which became British Leyland).
First, the Leyland 30 was released into the market as the first full-size van.
In 1983, under a partnership with Volvo Trucks, BMC produced the Yavuz series trucks. These were followed by the Fatih series of trucks which offered Cummins diesel engines. Both the Yavuz and the Fatih used Leyland's old G-series cab, also referred to as the "Redline" or the "Bathgate" cab (after the plant where it was originally built).
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