Dewan Farooque Motors
Coordinates: 24 ° 36 '58.95 " N , 68 ° 15' 47.62" O
| دیوان فاروق موٹرز Dewan Farooque Motors
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1998 |
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 Pakistan : Karachi
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| Number of employees | ~ 700 |
| Branch | Automobile and commercial vehicle production |
The Dewan Farooque Motors Limited is an established in 1998 Pakistani automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Karachi . The manufacturer's assembly plant can be found in Sujawal . The company is a subsidiary of the Yousuf Dewan Companies , which in turn has been a sales partner for BMW and Mitsubishi since 2003 and 2004 respectively. Another source names 1999 as the start of production for the Shehzore .
Company history
The company was founded in 1998. Together with the Korean manufacturers Hyundai and Kia, the first vehicle was produced on January 15, 2000. Another source mentions the year 1999.
However, Hyundai and Kia production ended in 2004. In 2005, Dewan Farooque Motors reported 50,000 vehicles produced.
The company shut down production almost completely from 2008, only to cease it for three years later, so that units manufactured again were only reported for 2014.
The Daehan-Dewan Motor Company joint venture between Yousaf Dewan Companies and the KOLAO Group from Laos and South Korea was established to restart production from 2016 .
Models
The models produced included the Hyundai Santro and the Hyundai Shehzore utility vehicle . Between 2000 and 2011, 95,429 Kia Classic , Kia Spectra , Sportage and Hyundai Santro models were produced. For 2003 a production of 5200 Hyundai and 1379 Kia passenger cars was reported.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c History on yousufdewan.com.
- ^ Aqib Khan: BMW is Officially Bringing the 2 Series to Pakistan. In: propakistani.pk. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Waclaw Pózar / Eligiusz Mazur (ed.), World of Cars ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2005/2006, (PDF, 21 MB).
- ^ A b c d Abdul Rahman: Dewan Farooque Motors is Resuming Vehicle Production in Pakistan. In: propakistani.pk. 2016, accessed February 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Saad Hasan: The rise and fall of Dewans , in: The Express Tribune, May 12, 2014.
- ↑ Mehreen Zahra-Malik: Hyundai to assemble cars in Pakistan in venture with textile group Nis. In: reuters.com. February 3, 2017, accessed February 1, 2018 .
