Tofaş

Tofaş Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş.
legal form	Anonim Şirket
founding	1968
Seat	Istanbul , Turkey
management	Kamil Basaran
Number of employees	approx. 6300
sales	approx. 6.7 billion Turkish lira
Branch	Motor vehicle manufacturer
Website	www.tofas.com.tr
Last updated 2012

Tofaş Murat 124 from 1976

Tofaş murat 131

The automobile manufacturer Tofaş (from " T ürk O tomobil F abrikası A nonim Ş irket") was founded in 1968 by Vehbi Koç as a joint venture between Koç Holding and Fiat SpA . The two partners each hold over a third of the shares.

The foundation stone for the Tofaş factory in Bursa was laid on April 4, 1969, and it was inaugurated on February 12, 1971. The plant was originally designed for an annual production of 20,000 vehicles, the workforce initially numbered 1,000. In 2011 and 2012, around 300,000 and 250,000 vehicles were manufactured per year , with the capacity utilization fluctuating between 80% and 60% , of which two thirds were light commercial vehicles and 60% were exported.

Fiat license production

Right from the start, Tofaş manufactured cars for the Italian car manufacturer Fiat under license . The first model was a replica of the Fiat 124 , which was built as Tofaş Serçe until 1994. Later, the Fiat 131 was also produced under license as the Şahin (base model), Kartal (station wagon) and Doğan (luxury variant). A revised version of the Şahin was then produced in Ethiopia as Holland Car DOCC at Holland Car .

Loss of the Tofaş brand

Since the abandonment of the models based on the Fiat 131, around 2003, no models have been sold as Tofaş. For this purpose, Fiat Siena and Fiat Marea were manufactured and sold as such. The production of Fiat Palio and Fiat Albea ended in 2011, leaving Fiat Linea and Fiat Doblò .

Research and Development

In 1994, Tofaş established a research and development center which, around 2006, designed a vehicle for Fiat and PSA and later a new Fiat Doblò, which was also sold as Opel and Vauxhall . For General Motors it was a new generation of the combo . The other design went on sale as the Peugeot Bipper , Citroën Nemo and the new Fiat Fiorino . Both designs were named Van of the Year .

engagement

The company is involved in motorsport through Fiat Motorsports Turkey or the Tofaş Rally and supports projects in the field of promoting youth sports ( basketball , table tennis , volleyball ).

The factory has been certified according to ISO 14001 (environmental protection guidelines) since November 1998 and was able to obtain an extension of this certification in January 2002 . Tofaş was also sold to a small extent in Germany through a sales point in Frankfurt .

Models

Classic parameters of the historical Tofaş models
Sales description	Production period	Illustration	Body design	Displacement [cm³]	Drive type	Number of cylinders	Mixture preparation	Ignition system	Power kW ( PS )	at revolutions per minute	maximum turning moment [Nm]	at revolutions per minute	Top speed [km / h]	Acceleration 0 to 100 km / h [s]
Tofaş Serçe	1971 to 1994?		limousine	1197	Four-stroke gasoline engine	4th	Carburetor	Electro-mechanical	?	?	?	?	?	?
Tofaş Şahin 1.4	1976 to 2001			1372					52 (71)	5500	105	3500	162	13.5
Tofaş Şahin S 1.6				1581					59 (80)		122	3250	165	13.2
Tofaş Doğan S 1.6									61 (83)	5800	131		170	13.1
Tofaş Doğan 1.6 i. e. SLX								electronically		5500	125	3000		13.2
Tofaş Kartal 1.6	?		Station wagon					Electro-mechanical	59 (80)		122	3250	165	13.6
Tofaş Kartal 1.6 S	?								61 (83)	5800	131		168	13.4

Illustrated timeline of TOFAŞ models since 1971
	1970s									1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2
(Fiat license)													Serçe 1983 to 1994
	Murat 124 1971 to 1976						Murat 131 1977 to 1981				Şahin / Kartal / Doğan 1981 to 2002
																												Siena / Palio 1998 to 2002					Albea / Siena / Palio since 2002
																										Marea 1996 to 2007											Linea since 2007
																														Fiat Doblò I 2000 to 2009									Fiat Doblò II | Opel Combo D since 2009 | since 2012
																																						Fiat Fiorino III / Qubo | Peugeot Bipper | Citroën Nemo since 2008
In addition, Fiat models Tipo, Tempra, Marea, Uno, Brava, Stilo, Bravo were assembled.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Annual Report 2012 (PDF; 5.26 MB) Tofaş Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş .. Accessed on November 24, 2013.
2. ↑ International Van of the Year award . Retrieved November 24, 2013.