SamKochAvto
SamKochAvto or SamKoçAuto (Russian: СамКочАвто ) is an agreed in May 1996, a joint venture between the Uzbek OJSC UzAvtosanoat Koç Holding A.Ş. and the Turkish Including buses, trucks and SUVs were prepared. The company's headquarters is located in Samarkand.
The plant had about 60 to 100 under the brands UZotoyol and Ford assembled at the beginning of each year for the Uzbek domestic market. The units have been Delivered as so-called CKD kits.
On 19 March 1999, the production was recorded. Available were the two bus models UzOtoyol М М UzOtoyol 23.9 and 24.9 as well as the truck UzOtoyol 35.9, 65.9 and UzOtoyol UzOtoyol 80.12. The following year, then came the coach UzOtoyol М 29.12. 2001 then began their own production and only a few parts had to be sourced from outside companies. The bus UzOtoyol М 23.12 and the truck UzOtoyol 120.14 so were the first true commercial vehicles Uzbek production. 2003 then came for several years, the last new bus model on the market, the UzOtoyol М 50.12.
End of 2003, the assembly of the Land Rover Freelander began. To make this possible, UzAvtosanoat had to retool the plant, which devoured a sum of 7.67 million dollars. To keep costs down, a part of the production line was taken over by Koç Holding. In October 2005, the Škoda Octavia was added tour. After the Japanese Isuzu Motors held eight percent of the shares in 2007, you saw the deal at risk. The planned sale of the Land Rover brand, which at that time belonged to the Ford Motor Company, caused tensions, so that both sides withdrew more and more from their contractual agreements. Isuzu, however, took advantage of the situation and bought, if the opportunity arose, further shares on. Meanwhile, now also attacked the National Bank of Uzbekistan into the action and initiating legal closure process for the company. Isuzu bought while on the shares, until in February 1999, fifty percent were bought. This allowed the closure can be prevented.
Although the circumstances have changed, you could not reach agreement with the new comers. So the work was finally handed over to the new joint venture of MAN AUTO - Uzbekistan in November and only assumed the role as a general importer for Isuzu. Since the Koç Holding is no longer interested in the company, whose name was simply dropped from the company name. Since then, the manufacturer operates only as Samauto Ltd.. , Co., which for Samarkand Automobile Factory ( Самаркандский Автомобильный Завод ) should stand.
Current models since 2007 are the bus Samauto N Series ( NP21, NP26 and NP37 ) and the Isuzu N- Series (NPR 66 LL, NPR and NQR 66 PL 71 PL). 2008 was followed by the Isuzu F-Series (FTR 33H, 23M FVR, FVR FVR 33G and 23P ) and Isuzu C / E - series ( CYZ 51 KLD, EXR 51 EL and EXZ 51 KL). The latest model of the manufacturer is presented to the 2009 bus Samauto LE 60 This exists so far only as an individual item and will soon go into series production. 2009 SamKochAvto has 1317 buses and 722 trucks produced.