DAF Brazil has announced its largest ever order in South America with 200 CF 480 trucks to be exported to Colombian haulier, Grupo Prodes.

Reiter Transport and Logistics has signed an agreement with GEO to produce biogas for use in Reiter Log's Scania CNG trucks.

Despite the year-to-date performance in the bus and coach sector showing growth with 10,938 units sold, a 10.8% increase over the same period of the previous year, September sales came in at 847 units, a drop of 33.1% from the 1,273 units licensed in August and -30.8% compared with sales of 1,234 units in September 2020.

Frigo King has launched two special edition Pharma models, the Flex 300 and the Flex 300 AE, which meet the RDC 430 standard from the ANVISA-National Health Surveillance Agency.

Brazilian bus and coach production grew 12.1% in the first seven months of 2021, with 11,857 chassis produced, according to Anfavea.

Production of trailer and truck bodies in Brazil during the third quarter of 2021 totalled  44,132 units, an increase of 22% over Q3 2020, according to ANFIR.

Production of trucks and buses grew by 84.6% in the first nine months of 2021 (132,867 units over 71,959 in the same period of the previous year), according to data released by Anfavea.

VWCO has started delivery of 281 trucks to Mexican brewery company, Grupo Modelo, including 107 Delivery trucks, marking the first order for the range from Mexico.

According to statistics collated by the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) based in Sao Paulo, production of bus and coach chassis in the first half of 2021, increased by 15% to 10,324 units compared with 8,974 units in the same period last year.

According to data from Anfavea, sales of both truck and bus+coach chassis in the Brazilian market grew in the first half of this year. The truck segment increased by 54.4% to 55,865 units, against 36,153 units in the same period last year. The bus+coach chassis segment registered an increase of 31.9%, with 7,538 units, against 5,716 units in 2020.

Volvo do Brasil Veículos Ltda of São José dos Pinhais has launched its new range of heavy trucks in Brazil, just over a year after their launch on European market.

According to Luiz Carlos Moraes, the president of the National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (ANFAVEA) of Sao Paulo, is expecting the Brazilian truck sector to continue to be positive and to perform better than any other vehicle categories in Brazil, even despite the pandemic and the economic crisis.