page_title: Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado
section_title: Rastrojero
hierarchical_section_title: Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado / History / Models produced / Rastrojero
caption_attribution_description: English: Rastrojero came as a 2-door and 4-door pickup truck
context_page_description: Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado was a State-owned entity and autarchic conglomerate of factories of Argentina created in 1951 to promote the manufacture of aircraft and automobiles.
  The company was established to manufacture automobiles in the country, taking advantage of the advances of Aerotechnical Institute of Córdoba Province. At its peak, IAME manufactured airplanes, tractors, motorcycles, motorboats, and weapons. In 1956 it was renamed "Dirección Nacional de Fabricación e Investigación Aeronáutica".
  In 1967, it was established that DINFIA focused on aeronautics and aerospace, while the automotive division would be taken over by another company created with that purpose, "Industrias Mecánicas del Estado".
context_section_description: The most successful model by IAME was the Rastrojero, a small utility pickup truck with 60,000 units produced. The Rastrojero was originally thought as a tractor to replace some cheap units imported from the United States (a total of 2,500 that had been purchased at a low price but were dismissed after a brief period due to multiple failures). After the US tractors were retired, Brigadier San Martín (president of IAME) took those tractors to use some of their components to create a new and improved model. The results were two vehicles, the Gauchita –a prototype similar to the Station Wagon by American manufacturer Willys– and a pickup (then named "Rastrojero"). Developed in 1955, the Gauchita was powered with a D4M18 Borgward diesel engine.
  The Rastrojero had a chassis similar to the 1937 Ford with a body similar to the Turismo Carretera cars of the time. The load was built in wood, to optimize costs and time. The prototypes were released in May 1952, with a huge success so the initial limited production of 2,500 "tractors" became production series. In 1955 the Rastrojero was powered with a diesel engine by Borgward. Apart of the classic pickup, the Rastrojero had other versions such as a light truck (named "Camión Frontal", produced 1969–79 with the same body than Borgward B611) an omnibus (mainly used as school bus), and a 4-door sedan, the Rastrojero Conosur, specifically designed for use in taxi fleet.
caption: Rastrojero (here the pickup version) was the most successful model by IAME, with more than 60,000 units produced
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