VWCO's Volksbus school bus model is the most popular brand in Brazil for school bus models.

VW is broadening its body building partners.

The VW Meteor, which replaced the TGX MAN truck model, was introduced to Brazil in September 2020.

Chassis were built initially in Ipiranga, at a JV operation between Ford and VW before moving to the wholly-owned plant of Resende.

The Global Product Management position is a new role, created in order to foster strategic and operational cohesion between the group’s four subsidiaries, while the role of Finance and Human Resources combines two board positions which were previously separate.

VWCO works closely with sister organisation MAN to expand export sales.

Delivery of 290 trucks, puts the VW branded trucks accounting for more than 50% of the Imediato's fleet

Sales of vehicles made by Traton's brands increased by 12.6% from 271,200 units to 305,500 in 2022.

A new product range, including new e-trucks, major investments in digitalisation and in automation at its factories as well as investment in renewable energy and reducing its manufacturing carbon footprint, is all making a positive contribution to sales in Brazil and abroad.

December 2022 saw Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (VWCO) of Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil begin testing its largest electric truck model to date, the e-Delivery 17.

This follows a new partnership agreement with VW Argentina, VWCO's dealer principle in Argentina for the last 25 years.

VWCO says outlook looks bright after Covid with introduction of Euro VI model range.