The New Tunisian Car... Waiting...

As all Tunisian citizens, we are proud to let you know about the last tasty fruit of Tunisian industry, the BARKIA car 100% Tunisian made. Its creator is Mohamed Ahmed Barkia, PhD in Engineering-Mechanical Engineering with his 20 years of experience, he made a prototype for this car which can lead Tunisia to be the first heavy industrial country in North Africa or maybe in the MENA region, who knows.

The famous construction project of this car will be located near Dokhan (about 30km near Sfax), on a plot of 118 acres near a railway station. This new industry will host 15,200 jobs (8,200 on the production site Dokhan 7000 + distributed over the country). "

 The second production site (specialized in body parts) is provided at Kasserine and the third one (for seats productions and accessories) will take place in Sidi Bouzid.

The car will have a body and an engine (100% Tunisians) which are specially designed for the African climate (in terms of heat, dust and corrosion), with specific improvements in the suspension system in relation to our road infrastructure. The prototype was made, the patent registred and obtained approval in Europe since 2004. You may wonder why is it delayed and didn't work as seemed to be a genious invention, well as usuall it was delayed because of the Trabelsi and when things got real, the car got a radical refusal from the Tunisian authorities. But now since we have some economic freedom as a revolution result we hope that this will be the best booster for Tunisian economy. As in 2007 WALLYSCAR launched its production, BARKIA is not the first Tunisian car, and here we can ask a question: How could authorities approve the WALLYSCAR in 2007 and not the BARKIA in 2009?

Now here are the specifics of the BARKIA car:

100% Tunisian

Horse-Power: 5hp-Displacement:

1.2 liters engine

Energy: Petrol / Gas

Consumption: 4, 8 l /90km

Number of Passengers: 4 people easily

Length: 3m86

Solar air conditioning (to prolong engine's life)

PRICE: € 5500 for export

Tunisia-AVERAGE PRICE: 14,000 DT (and depends on the final approval competent authorities)

The project is totally exporting and 30% of production will be sold on the Tunisian market.

Meanwhile, Dr Ahmed Barkia launched an emergency call to the head of government to accelerate the process regarding the land of 118 hectares of Dokhan (from agricultural purpose to Industrial so that he can build the firm's HQ).

And another Call for Tunisian technicians living abroad to return to work/contribute in this project.

So why is the Government wouldn't put this machine ON ? Isn't Tunisia looking for local investments to reduce unemployment or there is higher political powers that prevent this ?

-Adnen-

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