I don't get what your point about the quote is. What is contradictory about the article and the claim?
The article states that they failed to develop their own car platform so they decided to sell the car that they already had.
The car that they already had appears to be a Chinese car that you can buy online.
Thus, the claim that the TITO is a 100% Argentine car appears to be a lie.
If you look at the cars without bias you'll agree.
https://argentinareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/60dd...
https://argentinareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tito...
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/MINI-Smart-Electric-C...
The cars are exactly alike in size, shape, proportion, body, etc., except for some minor cosmetic changes in the front grill.
There's clear differences even in the photos you provided. Obviously the front grill, but the lights are also a different shape, with the TITO more angular. The door frame is different, it looks like the TITO has a larger piece of chrome on the part you open. I'm sure there's other differences there if I were to look at different angles of the TITO.
Maybe Sunshine took TITO's design, maybe they're both based on some reference design made by some other company. They both clearly are supposed to be a squished MINI Cooper. Regardless of what happened, "my eyes" are not proof of it.
So, I ask again, what proof do you have that it is the case that TITO took Sunshine's design and/or is just a rebadged car?
"Design and bodywork: The design was taken from an existing Chinese product. The vehicle parts would be imported from China and the assembly would be done in San Luis. For later, they promise to produce the body parts in kevlar and aluminum material, with the support of a Munro (Buenos Aires) autopartist"
That said, Coradir's site seems to be a lot of rebranded gadgets so it wouldn't surprise me, but I haven't seen any actual proof of this, just speculation based on cars looking similar.
> The only official image published by Coradir Automotores shows the Tito with the original Today Sunshine M1 grille
Looks like they're importing them but with their own styling changes, and originally posted an unmodified Sunshine M1 on their website.