I showed you the Dacia pickup shot in Colombia that Eric Clem posted at the Cohort the other day. But there’s a bunch of others from that trip, so I’m going to dump them here for your viewing and identification pleasure. I assume they’re all from Colombia, but I could of course be wrong.
When I first saw the gold truck behind the red Chevrolet-badged bus I thought it was a 70s Chevy/GMC pickup. Then I see the closer shot to find a second Dodge truck. Wow, a GM-like grille transforms that truck completely.
Interesting stuff, both familiar and unfamiliar.
I’m reminded again of the longevity of the car I knew as the Renault Alliance. Over here, they seemed quite fragile, I have not seen one since around 1995. Yet, as these pictures attest, they are still on the road in many places around the world.
The Renault 9 was built in Colombia and Turkey for much longer, throughout the ’90s AFAIK. Interesting to see long-gone cars continue to be developed and built elsewhere. Nissan Tsuru (Sentra), Citroën Fukang (ZX), Chevy C2 (Opel Corsa B) are just some more examples.
I think Nissan finally dropped the Tsuru, due to bad PR from crash tests. ?
And Peugeot 504 was still being built in Nigeria until 2006 and Kenya until 2004.
In the late 80s I remember reading that someone planned to import Oltcits to Canada, but they never materialized. I guess they realized that other Romanian cars – Dacias and AROs – hadn’t set the sales charts aflame.
I’m surprised to see one still on the road, even in Colombia.
That Nissan patrol was in Production Down Here From 1985 to 2005.in 3 doors,5doors&pick up with either Z24or3000cc V6.Great Trucks.
The abomination in the second photo from the bottom… What on earth IS that ?
Interesting Chevy LUV. ’79-80 fender badges with 4 headlights…hmmm
The odd-looking bus in the second from the bottom photo reminds me of Citroën U55 Citirama bus…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1958-citroen-u55-citirama-bus-see-paris-in-style/
Can anyone with more knowledge of VWs than I do identify the model year of the green Beetle? I assume this is most likely a Brazilian built version, meaning this could be a relatively new one (as air cooled VWs go).
The Beetle has the looks of a 1963 model in the US. Smaller windows, amber turn signals on the fenders. Wheels are later model or aftermarket. Car is real clean looking overall.
The small turn signals and right-parking wipers mean it is a ’60-64 model. If Brazilian.
Oh man, I want the okie wobblers off that green lifestyle Dodge.
What’s an okie wobbler?
Courtesy of alpsandandes.com, the Jeep is closely associated with coffee production and there is at least one of them gracing a Cafe de Colombia kiosk in a Colombian shopping mall.
The VW bus is probably Brazilian since it has bay window style front doors and split window style rear side windows.
The weird green bus has what looks a bit like a Nissan logo on the grille and is probably a locally built body on a Japanese truck chassis.