The Iranian car industry has been a strange mirror-world place for decades, e.g., with 1977 Buick Skylarks being built there until 1988 and 1966 Hillman Hunters being built there to this very day (admittedly, only in a pickup-truck version for 2016). The first-generation Kia Pride, a Mazda design that was sold as the Mazda 121 in Europe and the Ford Festiva in North America, is still being produced by the Saipa Group in Iran.

Here's a heartwarming Saipa 131 ad, showing an Iranian paterfamilias sporting a pink tie and enjoying such luxury features as ventilation and a temperature gauge while his wife and kids snooze. Then, the Saipa's ability to stop when danger looms makes the driver a hero with a macho-looking bunch of road repairmen.

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