Knowledge-Based Firm Makes Anti-Theft System for Iran-Made Pride Car
“Today, the low security of cars is a reason for easier theft and this has caused worries among the car owners,” Ehsan Zeinalian, the managing director of a knowledge-based company stationed at the incubator center of the Islamic Azad University’s Mashhad branch, told ANA.
“In a bid to prevent stealing of the Pride car, we designed a product for the first time in Iran called the anti-theft Karban system which prevents the ignition and theft of the Pride car,” he added.
Zeinalian explained that when the system is mounted on the car, the thieves cannot open the doors under any circumstances, and even if the glass is broken, it is not possible to start the car.
Noting that the product has obtained the necessary licenses and has been patented, he said, “This product is now specially designed for the Pride car, and we are making studies on production of the system for other (home-made) cars like Tiba 1.”
Iranian automaker SAIPA's Pride is marketed under the names Saba (saloon) and Nasim (hatchback). At the 2001 Tehran Motor Show the liftback Saipa 141 was also added to the lineup.
Since 1993, SAIPA has produced over six million Pride units—an average of 230,000 per year.
The automaker’s Pride cars were the most popular and cheapest models on the Iranian market.
The Tiba 1, Tiba 2, Saina and Quick, which have been developed purely in Iran, will replace the Pride after SAIPA bid farewell to production of Iran’s most popular car.
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