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Shopping For An Argentine Rambler? Renault Torino Available In California!

We love weird South American versions of North American cars, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a car with a more complicated family tree than the Renault Torino. Conceived as the result of AMC-Renault cooperation, based on the '65 Rambler American Rogue, with body redesign by Pininfarina and power by Kaiser, the Torino was built in Argentina until 1982. We really, really want one to use for Official Jalopnik Business... and now there's this '72 for sale on eBay! Make the jump for a vastly expanded gallery. [eBay Motors]

8:00 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,117 views, 20 comments

Latest by MadHungarian: PINNNNGGGGG!!! (that was the sound of my Lust-O-Meter going off the scale) The only thing better than a Torino would be a more »

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Nissan's New Rogue Aims Low

If you've got under 20 large, you've got yourself a mini Murano. Nissan says its new Rogue small SUV entry is coming to market at the paltry sum of $19,995, including shipping. That's for the base 2WD S model; for all-wheel-drive, it's $21,195. The higher-spec SL starts at $21,415, with an all-wheel-drive version starting at $22,615. It's undercut both the Honda CRV and Toyota RAV4, though we've yet to get one on the road, pack it with giant packs of paper towels and make it do laps around the Home Goods parking lot until the CVT transmission cries uncle.

5:30 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,389 views, 8 comments

Latest by skierpage: You asked elsewhere Will Cars Ever Stop Getting Bigger? Well, maybe they would if car bloggers and journalists refused to go more »

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Rambler Rogue? No, Renault Torino!

One of the cars in the above illustration is a '79 Renault Torino, while the other is a '65 Rambler American. Notice any similarities? The story of the Renault Torino isn't just the usual case of a US automaker selling the tooling for an obsolete model to a South American manufacturer, nor was it a simple re-badging of a US model for license-building abroad. No, the Torino is the result of an early chapter in the twisty tale of the Renault-AMC story, which resulted in a unique-to-Argentina vehicle, based on the Rambler American Rogue but with body redesigned by Pininfarina and a Kaiser-designed engine under the hood. The Torino became a legend in Argentina, selling like crazy and having a fair bit of racing success, including a major N rburgring triumph in 1969. Torino production halted in 1982, a dark year for car freaks in Argentina. – Murilee Martin More »

2:44 PM on Fri Feb 23 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,931 views, 9 comments

Latest by hitech: Im in Phoenix Az and I have a Renault Torino 380w 1969 , "el sueno del pibe" , like to more »

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Detroit Auto Show Preview: Nissan Rolls Out A Roguish Mini-Murano For 2008

During the hell that was automakers' holiday parties (we can't quite shake the recurring nightmare of being eaten like a loin-burger by a 50-foot-tall Bob Lutz) — one brief respite was Nissan's embargoed event/holiday "blowout" to show off its new ute, the Rogue (nee Qashqai in Europe). Unlike the more pedestrian Big Three parties, Nissan threw down with a laser light show featuring pixelated pics of the Rogue with The Beatles' greatest hits playing in the background. While Nissan's newest is no sous-marin jaune, the Japanese side of Ghosn's cross-continental alliance sure had a unique way to show it off. Which is good, because what can you say about a Murano mini-me with two trim levels and a 2.5-liter four-banger with CVT. Frankly, given the catchy name and the pre-release marketing we were hoping for something more like a Rogue-R Spec-V. Gallery below and the full press release after the jump. – Ray Wert More »

10:01 AM on Thu Dec 28 2006
By Ray Wert
2,344 views, 8 comments

Latest by DrewGradesPoo: The Qashqai is a nice looking, if not awe-inspiring, design. What were they thinking with the "Ssangyong meets Hyundai Tucson" more »