Simultaneous Gold and Currency Jump Pushes Tehran's Car Market Higher

Iran's open car market posted a fresh wave of price increases across most Iran Khodro and Saipa models on Sunday, 8 Shahrivar 1405 (August 30, 2026), as the free market dollar and gold both climbed the same day. According to Eghtesad Online and Fararu, the Tara Automatic Turbo saw the day's steepest jump, rising 205 million tomans from the previous day to 3.42 billion tomans. The manual Tara gained 105 million tomans to reach 2.18 billion tomans, and the standard automatic Tara rose 60 million tomans to 2.94 billion tomans.

Per the same two reports, among other Iran Khodro models, the Dena Plus Automatic rose 80 million tomans to 3.04 billion tomans and the automatic Peugeot 207 gained 70 million tomans to reach 2.66 billion tomans. The Soren Plus with the XU7P engine also rose 70 million tomans, trading at 1.75 billion tomans. Fararu reported that the increases followed several days of limited swings and pushed prices in the open market to fresh historic highs.