4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY ARO · MARQUES · 24 SERIES

Marque · 24 Series · in production 1969–2006

ARO 24 Series

ARO’s own design, launched in 1969 and mass produced from 1972 until 2006: a 2,350 mm-wheelbase ladder-frame four-wheel drive in soft-top, van, station-wagon and pick-up bodies, with a long-wheelbase 2,600 mm family alongside it, and licence assembly in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil.

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16VEHICLESNot published separatelyBUILT1969–2006IN PRODUCTION3CHAPTERS

The 24 Series was the vehicle ARO drew for itself, and it carried the works for thirty-four years. The numbering describes the body: 240 and 241 open, 243 van, 244 and 246 station wagon, 242, 320, 324 and 330 pick-up, with 263, 264 and 266 the same bodies on the 2,600 mm wheelbase and the 35S a 3,500 mm ambulance chassis.

Engines came from wherever a market wanted them — ARO’s own 2.5 and 3.0 petrol fours, Toyota, Chrysler, Ford and Cosworth petrol units, and diesels from Andoria, Peugeot, VM Motori, Toyota, UTB and ARO. The design outlived the company: Portugal built it as the Portaro to 1995, Spain as the Hisparo, Italy as the ACM, and Brazil as the Cross Lander 244X until 2006.

3 chapters, 1948 → today

1Launch and the export years (1969–1989)1969 – 19892Long wheelbase and commercials (1980s)1980 – 19993Licences and the end (1975–2006)1975 – 2006
194819601975199020052025
11969 – 1989

Launch and the export years (1969–1989)

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Mass production from 1972 and about nine-tenths of output exported, to some 110 countries.

Registry records · chapter 1

24 Series (1972–2006)1969–20062401972–20062411972–20062431972–20062441972–20062461972–2006
21980 – 1999

Long wheelbase and commercials (1980s)

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The 2,600 mm 263, 264 and 266, the 320 and 324 pick-ups and the 323 Sanitară ambulance.

Registry records · chapter 2

26 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266)1980–20063201980–20063241980–2006323 Sanitară1980–20062421972–2006
31975 – 2006

Licences and the end (1975–2006)

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Portaro, Hisparo, ACM and the Brazilian Cross Lander 244X, with the military Dragon alongside.

Registry records · chapter 3

Portaro (Portugal, 1975–95)1975–95Hisparo (Spain, 1980–90)1980–90ACM (Italy)1980–2000Cross Lander 244X (Brazil, 2002–06)2002–06Dragon1990–2006

Base models

The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
24 Series (1972–2006)1969–200626 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266)1980–2006

In service

Where the registry's 24 Series records worked; each opens the themed history.
Ambulance1 record in this marqueMilitary1 record in this marque

Sources

  1. ARO 24 Series — Wikipedia
  2. ARO (company) — Wikipedia

24 Series records in the registry

16 records, oldest first.
24 Series (1972–2006)1969–2006 · Romania2401972–2006 · Romania2411972–2006 · Romania2421972–2006 · Romania2431972–2006 · Romania2441972–2006 · Romania2461972–2006 · RomaniaPortaro (Portugal, 1975–95)1975–95 · Romania26 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266)1980–2006 · Romania3201980–2006 · Romania323 Sanitară1980–2006 · Romania3241980–2006 · RomaniaACM (Italy)1980–2000 · RomaniaHisparo (Spain, 1980–90)1980–90 · RomaniaDragon1990–2006 · RomaniaCross Lander 244X (Brazil, 2002–06)2002–06 · Romania