Peykan-Taxi, Motel Ghoo, Mazandaran, Iran
2007
The Paykan was an automobile produced by theIranian company Iran Khodro (formerly called "Iran National") Industrial Group. The car was very popular in Iran from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. It is often referred as the Iranian "chariot".
The Paykan design was based on the 1967 Hillman Hunter, which was originally designed and manufactured by the British Rootes Group.
The design was introduced to Iran by Mahmoud Khayami, co-founder and, by then, owner of the Iran Khodro (then called "Iran National") company and factory, who accurately predicted that Iran was in need of a simple "no-frills" automobile within the price range of ordinary people.
