In the past year, DAF Brazil expanded its market share to 4.2%, with 4,043 units sold, while sales of the XF, achieving 3,958 Jan-Sep 2021, makes it the third best selling truck among heavy vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil has unveiled a fully electric bus chassis named the eO500U, which is specifically designed for use in Latin American cities and will be manufactured at the São Bernado do Campo plant from 2022 onwards.

Scania has sold 124 R410 CNG trucks to Brazilian haulier, Reiter Transport and Logistics, in a sale worth BRL100m.

Guerra confirmed its return to the Brazilian market in September with the start of production in Caxias do Sul of its first bulk semi-trailer designed for transporting grain, which is called Série Origens.

JAC has completed an initial order of three JAC iEV 1200T delivery vans, to be operated by Brazilian drinks manufacturer, Fruki Beverages in Rio Grande do Sul.

Mercedes-Benz Argentina, which built the first Mercedes-Benz plant to be located outside of Germany, has celebrated its 70th anniversary of vehicle manufacturing in the country.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil has announced the Arocs construction truck is now available, for which it has already received orders for 200 units, set to be delivered by the end of December 2021.

Librelato has inaugurated two new spare part units near Suape Port and Ourinhous under the brand of Libreparts, which feature its innovative self-service system.

VWCO has expanded its truck portfolio in Angola with the launch of the Delivery light truck range, which is already available in fifteen countries in South and Central America.

VWCO has won a new federal tender for the Caminho da Escola Program to provide buses to schools across the country, involving 2,500 units featuring the Volksbus 15,190 ODR - ORE3 chassis.

Iveco Latin America has adopted an online platform service for spare parts in Brazil through the Mercado Livre portal, a leader in technology for e-commerce and financial services in Latin America.

JCA Group plans to start testing a Scania K 320 4x2 with a DC09 gas engine on interstate routes from early next year.