IAME Justicialista

The Institec Justicialista was a line of cars produced by the government of Argentina via IAME (Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado) from 1954 to 1955 as an attempt to develop a native Argentine automotive industry.

Due to the insistence of General Juan Domingo Perón a sports car prototype was made,[2] a two-seat version was showcase as roadster in the Paris Motor Show.

[4] On the 30 of November 1949 the then President of the Argentine Nation Juan Domingo Perón signed a decree by which a military factory in Cordoba, until then used by the Navy, would be retooled for motor vehicle production.

Lacking any form of basic technical know-how and without the time or money for proper research and development, German DKW cars were bought from abroad and reverse engineered.

Some sources claim to be able to determine the number of manufactured vehicles for some models, but factory production reports and sale figures were lost or non-existent.

Detail of the vehicle's rear, with a "Justicialista" badge and a shield representing the Peronist Party
Juan Manuel Fangio driving the Institec Justicialista Grand Sport V8 at the Buenos Aires Autodromo