Created: 29, June, 1997
Last updated: 3 February, 2006

South American specialty cars

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Recently updated: Bianco

The South American continent has been known as an assembler of cars, like Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat for decades. But just as in other countries there were the specialists, who bolted various fiberglass bodies on floorpans. However the situation in the Southern hemisphere was different: there was no car import at all until the late '80s. But it all changed in recent years and by now "Unfortunately, almost all of that makers closed the doors. In the mid-80s there were more than 50 little cars makers in Brazil, but after the opening of the market for imported cars, they disappeared. Nowadays there are only a handful of makers: Chamonix , Troller (jeeps), BRM (dunne-buggies) and Baby (dunne-buggies)" - said my correspondent, José Geraldo a mechanic engineer from Brazil back in 2003. He is one of the sources for pictures and information. His home page is filled with links to carmakers. Jason Vogel, a reporter for O Globo was also great help.

Now let's see what cars are introduced here and are available on the Net:
• Adamo
• Aero-Willys Itamartay Clube [external link]
• Best Cars. Home page of a Brazilian car magazine so You can see many current models.
• Bianco
• New Dacon page
• DKWs in Brazil and Argentina - updated in December, 2001 and now features almost all models ever offered and more :)!
• Envemo
• Finguers
• Guitolar
• Gurgel
• Gurgel [external link]
• Another Gurgel Club [external link]
• Hofstetter
• Lafer
• MP Lafer [external link] - Brazilian home page for the owners and fans
• Miura or Aldo
• Pag Nick
• Polistylo WM II
• Puma [external link]
• Tupi
• Vemag-DKW

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