Turismo Carretera

In the 1960s, competitors began to further experiment with modifications as the coupés gave way to prototype versions of locally-made sedans; examples of such include the 1967 and 1969-winning Liebre Torinos (breaking Ford and Chevrolet's duopoly on championships) and the 1968-winning Trueno Naranja.

Following the deaths of Mouras and Osvaldo Morresi [es], road races were discontinued by the category; the last was held in Santa Teresita in 1997.

Despite the category achieving relative parity, Traverso and Guillermo Ortelli entered the new millennium as the leading contenders in Chevrolets, interspersed with titles for Ford and Dodge in the mid-2000s.

In 2007, the death of Guillermo Castellanos in a crash at Comodoro Rivadavia led to a ban on navigators – a practice which, by that point, had largely been kept purely on the grounds of tradition.

[1] Julián Santero won his first title in TC's new era after Ford stablemate Mariano Werner's car was sabotaged by spectators ahead of the final race of the season.

A fifth category, TC Pick Up, was introduced in 2017 as an alternative rung on the ladder whilst creating a platform for manufacturers to advertise their light commercial trucks – however, this category has resulted in the Argentine equivalent of "Buschwhacking" with Turismo Carretera regulars and former champions dominating events; in 2022, all but one of the eleven Finals were won by current or former TC drivers.

Additionally, there is a Special Races Tournament (Torneo de Carreras Especiales) that gives the winner the opportunity to qualify for the playoffs if they have not made it through via their position the regular season standings.

[8] The circuits in 2023: Turismo Carretera cars are built by individual teams and constructors to a set of regulations designed to create parity between the various manufacturers involved.

[9] Since the 1970s, four manufacturers have been concurrently represented in Turismo Carretera using Argentine-built models – Chevrolet with the Nova, Dodge with the GTX, Ford with the Falcon, and Industrias Kaiser Argentina with the Torino; Toyota joined in 2022 with the Camry XV70.

Chevrolet, Dodge and Ford switched to American pony cars in the form of the Camaro, Challenger and Mustang respectively, whilst Toyota retained the still-new Camry but redesigned the front end; a concept Torino was created as IKA went out of business in 1975.

Early Turismo Carretera - Ángel Lo Valvo winning the 1937 Gran Premio Argentino de Carretera [ es ] .
Production-based coupés remained in use into the 1950s.
Prototype cars, such as this Garrafa-Chevrolet , rose to prominence in the late-1960s.
The series began to evolve into the current format during the 1970s.
The Dodge brand won eight of the ten championships in the 1980s.
Outdated Dodge and Torino models (pictured in 2006) received Jeep mechanical componentry to keep them competitive during the 1990s.
"Gurí" Martínez won his second championship in 2015.
Following decades of evolution, new models were introduced in 2024 .
Brothers Juan (left) and Oscar Gálvez (right) won a combined fourteen Turismo Carretera championships between 1947 and 1961.