SamAvto

SamAvto

Native name	Uzbek: SamAvto
Formerly	SamKochAvto
Company type	Limited liability company
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	buses, pickups, trucks, special and specialized vehicles
Brands	SamAvto
Owner	UzAvtoSanoat
Website	samauto.uz

SamAvto is a company producing automotive products in Uzbekistan. The plant is located in Samarkand. Until 2006, the company was called SamKochAvto. The plant produces buses, pickup trucks, trucks, special and specialized vehicles.

SamKochAvto, originally Samarkand Automobile Factory (Uzbek: Samarqand avto zavodi), was organized in 1996 as a Turkish–Uzbekistani joint venture with major investment by the Turkish company Koc Holding. In 2006, the Turkish part was bought by the UzAvtoSanoat company, and the company was renamed SamAvto. Nowadays, SamAuto powered by UzAvtoSanoat and Isuzu.

The SamAuto lineup includes basic models in the small class SAZ NP 37 chassis Japanese Isuzu, low-floor bus of small class SAZ LE-60, ISUZU trucks and other special vehicles on the chassis of Isuzu.

• SamKochAvto production and exports, Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 20 May 2002.
• SamKochAvto commences production of Ford cargo trucks, December 2003.
• SamKochAvto to launch Land Rover, newnations.com, 27 February 2003.

• Official site