Otosan
Encyclopedia
Otosan is a Turkish
automotive production company, which is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company
and Koç Holding
. It started production in 1965, with each company holding a 41% share in the venture.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
automotive production company, which is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
and Koç Holding
Koç Holding
Koç Holding A.Ş. is the top industrial conglomeratein Turkey. The Koç family, one of Turkey's wealthiest families, controls the company with its headquarter in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul...
. It started production in 1965, with each company holding a 41% share in the venture.
History
- 1928 – Vehbi KoçVehbi KoçVehbi Koç , born in Çoraklı, Ankara, Ottoman Empire, was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest and most prestigious group of companies...
assigned as AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
Ford dealer - 1959 – Otosan founded as Ford assembler in Turkey
- 1966 - AnadolAnadolAnadol was Turkey's first domestic mass-production passenger vehicle, and the second Turkish car after the ill-fated Devrim sedan of 1961.Anadol cars and pick-ups were manufactured by Otosan Otomobil Sanayii in Istanbul between 1966 and 1991....
automobile production started. - 1967 – Production of Transit minibus launched
- 1975 – Transit van and pick-up added to range
- 1977 – License agreement with Ford signed
- 1981 - Anadol automobile production ceased.
- 1982 – İnönü plant launched truck and engines
- 1983 – Ford assumes 11% ownership in Otosan
- 1985 - Ford TaunusFord TaunusThe Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...
production launched - 1987 – Ford increases ownership to 30%
- 1994 – Ford Escort production launched
- 1997 – Ford assumes 41% equity in "Ford Otosan"
- 2001 – KocaeliIzmitİzmit is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. The city center has a population of 294.875...
plant launched with Transit production - 2002 – Transit ConnectFord Transit ConnectThe Ford Transit Connect is a compact panel van developed by Ford Europe and designed by Peter Horbury, introduced in 2002 to replace the older Ford Escort and Fiesta-based Courier van ranges, which had ceased production in the same year....
production launched - 2003 – New heavy truck (Ford CargoFord CargoThe Ford Cargo is a cab-over-engine lightweight truck model formerly manufactured by Ford. It was originally launched in 1981 by Ford of the United Kingdom....
) introduced in September - 2004 – Transit export launch (March)
- 2006 – New Transit 34X launch (April)