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 Izmir. BMC rosette logo old BMC share A preserved BMC ambulance. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°zmir Izmir from space, June 1996 Izmir (Turkish spelling Ä°zmir, contraction of its former name Smyrna), the second-largest port (after Ä°stanbul) and the third most populous city (2,409,000 in 2000) of Turkey, is located on the Aegean Sea near the Gulf...

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. The Austin Motor Company was British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in the 50s but declining after absorption into British Leyland. ... Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other meanings, see Truck (disambiguation). ...

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. Volvo Trucks, a Swedish truck manufacturer, owned by Volvo, is the Worlds second largest heavy-duty truck brand. ... Cummins Inc. ...

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. An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ...

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

MegaStar 2.8 Liter was built in Izmir (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.

External links

• BMC Turkey