Envemo Camper
Car of the Day #165: 1989 Envemo Camper – Off-brand, on target
Do you feel as though everything has already been done? OR
Are you amazed that car companies never seem to build the exact vehicle you want?
Acquaint yourself with Brazilian vehicles.
With its history of import duties, taxes, and outright bans on imported vehicles, Brazil's automotive industry has been a bizarre petri dish of shared platform products for decades.
Sometimes the results are as strange as bolting a fan onto the back of a semi-amphibious vehicle (true story).
Occasionally, however, the results are as striking as finely-honed buttocks, waxed and warmed up on Copacabana beach.
The Envemo Camper is one such machine.
Imagine my surprise when I came across photos of a strange, LaForza-like (but far more attractive) SUV: “…wait, but is it a Jeep?
No…can’t be…
…yet…that rear window screams 'Cherokee!'”
Indeed, it is a Cherokee knockoff.
