thumb|A 1990s Portaro 280DCM 2800 Diesel 4WD nineseater jeep Portaro was a Portuguese 4WD offroad utility vehicle which was based on the earlier Romanian original ARO 24 Series 4X4 model produced under license in Portugal. Portaro 4WD models were made between 1975 until 1995. The Portaro name was a portmanteau of "PORT" for "Portugal" and "ARO", the Romanian main manufacturer of original offroad vehicles.
thumb|A 1990s Portaro 280DCM 2800 Diesel 4WD nineseater jeep Portaro was a Portuguese 4WD offroad utility vehicle which was based on the earlier Romanian original ARO 24 Series 4X4 model produced under license in Portugal. Portaro 4WD models were made between 1975 until 1995. The Portaro name was a portmanteau of "PORT" for "Portugal" and "ARO", the Romanian main manufacturer of original offroad vehicles.
==History== thumb|1981 Portaro 260 and 240 The Portaro 4X4 was manufactured from imported original ARO original parts in CKD form produced in Romania destined for final assembly here by the SEMAL company in Setúbal, Portugal starting in 1975 by the entrepreneur and industrialist Hipólito Pires with help from a business partner José Megre and a mechanical engineer Costa Freitas, all three quickly became business partners at the SEMAL Industrial Complex who started the Portaro project shortly after. Their vehicle sold under the new brandname Portaro became a very successful motorvehicle and was a much improved derivative version from the original ARO 240 4WD Series from the 1970s looking very similar in concept and style to the British worldwide famous Landrover 4WD but using an original Romanian cross country standard iron chassis and many parts, instead of industrial aluminium.
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