Iran has auto industry.

[Dondilion]

I was surprise to know that Iran has an auto industry.

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-resumes-a...8-finance.html

[donquixote99]

Probably heavily government-subsidized, for prestige, employment, and trade/currency reasons. The export-to-Russia thing is because they really need foreign exchange with Russia right now. And the Russians want them to have it....

10,000 units into a 2.3 million-unit market isn't going to make the Russian automakers squawk too much.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Probably heavily government-subsidized, for prestige, employment, and trade/currency reasons. The export-to-Russia thing is because they really need foreign exchange with Russia right now. And the Russians want them to have it....

10,000 units into a 2.3 million-unit market isn't going to make the Russian automakers squawk too much.

Yeah it seems the Russian automotive industry has recovered from 2008/9
world recession.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automot...stry_in_Russia

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Probably heavily government-subsidized, for prestige, employment, and trade/currency reasons. The export-to-Russia thing is because they really need foreign exchange with Russia right now. And the Russians want them to have it....

10,000 units into a 2.3 million-unit market isn't going to make the Russian automakers squawk too much.

If I am not mistaken, I was told they only pay about 5 cents a gallon for gas.

[djv8ga]

Maybe they could add an ejection seat to save the poor SOB's life during a car bombing.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Maybe they could add an ejection seat to save the poor SOB's life during a car bombing.

As a guy who once rebuilt Martin Baker ejection seats for a living....

This is actually pretty funny.

Dave

[whell]

I wonder if it is programmed to explode if driving near a US embassy?

[finnbow]

There's a strong likelihood that they have better ignition switches than GM cars.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

There's a strong likelihood that they have better ignition switches than GM cars.

Whats the deal with that?

I haven't looked into it, just heard about it.

How do you get killed by a bad ignition switch?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Whats the deal with that?

I haven't looked into it, just heard about it.

How do you get killed by a bad ignition switch?

The weight of the key chain overrode a defective detente spring in the switch and turned the car off at highway speed, thereby losing power-steering and brakes, not to mention the airbag after the accident occurred.