Dewan Farooque Motors

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The Dewan Farooque Motors Limited was established in 1998, is a Pakistani automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Karachi. The manufacturer's assembly plant is found in Sujawal. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dewan Mushtaq Group. There are license agreements with the Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors for the production and trading of motor vehicles.

Factory data

The factory site in Sujawal covers a total area of 42,000 m². For the establishment of an investment to the tune of Rs 1.8 billion was provided. The foundation stone was laid in June 1999. Already in September, could start production of the Hyundai Shehzore. About 700 workers are currently employed in the factory. The plant has only one assembly line. On this up to six different models can be assembled. The maximum capacity is 100,000 units per year.

Company History

The first model of the Kia Classic NGV manufacturer was. It was launched in December 1999 on the Pakistani market and should quickly also in export markets, insbesonderen in the Arab countries, enjoying great demand. In March 2000, then the Hyundai Santro came on the market, which is made still unchanged in Sujawal. It corresponds to the Santro Hyundai Motor India from the years 1998 to 2003. The Kia Grace came in May and this should cause a sensation especially in tourism enterprises as well as in larger families, but the success hoped for did not materialize. So different from the Kia Spectra. He was from March 2001 with its extravagant design in the middle and upper classes to become a best seller and was even for the C- Class and E- Class from Mercedes- Benz is a serious competitor. With the Kia Sportage Grand the work presented in May 2002 another successful model, anknüpfte on the success provided for the Grace. 2005 Kia Picanto, Kia Rio and the new Kia Sportage published. The enforced in other markets facelifts have not been implemented here. In all models, the manufacturer is the original versions.

Model Overview

Inside the vehicle identification number, the company uses the factory code 7 for the vehicles of the make Kia.