One of few muscle cars made in Argentina, the hardtop performance coupé was based on the 1960/66 platform A (Early A-Body).

A version of this car has competed in the Turismo Carretera motorsport championship since the 1970s, winning eight out of ten titles in the 1980s fitted with its "Slant Six" engine.

In the 1990s, the GTX and its IKA-Renault counterpart were fitted with AMC Cherokee engines to remain competitive against the Ford and Chevrolet models.

In the first place and for a short period of time the Dodge Valiant would be launched, it was a basic sedan with little equipment, in some cases they even lacked radio, they also sported 13" steel wheels with hubcap, soon after it was discontinued to fill the range with three well distinguished models, first the Taxi version, then the Polara with a little more equipment and an improved interior to end the Dodge line with a more luxurious model named "Coronado", from this last model the Dodge came off the GT, a luxury sedan developed with sporty performance, this model was equipped with a 3687cm3 (225 cubic inch) Chrysler Slant-Power A-119 engine, with a compression ratio of 8.4: 1 (the highest in the range) and capable of delivering 155HP (SAE) at 4500rpm.

For this reason, Chrysler-Fevre would carry out a marketing study that, finally, found that purely sports car captured the attention of its customers.