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ARO (Uzina Mecanică Muscel), Câmpulung

Romania’s four-wheel-drive works at Câmpulung Muscel, which built about 380,000 vehicles between 1957 and 2003 — the GAZ-69-derived IMS and M461, the home-designed 24 Series and the small 10 Series — and exported some nine-tenths of its pre-1989 output to around 110 countries.

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22VEHICLES IN THE REGISTRY1957FOUNDED1957–2006VEHICLE YEARSClosedSTATUS

The count is what the registry has catalogued so far, not the maker's output; the years are those vehicles' build years. Know of another?

History

The plant was begun in 1942 on Marshal Ion Antonescu’s orders as an extension of the IAR aircraft works, to make airscrews, and turned to vehicles after the war. Production began in 1957 with the licensed IMS-57. The 24 Series of 1969 was ARO’s own design and was licensed to Portugal (Portaro), Spain (Hisparo), Italy (ACM) and Brazil (Cross Lander). The last vehicles were built in 2003 and the company went bankrupt in June 2006.

ARO, GAZ and Dacia vehicles built by ARO (Uzina Mecanică Muscel), Câmpulung

22 records in this registry. Each opens its full registry page.
240 — photograph2401972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 240 · built241 — photograph2411972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 241 · built242 — photograph2421972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 242 · built243 — photograph2431972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 243 · built244 — photograph2441972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 244 · built246 — no image yet2461972–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 246 · built320 — no image yet3201980–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 320 · built324 — photograph3241980–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · 324 · built323 Sanitară — no image yet323 Sanitară1980–2006 · 26 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266) · 323 Sanitară · builtDragon — photographDragon1990–2006 · 24 Series (1972–2006) · Dragon · built10.4 — photograph10.41985–2006 · 10 Series (1980–2006) · 10.4 · builtDacia Duster (United Kingdom, 1985–93) — no image yetDacia Duster (United Kingdom, 1985–93)1985–93 · 10 Series (1980–2006) · Dacia Duster (United Kingdom, 1985–93) · builtSpartana (1997–2006) — photographSpartana (1997–2006)1997–2006 · 10 Series (1980–2006) · Spartana (1997–2006) · built10 Super (1999–2006) — no image yet10 Super (1999–2006)1999–2006 · 10 Series (1980–2006) · 10 Super (1999–2006) · builtARO M461 (Romanian GAZ-69) — photographARO M461 (Romanian GAZ-69)1964–75 · GAZ-69 and 69A (1953–72) · ARO M461 (Romanian GAZ-69) · builtIMS-57 (1957–59) — no image yetIMS-57 (1957–59)1957–59 · builtM59 (1959–63) — no image yetM59 (1959–63)1959–63 · builtM461 (1964–75) — photographM461 (1964–75)1964–75 · built24 Series (1972–2006) — photograph24 Series (1972–2006)1969–2006 · built26 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266) — no image yet26 Series long wheelbase (263, 264, 266)1980–2006 · built10 Series (1980–2006) — photograph10 Series (1980–2006)1980–2006 · builtDuster (ARO 10, 1984–93) — no image yetDuster (ARO 10, 1984–93)1984–93 · built

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Maker record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched