ARO
Defunct Romanian off-road vehicle manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Aro (disambiguation).
ARO (short for Auto Romania) was a Romanian off-road vehicle manufacturer located in Câmpulung. The first ARO vehicles were produced in 1957, and the last in 2003. For a short while, Daihatsu-powered AROs were sold in Spain and produced in Portugal under the brands. In Italy, AROs were produced and sold under the ACM brand, often fitted with Volkswagen engines.[1][2]
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Company type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1957 |
Defunct | 2006 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Câmpulung, Argeş, Romania |
Products | Off-road vehicles |
Website | aro-classiccars.com (under construction) |
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Low volume production of ARO vehicles has restarted under the aegis of a Czech company called Auto Max Czech (AMC).[3] During the mid-2000s, Russian manufacturer Derways used ARO chassis to produce its Derways Cowboy model.[4]