This Iranian family car has worn three different names — Persia, then Safir, then Pars — each change forced by copyright disputes rather than a marketing refresh.
Lead trim: Pars 1.8 XU7JP/L3 8V SOHC · up to 109 hp
Peugeot ParsPARS · 2000–2024
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FactThis Iranian family car has worn three different names — Persia, then Safir, then Pars — each change forced by copyright disputes rather than a marketing refresh.
The Peugeot Pars (earlier Peugeot Persia and Peugeot Safir; also Khazar 406 in Azerbaijan) is a passenger car produced by Iran Khodro (IKCO) from 2000 to 2024 in Tehran (to 2023) and elsewhere (Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Senegal): after ten years of making the Peugeot 405 in Iran, Peugeot designed the Persia as its facelift, with a 406-like front end, renamed Safir and eventually Pars because of local copyright problems. It is a front-wheel-drive four-door saloon on the Peugeot 405 platform, related to the Samand, Dena and Arisun. The initial Pars (early 2000) had the 1.8-liter 8-valve SOHC XU7JP/L3 engine (100 PS and 153 N·m, 113 lb·ft; a later section gives it as 101 PS at 6000 rpm, so no power is entered), replaced by the XU7P engine in 2022; the Pars LX used the 1.6 TU5JP4 16-valve DOHC engine (109 PS at 5800 rpm, 142 N·m / 105 lb·ft at 4000 rpm), the 16V (Q2 2003 to Q1 2004, though IKCO's site says still built in 2009) and upmarket ELX used the 1.8 XU7JP4 16-valve DOHC (109 bhp at 5500 rpm), IKCO later fitting the 1.9 (or 2.0) XUM 8-valve to the ELX (105 hp, stopped in 2017) and in 2022 a revived ELX with the 1.8 XU7+ or 1.6 TU5. The Pars Sal update of 2014 had a redesigned dashboard, the CNG/BiFuel version ended in 2021, a mid-2000s "Parsian" facelift and a July 2023 facelift were never sold. The ELX brings a smart cluster, Persian telematics, ABS/EBD four-disc brakes, Recaro seats and alloys.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pars 1.8 XU7JP/L3 8V SOHC | 2000–2024 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 113 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Pars ELX 1.8 XU7JP4 16V DOHC (109 bhp at 5,500 rpm) | 2003–2024 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 109 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| Pars LX 1.6 TU5JP4 16V DOHC (109 PS at 5,800 rpm) | 2000–2024 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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