Introduction
Volkswagen brand is well known for the famous Beatle, Beetle or Beetle (as it is known in Mexico) record global sales. range of Volkswagen cars built in several parts of the world is diverse. In the Americas include the factories in Brazil and Mexico.
Volkswagen
But also produces trucks and bus platforms. As this blog is dedicated only to buses, mentioned in this work share the transportation segment.
Volkswagen and Caminhões Ônibus
The origins of the company date back to 1958 when the company was formed Simca Brazil. In 1966, 92% of stock control of the company was purchased by Chrysler . Three years later, group opened the Dodge truck plant and launched the model D 700, which marked an era. Volkswagen became involved in the control of the corporation in January 1979, in a process that ended with the official emergence Volkswagen Trucks Limited in February 1981.
In the beginning the company was only dedicated to the production truck. It is in 1993 when the first bus platform, the Volksbus 16,180.
In November 1996 the factory was opened in the city of Resende in the southern state of Rio of Janeiro. It is up then when the company took a leap of technological and business management.
With an area of \u200b\u200b1 million square meters, the factory is located in a strategic point in the Rodovia (Road) President Dutra , 150 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro and 250 kilometers from São Paulo.
Midibus : 5140 VW
EOD ,
VW OD 8120, 8120 €
III del
OD, OD 8150
(exportación) y
VW 8150
EOD .
Microbus : 9150
OD (exportación) y
VW 9150
EOD .
Medianos:
VW 15 180
EOD ,
VW 15 190
EOD ,
VW 17 230
EOD ,
VW 17 230
EOD ,
VW 17 260
EOD ,
VW 17 260
EOT ,
VW 17 260
EOT.
Intercity
: 18,320
VW EOT Some major bodybuilders who use platforms Volksbus in South America are: Marcopolo , Volare, Ciferal , Rosmo , Comil , Masarello and Modasa .
The following picture shows a bus platform Volksbus EOD 17230 and body Marcopolo.
This other picture shows a city bus 17240
platform Volksbus OT
and body Marcopolo.
Photos taken from http://www.vwtrucksandbuses.com/en/vehicles_volksbus.aspx
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses in Mexico
Still with the name Volkswagen and Caminhões Ônibus the assembly began its operations in Mexico in October 2004 when it opened an assembly line for trucks and buses platforms Volksbus . Spare parts began to be imported from the Resende plant and assembled in Puebla, home of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses in Mexico (VCAM ). Authorized dealers were installed in several cities.
platform
Some models of buses and trucks are produced there. Mexican plant has an area of \u200b\u200b11 thousand square meters. The facility was built next to the plant cars Volkswagen which began operations in 1964.
Volkswagen models currently offered Mexican customers are equipped with platform Volksbus 8,150 and 8,150 FEB EOD
For bus manufacturing integral was associated VCAM with manufacturers of body Mexican include Autoparts & Components ( AYCO ) Novacapre and Centaur.
The next photograph is a unit with Volkswagen platform and bodywork Sigma model AYCO
The following photos show a unit with 8-150 Volksbus platform, body AYCO Orion model 2009, equipped with 4-cylinder engine turbodiesel, 5-speed transmission and capacity for 30 seated passengers.
The following picture is a group bus platform Volksbus 8150 and body Novacapre in urban transport service Linares, NL, Mexico .
The following picture corresponds to a unit Volksbus platform and body Tornado C5 Centaurus. Capacity of 30 seats.
South Africa
In August 2005, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa began operations another plant of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses where Volkswagen came and producing cars and light commercial vehicles since 1951.
MAN Latin America
MAN Commercial Vehicles arrived in Mexico in 2002, winning a contract to supply buses interstate. In 2004, opened a factory in Querétaro , dedicated to assembly platforms and bus bodies, and also focused its business operations there.
Factory
Querétaro is 200 km from Mexico City. It has 17 thousand square meters of built area. It has a line mounting for buses, workshop for technical assistance and a car parts store and accessories. This factory assembled, bus models currently MAN 4X2 and 6X2 LionsMex , and your sales team sells trucks and buses imported brand in Germany.
The following picture shows a bus
MAN 6x2 Lions courtesy of Tecnibuses
the end of 2008, MAN Volkswagen acquired of Caminhões Ônibus and Brazil and then merged operations VW and MAN in South Africa in 2009. So same operations Volkswagen Trucks and Buses of Mexico is transferred from the city of Puebla to Queretaro as part of the integration strategy of the new company.
Mexico will be the first country in the world where a truck used Volkswagen engine MAN brand, product sales starting in the first half of 2011.
Until recently, some resellers Volkswagen also marketed in cooperation, models truck MAN , becoming the first country to use the marketing strategy Dual Brand on your network. Trucks and buses MAN and Volkswagen were seen together for the first time in the country during the 20th ExpoForo , a fair held in March 2010 in Mexico City.
recently presented to the transport authorities and local businessmen, with the smart choice: the MAN chassis Lion 's City low-floor for large cities with the system projected BRT (Bus Rapid Transit). In the bus segment foreign , the company sold the first units of the Lion 's Mex, bus chassis MAN and body assembled in Mexico by the Brazilian company Comil . The product is based on the model Lion 's Coach , originally manufactured by MAN Commercial Vehicles in Germany.
The Lion 's Mex has a platform MAN R33 or R37, two and three axes respectively is powered by a MAN ranging from 400 to 480 horsepower. Its main competitors in the Mexican market are Irizar PB / Scania, Volvo 9700 and Multego Mercedes Benz / Polomex.
The data shown in this study were taken from different publications made by MAN Latin America.
Any
observation or comment I remain.
José Ramírez Lozano
Monterrey, Mexico
