Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus
Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus | |
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Owner / user | MAN Latin America |
Introductory year | 1958 |
Markets | South America , South Africa |
Website | https://www.man-la.com/produtos-volkswagen |
Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus is a truck and bus brand that was sold by Volkswagen AG to MAN in 2009 , and has been under the umbrella of Volkswagen AG again since 2011 when MAN was taken over by VW . The brand will continue to be run as "Volkswagen" even after the company trades under the name MAN Latin America .
history
The beginnings of the brand go back to Simca , who founded its Brazilian subsidiary Simca do Brasil in 1958 . In 1966, Chrysler took over 92% and a year later Simca do Brasil completely. Chrysler has been producing Dodge trucks at the plant since 1969 .
The Volkswagen AG took over in 1979, initially 67% of the now as Chrysler Motors do Brasil Ltda. company and increased its stake to 100% a year later. In 2000, the truck and bus division officially became part of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand of VW.
In November 1996, today's main plant was opened in Resende , Brazil, which is around 150 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro and 250 km from São Paulo . In 2004 the plant in Mexico was opened and in 2007 the production of trucks started in a third plant in South Africa .
The main markets are Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, the remaining South and Central American countries as well as Africa and the Middle East. Individual dealers in the USA, Spain, Germany and China are also listed on the company website.
MAN took over the truck and bus division in 2009 and continues to operate it under the “Volkswagen” brand. 2011, the division went through the acquisition of MAN in the Volkswagen AG back.
In 2018, the VW Group's truck and bus businesses were merged under Traton and prepared for an IPO .
Models
construction time | model series | annotation | image |
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since 2006 | VW Constellation | heavy truck | |
since 2006 | VW Worker | medium truck | |
since 2006 | VW Delivery | 5 or 8 ton trucks | |
since 2006 | VW Volksbus | Omnibus chassis |
Motorsport
Both the Constellation and the Worker are used in motorsport.