 Unfortunately this latest model proved less successful than before and by 1995 the FMAT company encountered some unexpected manufacturing problems and production gradually halted.Normal PORTARO 4X4 production suddenly ended in 1995 when the so-called RPMC (Romanian-Portuguese Manufacturing Contract) deal expired no more ARO genuine parts arrived to the Lisbon docks.The FMAT factory owners claimed that Portuguese State funds were no longer supporting them, with severe issues about failures to renegotiate again with the Romanians of ARO, that were complaining about the Portuguese who had deserted them and never paid ARO for their ordered CKD components, resulting in an apparent corruption in the whole process.