Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS engages in the manufacture, assembly and sale of motor vehicles and primary commercial vehicles. Its products include Ford transit, transit custom, tourneo custom, transit connect, cargo, and cars. The firm also imports and sells passenger cars and manufactures and imports and sells spare parts of those vehicles. The company was founded by Vehbi Koç, Ali Ipar, Bernar Nahum, Cengiz Balkan, Kenan Inal and Hulki Alisbah on July 7, 1959 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.