ARO 24 Series

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The ARO 24 Series is a 4x4 off-road vehicle manufactured by ARO from 1969 to 2006 and mass produced from 1972.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ARO 240 was the first of the ARO 24 series, which eventually included many other models: the four-door 241 and 244, the 242 pick-up, the three-door 243, the 320, 330 pick-ups, and many other body trims.<ref name="models">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Last special military versions were called ARO Dragon.

File:ARO 244 (1998 revision)-rear view.jpg
ARO 244 (1998 revision)-rear view

It is equipped with many different engines (both diesel and petrol options), and comes in both 4x2 and 4x4 versions. Notable improvements over the years were the introduction of Romanian Diesel engines, units equipped with Toyota engines, and units equipped with Romanian-built Turbo Diesel engines. The ARO-24s are no longer in production, as ARO was shut down.

Plans to market the ARO 244 in the United States as the Cross Lander 244X in 2005 were eventually cancelled.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s the original Romanian ARO 4X4 Series were also produced under alternative names, often with modified running gear depending on the export market. In Portugal, they were assembled in Setúbal south of Lisbon and locally known there as the PORTARO 4X4, in Spain they were called HISPARO 4X4, with a reshaped bodyshell and better equipped.

Engines

Petrol engines

Name Capacity Type Power Torque
2.4 2RZ-FE 2438 cc Toyota Template:Convert at 5000 rpm Template:Convert at 4000 rpm
2.5 205HX 2469 cc Chrysler Template:Convert at 5250 rpm Template:Convert at 3500 rpm
2.5 L25 2495 cc ARO Template:Convert at 4200 rpm Template:Convert at 3000 rpm
2.5 M-207 2512 cc ARO Template:Convert at 4000 rpm Template:Convert at 2500 rpm
2.9 V6 2935 cc Ford Template:Convert at 5500 rpm Template:Convert at 3500 rpm
3.0 L30 3007 cc ARO Template:Convert at 4000 rpm Template:Convert at 3000 rpm
4.0 V6 3958 cc Ford Template:Convert at 4400 rpm Template:Convert at 2400 rpm
2.9 V6 24V 2932 cc Cosworth Template:Convert at 5250 rpm Template:Convert at 3000 rpm

Diesel engines

Name Capacity Type Power Torque
Andoria 2.4, 4C90 (cylinder diameter = 90 mm, Ricardo Comet V swirl chamber) 2417 cc Andoria 4C90 Diesel Indirect injection
4CT90Turbodiesel
4CTi90 Turbodiesel		 Template:Convert at 4200 rpm
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2.4 2L-T 2446 cc Toyota
Turbodiesel		 Template:Convert at 4000 rpm Template:Convert at 2200 rpm
2.5 XD3 2498 cc Peugeot Template:Convert at 4500 rpm Template:Convert at 2500 rpm
2.5 XD3T 2498 cc Peugeot
Turbodiesel		 Template:Convert at 4150 rpm Template:Convert at 2500 rpm
2.5 L4 OHV 2499 cc VM
Turbodiesel		 Template:Convert at 4200 rpm Template:Convert at 2200 rpm
2.7 L27 2660 cc ARO Template:Convert at 3800 rpm Template:Convert at 2250 rpm
2.7 DX-28 2660 cc ARO Template:Convert at 3900 rpm Template:Convert at 2250 rpm
2.7 TDX-28 2660 cc ARO
Turbodiesel		 Template:Convert at 3500 rpm Template:Convert at 1900 rpm
3.1 D127 3119 cc UTB Template:Convert at 3200 rpm Template:Convert at 1600 rpm

Versions

Off-road vehicles

  • ARO 240, a 2-door soft-top cabriolet;
  • ARO 241, a 4-door soft top cabriolet;
  • ARO 243, a 3-door model with 8 seats;
  • ARO 244, a 5-door model with 5 seats;
  • ARO 246, a 5-door model with 7 seats.

Light commercial vehicles

  • ARO 242, a single cab pick-up truck with short bed integrated to the body;
  • ARO 320, a single cab pick-up truck;
  • ARO 324, a double cab pick-up truck;
  • ARO 328 Maxi;
  • ARO 330, an extended single cab pick-up truck;

Others Versions

ARO produced an extensive variety of heavier duty variants

  • 243 VAN, 263 (8 seats, 3 doors; model based on the 243 version with the wheelbase increased from 2350 mm to 2600 mm), 264 (5 seats, 4 doors; model based on the 244 version with the wheelbase increased from 2350 mm to 2600 mm and body elements borrowed from Dacia. Aro 264 addressed the American market), 266 (7 seats, 5 doors; model based on the 246 version with the wheelbase increased to 2600 mm), 323 Sanitara (Ambulance with a raised roof over the passenger compartment from the B-pillar back), 324, 328 MT MaxiTaxi (7 doors on an extended wheelbase), 330 (flatbed pickup), 330BB, 330C, 33N, 338TC, 350BC, 35S Ambulance (with an ambulance box body), 35M, 429TC/TP.<ref name="models"/>

ARO Dragon

While ARO 24 series were used by the Romanian military, a military specific version called the ARO Dragon was designed and built.<ref name="automobileromanesti.ro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The ARO Dragon featured a simplified flat paneled body and came in several variants to include an armored variant.

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ARO Dragon (military version)

The ARO Dragon Civil was a civilian version of the Dragon.<ref name="automobileromanesti.ro"/>

Revisions

The first generation of ARO 24, between 1972 and 1976, had Dacia 1300 headlights and round taillights similar to the ARO M461. From 1977, round headlights were used like in the IMS and the rear lights were restyled. In 1985, a new front grille and smaller round headlights were introduced. Also, they were available with double headlights, that were used mostly on the 244. In 1995, the double headlight front design was slightly restyled, and the rear lights were used Oltcit Club lamps. The last restyling, in 1998, was a slight facelift of the previous model and it introduced the so-called Toyota-type ornaments.Template:Citation needed

See also

References

Template:Reflist Original Book The Complete Encyclopedia Of Four Wheel Drive Vehicles by Jiri Fiala from REBO Publishers International BV Holland 2004 Template:ISBN

Original Book 4X4 Vehicles by John Carroll from Grange Books London England 1996 Regency House Publishing Limited Template:ISBN

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