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.

SamAvto
Native name
Uzbek: SamAvto
Formerly
  • SamKochAvto
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersTashkent, Uzbekistan
Area served
Worldwide
Productsbuses, pickups, trucks, special and specialized vehicles
BrandsSamAvto
OwnerUzAvtoSanoat
Websitesamauto.uz

History

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SAZ in Azerbaijan

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.

Products

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Stamp of Uzbekistan, 2011

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.

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