GTP Cool Wall: 1966-1981 IKA/Renault Torino

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1966-1981 IKA/Renault Torino

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Poll 1394: 1966-1981 IKA/Renault Torino nominated by @conic
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The GS200 was the first Argentinian car that passed 124 mph.
Between 122 and 215 hp.
Last design of Battista Pininfarina, who died on April 3rd 1966.
All versions (Sedans: 300 - 300 S - 380 S- S - TS - L - SE - Grand Routier - GR _ Coupes: 380 - 380 W - TS - GS/GS200 - TS (1973) - GS (1973) - TSX - ZX) are included.
Participated in the 1969 84 Hours of Nürburgring. The team had J. M. Fangio and Oreste Berta as the team principals.
Drivers:
1st car: Rubén Luis Di Palma, Oscar "Cacho" Fangio and Carmelo Galbato.
2nd car: Gastón Perkins, Eduardo "Chino" Rodríguez Canedo and Jorge Cupeiro.
3rd car: Eduardo Copello, Alberto Rodríguez Larreta and Oscar Mauricio Franco.
Only the 3rd car finished. Ended 4th (1st in its category), with 67 hours in the lead and 334 laps.
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Not a bad looking car, a given considering the designer, but it doesn't really stand out much either. The front looks a bit like some Dodges at the time, but done right. Overall I gave it a "meh," nothing too awesome to me, especially when pitted against other cars of its time.
 
Cool car. The first one and the blue one are cool cars.

Coolness is in the eye of the beholder.
 
My favourites are the 380 and the 380W. The sedan version isn't too attractive, and even worse is the Grand Routier.
I will give it a cool because of the SZ from the coupe and the meh from the sedan.
 
Gran Torino. Sometimes when we debate about much older vehicles, we don't really intend to think of how much different a vehicle is then compared to most other vehicles in its time. I know very little about this car. With that said, it looks truly lovely! This car isn't getting "Sub-Zero" from me, but I'm going with a (very strong) Cool.


[UPDATE] I meant "Torino," not Turino! Changes made.
 
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Since it's not mentioned anywhere, I'm compelled to point out that much of the sheetmetal for these comes from the 1964-5 Rambler American line. There's a story behind how they came to be used subsequently in Argentina, but I'm not sure I've got all of it and I'm not up for digging at the moment.

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I do know that most of the mechanicals were the same from the start, but Argentinian variants were never offered with a V8 as the North American Ramblers were, and they eventually got a 24-valve inline 6 for performance models long after the Rambler model ended its run.
 
The extra chrome on the Rambler vs the Argentinian cars really makes the Rambler look so much more American.
 
Love the nonexistent front overhang and the half-the-length-of-the-car rear end. The blue coupe is my style. Solid Cool, bordering on SZ. The sedan loses that style.
 
The coupe is nice looking, the sedan less so. I would go cool but by the mid 70s it would have looked quite dated and by 1981 positively antique. Overall Meh.

P.S. The rear light clusters look like they're off something else. Or maybe its just convergent design?
 

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