Santana Motors

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Santana Motor S.A.
Type
Founded 1956 in Linares, Jaén, Spain
Headquarters Linares, Jaén, Spain
Industry Automotive
Products Automobiles
Employees >600 [1]
Website www.santana-motor.es
Santana PS-10
Santana PS-10

Santana Motor S.A. is a Spanish car manufacturer based in Linares, in the province of Jaen, Spain. Originally the company was founded 1956 as "Metalúrgica de Santa Ana", but 1961 it started production of licence models of the Land Rover. From 1986 it started to produce license versions of Suzuki models. From 1999 PS-10 got Iveco's 2.8 L diesel engine.

In 2006 Iveco and Santana signed long-term agreement to co-develop products.[2] The first model with this co-work will be Iveco Massif, rebadged and restyled version of the Santana PS-10.[3]

[edit] Current model range

  • Santana Anibal / Santana PS-10, the Santana Anibal or PS-10 is built on the basis of the Land Rover Defender 110.
  • Santana 300/350, The Santana 300 and 350 is a copy of the Suzuki Vitara produced under license. The 300 is a 3-door model, the 350 is a 5-door
  • Suzuki Jimny

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Who we are?. santana-motor.es. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  2. ^ Iveco and Santana finalized a framework agreement. iveco.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  3. ^ Fiat's New SUV: Iveco Massif. edmunds.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.

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