“The market bought in nine months what was sold throughout 2018,” said Luiz Carlos de Moraes, president of ANFAVEA, the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers based in São Paulo.

Iveco Latin America Ltda of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, (a subsidiary of CNH Industrial), has exported 40, 170S28-type bus chassis to Peru: Ten chassis are to be used by Andrea Express in Piurra and 30 by ET Salvador in Lima.

Scania do Brasil Ltda has sold 300 New Generation model trucks to G10, a buying and operational consortium of transport operators, which is based in Maringá.

BMB Mode Center Ltda, the vehicle modification specialist for Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, has just completed 18 years of operations, manufacturing some 135,000 custom-built bodies in that timeframe.

In partnership with Volvo Buses Latin America, Marcopolo SA, in May and June delivered 120 new buses for the urban public transport system, Red Mobilidad in the Chilean capital city of Santiago.

DAF Trucks Brazil Ltda estimates its sales by the end of the year will be almost double those registered in 2018, with more than 4,500 units registered.

The opportunity for DAF Trucks Brazil Ltda to sell more trucks in Brazil has risen with the arrival in the country in June of Paccar Financial.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda, a subsidiary of the Traton Group has added the Delivery 4.160 urban distribution truck to its export programme for Mexico; in March it launched its larger model, the Delivery 6.160.

Scania do Brasil Ltda has announced it is to invest a further BRA1.4bn (USD350m) in upgrading its plant in São Bernardo do Campo over the next three years from 2021 to 2024.

Divemotor, the dealer representative of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles (trucks and bus chassis) in Peru presented new truck models for the truck Peruvian market last month; no fewer than seven models ranging from 6 tons gvw to 23 tons gvw are to be introduced during the coming months.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) together with bus body builder, Mascarello Carrocerias e Ônibus Ltda, has delivered 15 buses with Volksbus 17,280 OT chassis and Mascarello Gran Metro bodywork to Aruba in the Caribbean.

The Brazilian coachbuilder, Carbuss Ltda, announced in June it had exported, ten Vissta Buss 340 coaches on Scania K340 4x2 Euro 5 chassis for charter and tourism operations in Santiago.