Ford Otosan

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Otosan Otomobil Sanayii (1959–1997)
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş. (since 1997)
legal form Anonim Şirket
founding 1959
Seat Istanbul , Turkey
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.fordotosan.com.tr

Ford Otosan (short for Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş. ), previously Otosan Otomobil Sanayii , is a Turkish manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Otosan Otomobil Sanayii was founded in 1959 by Vehbi Koç in Istanbul . Otosan had contracts with Ford , Ford of Britain and Ford Germany . The first car, presented in 1963 under the brand name Otosan , was created under a license from Ford. Between 1966 and 1986 the company also manufactured Anadol brand cars . At the end of 1970 the annual capacity of the plant was around 6,000 vehicles. The brand name Otosan was later dropped. In 1997 the name was changed to Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş.

vehicles

Brand name Anadol

Reliant and Ogle Design designed the first model, which appeared in 1966 and went into series production on December 7, 1966. The body of the notchback sedan was made of fiberglass . At the beginning, the domestically produced share of the vehicle was 53%. A four-cylinder engine from the Ford Anglia Super with a displacement of 1198 cm³ propelled the vehicle. From 1969 a Ford engine with 1300 cm³ displacement was the standard engine. From 1974 an engine with a displacement of 1600 cc was also available. Coupé and station wagon completed the range. In 1986 car production ended. The Otosan Ford Taunus 1.6 became the successor.

10,000 vehicles were built by November 1970. At the time, the annual production was about 5000 vehicles. The production figures fell, so in 1982 only 407 vehicles were built.

The Anadol Böcek was a beach wagon .

  • Anadol A 1 (1974) as a two-door sedan

  • Anadol A 2 as a four-door sedan

  • Anadol A 8-16 (1984) as a four-door sedan

  • Anadol SV as a combination

  • Anadol STC-16 as a coupe

  • Anadol P 2 as a pick-up

  • Anadol Böcek (1975) as a beach wagon

Brand names Otosan and Otosan Ford

The first model under this brand name appeared in 1963. This was the license production of the German Ford Taunus 17 M as a station wagon. It is not specified whether it was the then current Ford P 3 or the predecessor model Ford P 2 .

The next Ford model was the 1985 Otosan Ford Taunus 1.6, which corresponded to the Ford Taunus TC and was initially produced as a four-door sedan . Another source mentions the year 1981. Later an engine with 2000 cc displacement was available. A pick-up version followed.

  • Otosan Ford Taunus as a four-door sedan

  • Otosan Ford Taunus in a later version

  • Otosan Ford P 100 as a pick-up

Brand name Ford or unclear

Otosan claims to have assembled the English model Ford Consul in 1960 , although the brand name has not been passed down.

In 1977 the Ford Transit was added.

From 1993 the Ford Escort was also assembled, but the brand name has not been passed down. 41,969 vehicles of this model were built by 1999.

The range mainly includes commercial vehicles such as the Ford Transit, the Ford Transit Connect and the Ford Cargo , which are marketed as Ford .

  • Ford Transit (from 2000)

  • Ford Transit (from 2006)

  • Ford Transit Connect (2002-2013)

  • Ford Transit Connect (since 2013)

  • Ford Cargo

literature

Web links

Commons : Otosan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Anadol and Otosan.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 56. (English).
  3. ^ Frank-Albert Illg: Auto A – Z. Manufacturer, technology, history, technical terms . Schneider, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-505-09836-1 , page 219.
  4. ↑ a b Milliyet.com.tr of April 22, 2012 (Turkish, accessed October 31, 2015).
  5. ^ H. Bahadir Akin and Haldun Turan: "A Comparative Analysis of Information Technology, Internet and Buyer - Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry", in: Charles Harvie / Boon-Chye Lee (eds.), SMEs in a global economy. Sustaining SME Innovation, Competitiveness and Development in the Global Economy. Proceedings , Wollongong 2002, pp. 7-23.
  6. ↑ a b Ford Oldtimer und Motorsport Club Cologne eV (accessed on October 31, 2015).
  7. ↑ Timeline from Ford Otosan (Turkish, accessed October 31, 2015).