Anadol Fan Club is established , to keep alive the 55 years-old Anadol brand and cars and to get Anadol owners and fans together under this Club. Our aim is to explain the importance of Anadol brand in Turkish automotive sector, to inform the young generation about the different Anadol models, to share all information on maintenance, to make aware of restoration and to carry Anadol brand at its deserved level.  
By surfing within the pages, we hope you will find all necessary information and documents related to Anadol.

Mr. Vehbi Koc, Turkish businessman and industrialist, had a dream to manufacture a domectic car in Turkey. In 1928, he was a Ford dealer in Ankara. After the World War II, he was dealing with Italian Fiat to produce tractor in Turkey. In 1959, he was manufacturing Ford trucks in Otosan. In 1960, Otosan started to manufacture Ford Thames trucks and Ford Consul cars in its assembly line. In 1961, Ford Thames Trader minibus assembly line has been added to the production; and  240 Ford Taunus 17M estate cars have been produced within 1963-1965.  And it was the right time for a national car.

Volvo had the first safety belts in 1849. The first U.S. patent for automobile seat beats was issued to Edward J. Claghorn of New York, New York on February 10, 1885. Claghorn was granted United States Patent #312,085 for a Safety-Belt for tourists, described in the patent as "designed to be applied to the person, and provided with hooks and other attachments for securing the person to a fixed object."

According to 2008 data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 2,983 individuals were killed in car accident related crashes. Of these traffic deaths, 1,795 individuals were either drivers or passengers in safety belt equipped vehicles. Sixty percent (1,085) of these people killed were not wearing a safety belt.

Robin Sharma, the world's most famous life coach and author of "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" has been in Istanbul Turkey, for the presentation of his new book. During his interview, he drove an Anadol and found the car very "cool" and said "Forget Ferrari, be happy with Anadol. Capture the moment with plenty of dishes with chat, eat more respect for your work" he says.

The Peking to Paris rally ended on Saturday with a parade through the streets of Paris celebrating the end of this remarkable 10,000 mile event. A large crowd including many friends and family greeted the cars when they entered Place Vendome after roller skating marshals cleared their progress round the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysees.
It is 37 days since a total of 98 cars set out from the Chinese capital, coming from 26 different countries, thought to be a motorsport record.
With ages ranging from the oldest, a 103 year old six litre Itala to a 1970 Vauxhall, the competition was divided into three leaderboards.

Within last decade, we see some producers are reproducing some of their vintage models with a new design and consept. We witness that these models are still preferred.
New VW Scirocco is a good exemple of such a reproduced cars, like GM's Camaro, Mustang, Corvette and some more could be listed.
And now, Anadol STC has ben redesigned as a consept car by a Turkish Designer, Mr. Hayri Istay. We appreciate his work which offers the soul of Anadol STC of 70's and carry to 2010.