BMC (Turkey)

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BMC is one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in Turkey. It was formed in 1964 in partnership with the British Motor Corporation (also known as BMC) in İzmir.

British Motor Corporation Austin and Morris vehicles were manufactured there under licence during its early years. 1966 was the first year BMC started adding truck, light truck, tractor and engine production in its product line.

Later years BMC evolved and developed other models with partnerships with others. First, Leyland 30 was released into the market as the first full-size van.

In 1983, under The Volvo Trucks partnership, BMC produced Yavuz series trucks, then Fatih trucks in cooperation with Cummins diesel engines.

In 1989 it was acquired fully by Cukurova Group. That moment on BMC started to produce their own product line which seems independent from other major manufacturers.

In 1996 BMC started the production of the Profesyonel series, which is produced in both Turkey and Iran (after 2004).

BMC also produces buses as part of the Belde series (since 1993) and Probus series.

Since 2000 BMC exports trucks and buses to countries around the world.

MegaStar 2.8 Liter was built in İzmir (Turkey) by BMC and production started in 2004. 10 versions of the vehicle are available with 2 different engines, with power ratings of 83 and 95 kW and manual transmission.

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