# SamAvto

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SamAvto Native name Uzbek: SamAvto Formerly SamKochAvto Type Limited liability company Industry Automotive Area served Worldwide Products buses, pickups, trucks, special and specialized vehicles Brands SamAvto Owner UzAvtoSanoat

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

## History

SAZ in Azerbaijan

SamKochAvto, originally Samarkand Automobile Factory ([Uzbek](/source/Uzbek_language): *Samarqand avto zavodi*), was organized in 1996 as a Turkish–Uzbekistani joint venture with major investment by the Turkish company [Koc Holding](/source/Koc_Holding). In 2006, the whole of the Turkish endeavour was incorporated into UzAvtoSanoat, and the remaining Uzbek portion was renamed SamAvto. Nowadays, SamAvto mainly distributes buses from UzAvtoSanoat and [Isuzu](/source/Isuzu).

## Products

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.

## References

- [SamKochAvto production and exports](https://web.archive.org/web/20070813011038/http://2004.press-service.uz/eng/novosti_eng/n05202002.htm), Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 20 May 2002.

- [SamKochAvto commences production of Ford cargo trucks](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200312/ai_n26334372), December 2003.

- [SamKochAvto to launch Land Rover](http://www.newnations.com/Archive/2003/March/uz.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080705111003/http://www.newnations.com/Archive/2003/March/uz.html) 2008-07-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), newnations.com, 27 February 2003.

## External links

- [Official site](https://samauto.uz/en)

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