SamAvto
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Native name | Uzbek: SamAvto |
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| Type | Limited liability company |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | buses, pickups, trucks, special and specialized vehicles |
| Brands | SamAvto |
| Owner | UzAvtoSanoat |
| Website | samauto |
SamAvto is a company producing automotive products in Uzbekistan. The plant is located in Samarkand. Until 2006, the company was called SamKochAvto. The plant produces buses, pickup trucks, trucks, special and specialized vehicles.
History
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SamKochAvto, originally Samarkand Automobile Factory (Uzbek: Samarqand avto zavodi), was organized in 1996 as a Turkish–Uzbekistani joint venture with major investment by the Turkish company Koc Holding. In 2006, the whole of the Turkish endeavour was incorporated into UzAvtoSanoat, and the remaining Uzbek portion was renamed SamAvto. Nowadays, SamAvto mainly distributes buses from UzAvtoSanoat and Isuzu.
Products
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The SamAuto lineup includes basic models in the small class SAZ NP 37 chassis Japanese Isuzu, low-floor bus of small class SAZ LE-60, ISUZU trucks and other special vehicles on the chassis of Isuzu.
References
[edit]- SamKochAvto production and exports, Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 20 May 2002.
- SamKochAvto commences production of Ford cargo trucks, December 2003.
- SamKochAvto to launch Land Rover Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, newnations.com, 27 February 2003.
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