By John Lee. Dogus Otomotiv has signed a letter of intent to establish sales and after-sales service operations for Škoda-branded passenger cars in Iraq. The agreement, disclosed via the Turkish public disclosure platform, will see the Turkish distributor take on the Iraqi dealership under terms to be defined in a formal contract. Dogus, which has […]
By John Lee. The Chairman of Iraq's Military Industrialization Authority (MIA), Mustafa Ati Hassan (pictured), reportedly met with representatives of the German companies MAN (part of the Volkswagen group) and Mercedes on Thursday. According to state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA), the meeting discussed the production of military and civilian trucks in Iraq. (Source: INA)
By John Lee. Hurriyet Daily News reports that Doğuş Otomotiv, the automotive arm of Turkey’s Doğuş Holding, has said it has reached an agreement with Volkswagen and Audi to establish a company in Iraq. Doğuş Otomotiv will own 100 percent of the company that will deal with distribution and after-sale services for Volkswagen and Audi […]
Bloomberg reports that Iraq is attracting the attention of global automakers including General Motors, Ford and Volkswagen. Western cars were shut out of the Iraqi market by sanctions during the Saddam Hussein era, and even today there are many old VW Passats that were shipped to Iraq from Brazil between 1983 and 1990 in exchange […]
Audi Volkswagen Middle East has expanded its dealer network in the region by announcing National Automotive Trading Co, a Moin Behbahani Group company, as the official dealer for the Audi and Volkswagen brands in Iraq. Construction of the Audi and Volkswagen showrooms and service facilities, located in Erbil/Kurdistan, are currently underway and are scheduled to […]
