Otosan

Otosan (abbreviatit frae Otomobil Sanayi, Turkish for automotive industry) is a Turkish automotive production company, which is a joint venture atween Ford Motor Company an Koç Holding. It startit production in 1965, wi each company holdin a 41% share in the venture.

Brief history

• 1928 – Vehbi Koç assigned as Ankara Ford dealer
• 1959 – Otosan foondit as Ford assembler in Turkey
• 1966 - Anadol automobile production stairtit.
• 1967 – Production o Transit minibus launched
• 1975 – Transit van an pick-up addit tae range
• 1977 – License agreement wi Ford signed
• 1981 - Anadol automobile production ceased.
• 1982 – İnönü plant launched truck an ingines
• 1983 – Ford assumes 11% awnership in Otosan
• 1985 - Ford Taunus production launched
• 1987 – Ford increases awnership tae 30%
• 1994 – Ford Escort production launched
• 1997 – Ford assumes 41% equity in "Ford Otosan"
• 2001 – Kocaeli plant launched wi Transit production
• 2002 – Transit Connect production launched
• 2003 – New hivy truck (Ford Cargo) introduced in September
• 2004 – Transit export launch (Miarch)
• 2006 – New Transit 34X launch (Aprile)

See an aa

• Anadol
• Ford Transit
• Ford Transit Connect
• Ford Tourneo Connect
• Ford Taunus
• Ford Escort
• Ford Cargo

External links

• Offeecial Site
• Heryerdekavar advergame Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Oner Otomotiv - Ford Otosan Archived 2019-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Ford Dealers Site
• Ford Otosan Archived 2019-09-17 at the Wayback Machine

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