Ford Motor Company do Brasil Ltda has announced plans to assemble its Transit light commercial vehicle range in neighbouring Uruguay, starting next year.

Carbuss has expanded its export range of models to Uruguay with the sale of its first El Buss 320L coach to Decatur, a coach operator in Cerro Largo city.

Magirus GmbH of Ulm, Germany has delivered the first of four Dragon X6 fire trucks to Silvio Pettirossi Airport in the city of Asunción, Paraguay; making it the first country in South America to receive this highly specialized vehicle.

This order is made up of 310 single buses to be built on Volvo’s B8R rear engine chassis for operating on the zonal lines of the city’s integrated transport system.

Brazilian bus body manufacturer Caio, in partnership with Volvo Group Mexico, has supplied 87 new low floor Euro VI city buses as part of a renewal programme of the Passenger Transport Network (RTP) fleet in Mexico City.

The 11t gvw Delivery 11,180 4x4 truck, which VWCO claims is the first light truck with all-wheel drive in Brazil, went into production in October with sales starting a month later in November.

The new coach, which is designed for charter and tourism applications comprises the Mercedes-Benz O 500 RS 1836 rear engine chassis and Comil’s Campione Invictus body.

Three models of the new generation Aumark S range were launched, the Citytruck 6.5-15, Citytruck model 9-16 and Citytruck 11-16.

MAN Truck & Bus SE is making EcoLife 2 automatic gearboxes from ZF Friedrichshafen AG a standard feature with its city and intercity buses.

November 2020 saw BorgWarner Inc has completed its acquisition of Delphi Technologies plc.

Weichai Group, a major producer of internal combustion engines has officially launched the first commercialised diesel engine in the world claimed to have a brake thermal efficiency above 50% (50.26%).

Jacobs Vehicle Systems Europe, manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding and valve actuation systems, recently celebrated shipping its 50,000th engine brake manufactured from its European facility near Brno, which it opened a year ago in September 2019.