McCloud, James F.
THE IKA STORY
MotorLibros, Carapachy, Buenos Aires: 2020
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252p., tables, indices, wrps. In 1954, Kaiser Industries decided to set up a plant in Argentina so to start local mass production of cars. This marked the beginning of IKA (Industrias Kaiser Argentina), a pioneer in Argentine car industry and, from a historical point of view, one of the most important companies in local car sector.Throughout this book, the head of Kaiser's operations in Argentina, James F. McCloud, narrates thirteen years of history.
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