About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Aircraft manufacturers of Brazil, Defence companies of Brazil, Firearms manufacturers in Brazil, Motor vehicle manufacturers of Brazil, Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, Embraer, Fabrica Nacional de Motores, Gurgel, Ford do Brasil, Taurus, IMBEL, List of cars manufactured in Brazil, WEG Industries, General Motors do Brasil, Simca do Brasil, Agrale, Marcopolo S.A., Helibras, Mafersa, Santa Matilde, Troller Veiculos Especiais, O Boticario, Avibras, Puma, Usiminas, Obvio!, Volkswagen do Brasil, Puma GTB, Industria Naval do Ceara, Engesa, Natura, Metalfrio, Industria Aeronautica Neiva, XMobots, Tecnologia Automotiva Catarinense, Autolatina, Aerotec, Mectron, Comil, EMGEPRON, Fabral, Mundial S/A Produtos de Consumo, CNNA, Aero Bravo, Companhia Aeronautica Paulista, Toledo do Brasil Balancas, Advanced Composites Solutions, Bernardini, Dardo, Lobini, NUCLEP, Chamonix. Excerpt: Volkswagen Trucks and Buses (VTB), Portuguese: (VWC), is a Brazilian manufacturer of commercial vehicles. It manufactures heavy trucks and buses under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles marque. VTB was originally a part of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division of the Volkswagen Group, but as of 1 January 2009, it is now under the ownership of MAN SE. In 1979, Volkswagenwerk AG acquired a 67% percent stake in Chrysler Motors do Brasil Ltda. In January 1980, it increased its shareholding to 100%, therefore giving it the right to rename the company to Volkswagen Caminhoes Ltda. The first Volkswagen Truck - the 1981 13.130Volkswagen Caminhoes Ltda. released their first trucks in February/March 1981; the Volkswagen 11.130 and the Volkswagen 13.130, both had a reworked version of Volkswagen's Mk1 LT cabin, and were powered by MWM Motores Diesel Ltda (MWM) diesel engines on Chrysler engineered platforms which were inherited from the takeover. From 1990 to ...
