Tehran, March 25, IRNA -- Iran's auto manufacturing giant, Iran Khodro, says it plans to increase annual auto production capacity to 1,080,000 by 2011.

Iran Khodro's managing director, Manouchehr Manteqi, said Iran Khodro industrial group managed to break its own production record for the fifteenth time by manufacturing 525,172 vehicles in 2007.

Iran Khodro, the largest automobile producer in the Middle East, has manufactured 2,800,000 vehicles in the past six years.

Samand Soren

Iran Khodro produces Iran's first national private vehicle, the Samand, which is exported to various countries, including Russia and Syria.

... Payvand News - 03/25/08 ... --