MAN Latin America
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| Subsidiary of MAN SE | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Resende, Brazil |
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Area served
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Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa |
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Key people
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Roberto Cortes President |
| Products | Commercial vehicles |
| Parent | MAN SE |
| Website | man-la.com |
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, Portuguese: Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, is a Brazilian commercial vehicles manufacturing company based in Resende, Brazil and a subsidiary of MAN SE. It manufactures heavy trucks and buses under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles marque.
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses 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 and is now MAN Latin America.
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 Caminhões Ltda.
Volkswagen Caminhões 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 1995, 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.
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