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◊ 2011-05-28 00:46 |
1976+ 3a serie |
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◊ 2011-05-28 06:51 |
Yes, a CL. |
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◊ 2011-05-28 16:25 |
Romanian ARO 10 in the background. Where they officialy imported to Italy? |
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◊ 2011-05-28 17:29 |
Maybe. In West Germany there was an importer, also some -smaller- advertises in motor-magazines, but only a handful of ARO's were sold here. |
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◊ 2022-06-27 11:40 |
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◊ 2022-06-27 12:26 |
Interesting find, @AleX_DJ! I knew that ACM assembled AROs in Chieti for a while, but it's not easy to find conclusive information on dates. Anyway on September 1989 price list they appear under ACM brand, and also with the name "Off". I think the brand switch happened somewhere in 1989 (more research needed), at least in price lists. Before that we had them also as Aro 10.4 and Aro Ischia IIRC. I'm not sure those were all assembled by ACM anyway..![[Image: 20220627_121550.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/29161/20220627_121550.jpg) For comparison, October 1985 price list, with only ARO as brand: ![[Image: img_20220627_134023_574.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/29161/img_20220627_134023_574.jpg) -- Last edit: 2022-06-27 13:55:48 |
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◊ 2022-06-27 14:31 |
Ali Ciemme (ACM) from Bologna began importing ARO cars in Italy in 1981, initially the 10 powered by Renault engines made by Dacia, but with some modified features (eg. additional plastic wheel arches protections) and then also the larger 240 for three years (1985-1988). The first ARO 10 models sold in Italy starting from January 1981 was the 1300, with Dacia-sourced 1300 engine, either as 10.4 Berlina (closed body, 5 seats), 10.3 Furgonetta (closed body, 2 seats) or 10.1 Convertibile (soft top, 5 seats). In 1984 the ARO 10 got an update Renault Type-C engine with a displacement of 1397 cc: starting from June it was marketed in Italy with the name Ischia, sold beside the older version as a closed 4-seater 10.4 Berlina, closed 2-seater 10.3 Furgonetta and soft-top 4-seater 10.1 Convertibile. In 1986 the older version was no longer available and in July the Ischia became Superischia, again sold as 10.4 Berlina, 10.3 Furgonetta and 10.1 Convertibile. Already in July 1986 ACM began to fit Volkswagen EA827 diesel engines in the ARO 10: the diesel-powered ARO was called Enduro x4, available as 10.4 Berlina, 10.4 Berlina GL, 10.3 Furgonetta and 10.1 Convertibile. In 1987 ACM decided to build an assembly plant in the township of Atessa (just where the Sevel Sud plant is, producing the Fiat Ducato and its siblings) to locally build the Enduro x4 vehicles, opportunely updated and adapted to the Italian market. Prior to this, they began marketing also petrol-powered Enduro x4 with VW EA827 engines, as 10.4 W Berlina and 10.1 W Convertibile. The Italian-assembled Enduro x4, branded as ACM, came to the market in November 1988, replacing the VW-powered ARO versions (Renault-powered petrol version from Romania were still available, also with newer trim levels as like the GL and the Excel). The ACM range in November 1988 was: - 10.1 Enduro x4 IW Convertibile S: soft-top with 1.6 petrol engine VW EA827 - 10.4 Enduro x4 IW Berlina S: closed body with with 1.6 petrol engine VW EA827 - 10.1 Enduro x4 ID Convertible S: soft-top with 1.6 diesel engine VW EA827 - 10.4 Enduro x4 ID Berlina S: closed body with with 1.6 diesel engine VW EA827 In January 1990 the Hard-top versions with petrol and diesel engines followed, branded as 10.41. Panel-van and pickup versions were still sold as ARO, even if with Volkswagen engines (probably built in Romania and adapted in Atessa, but I couldn't find any source to prove this). It seems that the whole range was sold both as ACM and as ARO at least until 1990, when the ARO brand was retired from Italy and the locally-made car got another facelift and its name became Off 4WD. In that occasion (September 1989) a turbodiesel version was added to the range, which continued to be sold beside the older Enduro range until December 1993. There have been initially plans to export the cars to Austria and Switzerland, but I don't have knowledge if this actually happened. From what is to read on several sources, the car didn't prove to be much reliable, despite the modifications and the Volkswagen engines, and this lead the firm to close down in 1993. The same ACM built at those times in Atessa the Biagini Passo, a convertible SUV based on the VW Golf Country. A couple of interesting sources (in Italian): Link to "www.dannatavintage.com" https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1988/11/28/page_012.pdf -- Last edit: 2022-06-27 15:40:11 |
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◊ 2022-06-27 15:14 |
Great job and excellent breakdown!  As I understand, the models built in Chieti were the Enduro x4 (1989+ ones that were ACM branded) and the later Off (1990+), until 1993, and probably late AROs were fitted with VW engine here. So, I believe the October 1989 price list I posted was the earliest one with the new Off range and without ARO brand. As written in a comment on the first link, the factory was bought by Honda Moto which expanded its already existing plant. More research is needed to split the various models by aestethic details, decals etc. to improve our listings for Italian ones. I'd really like to find a Biagini Passo in a movie/show for our database, but I think it would be an extremely difficult task..maybe still less than finding the elusive IATO  |
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◊ 2022-06-27 15:29 |
Thank you! .gif ":)") Maybe this could be helpful: an Enduro x4 TV advert of 1988 and a 1990 brochure of the Off 4WD, maybe we will be able to do a comparison from them While searching about the ACM I just found an article abouth both the cars you mentioned .gif ";)") Link to "www.autoruote4x4.com"My dad told me about the IATO, indeed I'm really curious if we ever will find one here for the site. For what regards the Biagini Passo, there is one in a village near my town and I see it driving around practically every time I go there P.S. I forgot to mention that ACM also showed a concept car at the 1988 Turin Motorshow, a beach car with gullwing doors based on the Enduro: http://www.autosoviet.altervista.org/AROSKORPION.JPG -- Last edit: 2022-06-27 15:36:25 |
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◊ 2022-06-27 15:44 |
Yes, I did the same, with the same (no) results on the web you can see some sparse ones though, but probably not enough to break down all the details. Advertising stuff seem to be the only thing we can use. I'll see if I can find some commercial or information on my old magazines (would be good to have some 4x4 specialized press, but I don't have anything of that period)  Notice also that in official material it's often referred to as "Aro Ciemme". The Off seems to be easily recognizeable by the headlight surround and decals style Excellent that you can see a Passo, I've never seen one  about the IATO, maybe the only way would be a fire department or electricity company one (as mentioned in the article) in some old movie/series filmed near its plant, in the mountainous/rural area of south Campania and nearbys -- Last edit: 2022-06-27 15:54:10 |
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