An interview in November 2020 with Karl Deppen, president of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil and CEO for Latin America with T&BB’s South American correspondent, Jose Secco, shared some important details about the Brazilian market as well as providing an outlook for CV demand over the coming years.

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.

It is the largest industrial complex of CNH Industrial’s brand operations in Latin America, where it develops and produces light commercial vehicles, trucks, bus chassis and defence vehicles.

Marcopolo recorded net revenue of BRA836.5m in the third quarter of 2020, which was a reduction of 22.6% compared with BRA957m in the same period in 2019.

The launch follows ZF’s acquisition and integration of Wabco and its subsidiary companies including Wabco do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Freios Ltda.

The Board of Directors of the Ministry of Education of the Brazilian Government, on January 6, 2021, has indefinitely stopped the competitive tender for the supply of 6,900 buses under the Caminho da Escola Program (Federal School Bus Programme).

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus in December 2020 passed an export milestone of 5,000 commercial vehicles delivered to Colombia; the official 5,000th unit to be exported was a Constellation 19,360 V-Tronic truck.

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.

BYD Co Ltd has won an order to supply Bogotá with 1,002 9m and 12m electric feeder buses from Bogotá City Public Transport Authority, which sets a record for a single overseas order.

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.