There is a strange change in the landscape in Tehran that I notice. Two years ago the streets were overflowing with Paykans. Every second car was a Paykan. They stood out too because they look like they’ve been teleported straight out of 1969. But now, maybe every 10th car is a Paykan.
Yes, this is goodbye. In 2005 the government of Iran reportedly offered Iran Khodro, the producer of Paykan in Iran, a large cash incentive to end the production of Paykan vehichles labelling them as an environmental hazard due to their unacceptably high levels of fuel consumption.
Where to now? Iran Khodro has sold the Paykan automobile construction line to a Sundanese company. I weep for the future of Sudan’s air quality (though I guess they have bigger problems to worry about right now).
The design is based on the 1967 Hilman Hunter.
14 January, 2008 at 2:01 am
lol about the cold and wanting to be dead, lol.
I would freak – never been in that much snow!!!