Mahmiyat Umm Al Rayhan · 2010–present
KSU Gazal-1
The KSU Gazal-1 (Arabic for ‘gazelle') is a sport utility vehicle developed by students at King Saud University and technicians from Magna Steyr. The mass production began on 14 June 2010 under King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. The managers of the project are Dr. Abdul Rahman Alahmari and Dr. Saed Darweesh. Dr. Khalid Alsaleh, who registered patents for the vehicle, mentioned in a TV interview that environment specific tests such as camel collision tolerance were conducted. The car is the fourth home-made Arab automobile, after the Egyptian-made Ramses, the Moroccan-made Laraki and the Libyan-made Saroukh el-Jamahiriya. With a projected output of 20,000 for 2011, the Gazal-1 was the first Arab vehicle to be mass-produced in the Arab World. The KSU Gazal-1 is based on the long wheelbase Mercedes-Benz G-Class and was designed by Studiotorino. Most of the automotive parts are produced by Magna Steyr in Austria.
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Specifications
- name
- KSU Gazal-1, جامعة الملك سعود غزال ١
- Manufacturer
- Magna Steyr & King Saud University
- Production
- June 2010–present
- Assembly
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Class
- Mid-size SUV
- Body style
- 5-door wagon
- Related
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class
- Engine
- Mercedes-Benz M273 engine 5.5 L:, 285 kW;, 530 Nm, V8 petrol engine
- Layout
- Front engine / Four-wheel drive
- Wheelbase
- 112.2 in
- Length
- 188.97 in
- Width
- 74.8 in
- Designer
- Studiotorino
- Top speed
- 210 km/h
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1719007CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSU_Gazal-1CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1305030661 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_plushev_-_Geneva2010_659.jpgCC BY 2.0 · Photo: Alexander Plushev · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.