VQ30-Swapped '79 Chevy Nova's Ready for a Tokyo Drift Sequel
23 Mar 2024, 16:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / ironically enough, gen-IV Novas were manufactured under license at the Pars Khodro facility in Tehran, Iran, up until the fall of the Shah
IAIO Qaher-313: The Story of Iran's Dank Meme Stealth Fighter That Can't Fly
1 Jun 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / At this stage, it's hard to tell whether Iran will retire its fleet of American jet fighters before its first stealth plane even makes its first flight.
Mercedes Celebrates Half a Million G-Wagens; It All Started With the Wrath of a King
20 Apr 2023, 23:48 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The iconic flat rectangle-surfaced SUV was born out of one Middle Eastern royal oil tycoon's personal spat with two of history's most incredible superpowers
Another Revolution Could Reveal the Secrets of the Elusive Iranian F-14 Tomcat
8 Oct 2022, 00:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should the near 45-year-long reign of the Islamic State end, the secrets of the Iranian Grumman F-14 Tomcat could finally come to light.
Iranian Gov't and Khodro Ready to Build World's Largest Multi-Fuel Vehicle Fleet on Earth
6 Dec 2021, 16:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Under the current arrangement, Khodro will produce up to 40,000 taxis and 5,000 pickup trucks, with either standard unleaded petroleum or CNG
Here’s a Pack of F-35A Aircraft Ready for War, Iran Should Read the Fine Print
8 Jan 2020, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 52 combat-ready F-35A Lightning multirole combat aircraft take off in rapid succession from the Hill Air Force Base in Utah
Iranian Kowsar Fighter Jet May be an American Northrop F-5 Knock-Off
23 Aug 2018, 12:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A closer look at the Iranian Kowsar fighter jet reveals that in fact the plane might be a copy of the American Northrop F-5
Iranian Kowsar Fighter Jet Unveiled in Tehran
21 Aug 2018, 14:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Iran unveils a fighter jet it claims it built in house, calling it state-of-the-art and claiming they will use it for short range missions.
Iranian Pickup Driver Loses It, Goes All Carmageddon
10 Oct 2016, 13:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's because of people like this that we sometimes hear the expression saying that cars can turn into lethal weapons in the wrong hands
DS Automobiles Begins Middle East Offensive - First Dealership in Iran
26 Jan 2016, 18:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The DS brand has announced its entry in the highly lucrative car market in Iran. This marks the first entry of the brand in the Middle East
Communist Dictator Nicole Ceausescu’s Paykan from the Shah of Iran Is on Sale
3 Dec 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / In 1962, the Iranian national auto maker would sell their first locally-produced car, named Paikan. Created under Hillman license, the car would slowly turn into a national emblem thus a rightful gi...
BMWs Are Welcomed Even in Iran
17 Feb 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The western world has this strange image imprinted in the back of its head of Iran being not so far off from Iraq, a country filled with deserts and poor people. However, that’s not really how...
LPG-Powered Pick-Up Blows Up at the Pumps
27 Jan 2013, 16:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It`s not every day that you get to see a car blowing up, and the cars that do, usually have some sort of modification, which does not sit well with the rest of the car. For this pick-up driver from ...
Porsche Announces Iran Market Exit
19 Apr 2012, 16:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche is just the latest major automaker to announced that it is exiting the Iranian market, after Toyota and Hyundai’s pullout. “We applaud Porsche for ending its Iran business,&rd...
Iran Launches Capsule into Space
17 Mar 2011, 19:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space shuttle Discovery landed for the last time earlier this month, ending an era and opening the doors for new nations and new corporations to take over the exploration of space. What NASA, the US...
Ahmadinejad Sells His Peugeot for $2.5 Million
4 Mar 2011, 08:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the light of the unrest that is sweeping throughout the region these days, Iran's owner, if we can call him that, has made sure that he has enough money to make an elegant getaway should the...
Turkey and Iran to Spawn New Affordable European Brand
22 Feb 2011, 08:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Carmakers selling cars in Europe could soon get a new and tough competitor as Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) and Turkey's Hema Endüstri have shaken hands for a new project tha...
Ahmadinejad to Auction 1977 Peugeot 504
24 Nov 2010, 13:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Iranian President Mahmuoud Ahmadinejad will auction off his 1977 Peugeot 504, the car that was a key part of his popular image, in order to raise money for charity. The car is being sold in an i...
Peugeot Threatened by the Iranian Government with Bankruptcy
11 Oct 2010, 10:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / French automaker Peugeot has just received a couple of threats bankruptcy-related, the ISNA agency news reported recently. The Iranian government announced that if it would decide to stop the import...
Iran Unveils Bavar 2 Flying Boat
29 Sep 2010, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We have to hand it to those Iranians! When they put their minds to it, they can really build some exciting stuff (hopefully, not as exciting as a nuclear warhead). 2010 was a year when the Islam...