ARO — GAZ manufacturer

ARO (Uzina Mecanică Muscel)

The Câmpulung works that built Romania’s GAZ-69 under licence from 1957 — the IMS-57, M59 and ARO M461 (about 80,000 to 1975) — and then its own ARO 24 series and ARO 10 until bankruptcy in 2006.

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2VEHICLES IN THE REGISTRY1957FOUNDED1964–1987VEHICLE YEARSClosedSTATUS

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Uzina Mecanică Muscel took the GAZ-69 licence in 1957 and Romanianised it through the IMS-57, the M59 and the M461 of 1964 with a Romanian engine and body; the ARO 24 series of 1972 was its own design and sold in 100 countries. The works closed in 2006.

Type	Manufacturer
Speciality	IMS-57, M59 and M461 (GAZ-69 licence), ARO 24 series, ARO 10
Founded	1957
Active	1957–2006
Status	Closed Bankrupt in 2006 after privatisation.
Location	Câmpulung, Argeș, Romania
Country	Romania
aka	ARO, IMS
Registry vehicles	2

ARO (Uzina Mecanică Muscel)

History

GAZs built or converted by ARO (Uzina Mecanică Muscel)

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