Industrias Kaiser Argentina

Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A., known by its acronym IKA, was an Argentine automobile manufacturer established in 1956 as a joint venture with Kaiser Motors of the United States. It was headquartered at Santa Isabel in Cordoba and built Kaiser Jeep vehicles, American Motors Rambler models and the Torino, which became Argentina most celebrated car. The Kaiser Carabela and the Jeep Estanciera came first, and a licence agreement with Renault in 1959 added the Dauphine. By 1965 IKA had assembled 55,269 vehicles in a year, about 28 percent of Argentine production, and employed 8,500 people. Renault took control in 1967 and renamed it IKA Renault, Kaiser Industries sold its remaining holdings in 1970, and the company became Renault Argentina in 1975, ending Argentina first indigenous automaker.