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In 1953 Ford opened a new and bigger plant in São Paulo, known as the Ipiranga Plant, geared for local production. Ford inaugurated a full blown manufacturing operation on 26 August 1957, with the first Ford F-600 medium truck, very similar to the US-made F-600, leaving the production line featuring a Y-block engine, 40% of its parts being Brazilian made.
1960 (): ANFAVEA launches the first edition of its statistical yearbook; Valmet do Brasil is founded with the inauguration of a tractor factory in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo; The Companhia Brasileira de Tratores (CBT) was established; Ford starts producing tractors at the Ipiranga plant; The Quatro Rodas magazine was launched, it has since ...
AutoLatina was a joint venture between Volkswagen Group subsidiary Volkswagen do Brasil (51%) and Ford Motor Company subsidiary Ford Brasil (49%) in South America.The main reason for the joint venture was the bad economic situation at the time, which made joint survival more attractive than an individual fight for a share in a dwindling market.
1960 – Aero-Willys 1961 – FNM 2000 JK 1961 – Willys Interlagos 1962 – Karmann-Ghia – Volkswagen 1962 – Willys Renault Gordini 1964 – Veraneio – Chevrolet 1964 – GT Malzoni Lumimari/Puma
From 1987 to 1996, Volkswagen Trucks and Buses were built with Ford components as part of the AutoLatina venture, and were built in Ford's Ipiranga complex in Brazil.. Once the AutoLatina marriage fell through, Volkswagen Group had no factory for its trucks and their parts, so the Resende plant was built in 1995.
Ford Caminhões was a division of Ford Brasil that has truck production lines in Brazil. [2] [3] The first cargo vehicles produced by North American Ford were derived from the Ford Model T, called TT, and were produced from 1917. The Model TTs were imported from the beginning of the Brazilian subsidiary's operations in 1919.
Renamed Volkswagen Caminhões Ltda. in 1981. Became the first VW Truck & Bus plant. Replaced by Ford's Ipiranga plant as part of Autolatina venture between Ford and VW from 1987-1996. VW Truck & Bus production moved to Ford's Ipiranga plant in 1990 and this plant closed. Schinznach-Bad: Europe, Switzerland: Schinznach-Bad: VW Karmann Ghia (Type ...
Code named Nevada, the Verona development cost US$70,000,000 to Ford do Brasil, and aimed to create a competitive car for the midsize segment without excessive spending, due to the bad financial situation of the subsidiary at the time. Another US$30,000,000 were used to update the São Bernardo do Campo assembly line, where the car was produced.