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- noun An
automobile very popular inIran from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.
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Examples
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Reminiscent of the hospitality I had been encountering throughout the country, they pulled up beside me in Hassan's car a battered old Paykan with BMW insignia emblazoned wherever possible and offered to drive me to wherever I needed to go.
Mark Kalch: Walking on a Dream -- Alone Across Iran (Part III) Mark Kalch 2011
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Reminiscent of the hospitality I had been encountering throughout the country, they pulled up beside me in Hassan's car a battered old Paykan with BMW insignia emblazoned wherever possible and offered to drive me to wherever I needed to go.
Mark Kalch: Walking on a Dream -- Alone Across Iran (Part III) Mark Kalch 2011
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He was a government worker but needed extra cash and drove the grimiest turquoise Paykan.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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It was a typical Iranian-made Paykan: seat covers worn with the residue from thousands of passengers; rear window handles removed; a chain bolted from one side of the chassis to the other to prevent the front seat from shifting too far back—the whole package a hurtling chunk of metal perfect for imposing yourself on Tehran traffic with a nothing-to-lose recklessness.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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They did this for ex-soviet cars why not the Paykan.
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The well-paved streets are roiling with cars -- little Paykan sedans, mostly, but also shiny Peugeots and even the odd BMW.
Iran Follies 2007
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Reminiscent of the hospitality I had been encountering throughout the country, they pulled up beside me in Hassan's car a battered old Paykan with BMW insignia emblazoned wherever possible and offered to drive me to wherever I needed to go.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Kalch 2011
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An old model of Paykan (Iran's National car) near Chaldoran, West
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An old model of Paykan (Iran's National car) near Chaldoran, West
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Iran Khodro Paykan recently, and a couple of you mentioned the pickup version of the Paykan.
Jalopnik 2009
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