The Romanian GAZ-69: the IMS-57 of 1957, the M59 and the ARO M461 of 1964–75 built at Câmpulung with a Romanian 2.5-litre four and its own body panels; about 80,000 M461s were built and exported to 50 countries before the ARO 24 series replaced it.
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Romania licensed the GAZ-69 in 1957 and the Câmpulung works developed it through the IMS-57 and M59 into the M461 with a 70 hp engine and an all-Romanian body; it served the Romanian Army and sold across the Eastern Bloc, China and Latin America.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Base model variants
Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft
Two-door, eight seats (69)
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