IKCO Samand
| Iran Khodro SAMAND | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Iran Khodro |
| Also called | AzSamand Aziz (Azerbaijan) Khodro Samand Sarir (China) SenIran Samand (Senegal) Siamco Sham (Syria) Venirauto Centauro (Venezuela) |
| Production | 2003—present |
| Model years | 1381–present (Solar Hijri calendar) |
| Assembly |
Dakar, Senegal (SenIran Auto) Damascus, Syria (Siamco) , Belarus (Unison) Tehran, Iran Tai'an, China (Youngman) Maracay, Venezuela (Venirauto) Shamakhi, Azerbaijan (AzSamand) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Small family carsedan |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | Front engine, Front-wheel drive |
| Platform | Peugeot 405 Platform |
| Related | Peugeot 405, Peugeot Pars |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.8 L (XU7JP/L3) I4 (100 hp), 1.8 L (XU7JP4/L4) I4 (110 hp), 1.6 L (TU5JP4) I4 (110 hp), 1.7 L (1648 cc) (EF7 Engine) I4 (113 hp). |
| Transmission | 5-speed MT |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,671 mm (105.2 in) |
| Length | 4,502 mm (177.2 in) |
| Width | 1,720 mm (68 in) (without mirrors) |
| Height | 1,460 mm (57 in) |
| Curb weight |
1,200 kg (2,600 lb) (XU7JP/L3 engine) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Soren, Dena |
1,200 kg (2,600 lb) (XU7JP/L3 engine)
1,287 kg (2,837 lb) (XU7JP4/L4 engine)
1,220 kg (2,690 lb) (TU5) 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) (EF7 dual-fuel)
Samand (Persian: سمند) is an Iranian car brand manufactured by Iran Khodro (IKCO) using local manufacturers for its parts. Samand is the name for a breed of fast horse. Samand trade name is now registered at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Its selling price starts at Turkish lira 21,000 in Turkey which equals to nearly USD 7300 in 2015. The most expensive product from its family costs about USD 8300.
The Samand production project began in 1996 and the first car was sold in 2000. The Samand inherits the title of Iran's national automobile from the Peykan, which was sold by Iran Khodro from 1967 to 2005.
The Iranian-designed Samand uses the Peugeot 405 platform, equipped with either IKCO-designed EF7 engines or PSA 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 is using the Peugot TU5JP4 engine for Samand. This is because the TU5 is a low consumption and powerful engine and because of the ease of finding its parts all over the Europe, since the TU5 has been used for the Peugeot 206, Peugeot 307 and Peugeot 207. The TU5 version of Samand comes with three new options: driver airbag, pretensioner seat-belts, headlight height adjuster and active antenna.
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