 These were complemented by another British importer of Romanian vehicles called County Vehicles Limited at Silverton in Devon who specialized in ARO, DACIA, ROCAR, TV and other East European car brands models to sell them all in the UK from the 1970s on.PORTARO started in the 1970s when Hipólito Pires with José Megre got together as industrial partners when they decided to start motorvehicle production under the name "Projecto Portaro" after the project were granted with large Portuguese State funds to help this new joint-venture automobile project.Once the cashflow was assured and delivered so did the PORTARO plan.