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BUSES IN BRAZIL AND CHILE:

There are eight bus body manufacturers in Brazil (Marcopolo, Caio, Nielson, Ciferal, Thamco, Comil, Jotave and BGP) and six chassis factories (Mercedes Benz, Volvo, Scania,Volkswagen, Ford and Mafersa). Mercedes and Mafersa also produce complete buses.  In Chile there are just bus-body factories. Their names are, in order of size and importance: 
Metalpar, Sport Wagon, Cuatro Ases ans Inrecar.  They construct front and rear engine chassis made in Brazil and Argentina and in a few cases International made in USA.

Information provided by ALVARO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ (ALVARO@PET.COPPE.UFRJ.BR)

This Ciferal 75-seat articulate bus has a Volvo engine under the floor and belongs to Companhia de Transportes Coletivos, which has a fleet of 320 buses.

This front engined PADRON RIO made by Ciferal has a Mercedes Benz 
OF-1318 chassis.  It is owned by Rubanil Co. which is one of the 39 private bus companies that operate in Rio de Janeiro

Marcopolo, the biggest bus body manufacturer in Brazil, put the TORINO GV body on the Mercedes Benz OF-1620 chassis.  It is owned by Aracatuba Co.

This bus has a Vitoria body made by CAIO on a Ford B1618 chassis.  This bus is currently being replaced by brand new Alpha.

This is a mini bus called Panarama.  It is built in Chile by Sport Wagon industry on a Brazilian LO-812 chassis under the license of a German company called Awarter.

This is also a Chilean bus called Festival.  It has a Mercedes Benz OF-1318 chassis with a livery just like those on the metro trains in Santiago's subway.

Wow, a 24meter bi-articulate bus with a Volvo THD101KB engine and ZF 5 HP 590 transmission.

This is a Volvo B10M bus.  It has a Volvo THD101KC engine, ZF S 6-90 manual transmission.  The body is produced by Marcopolo.

This bus is the Marcopolo's double decker bus.  The chassis is Scania K113TL.

This is a Svelto, the new urban model of the industry COMIL.  The chassis is the rear-engined Mercedes-Benz O-371UL.  The livery is the one used in Porto Alegre.

This is a mafesa Trolley Bus 100% Brazilian made. It operates in the city of San Paulo. The operator is ELECTROUS. It has doors on both left and right sides. The right ones are common and those on the left operate with high platforms.

This bus is a Marcopolo Paradiso GV1150 with Mercedes 400RSE chassis.  The operator is EMTU-Empressa Metroplitana de Transportes Urbanos.  The route links the two main airports of San Paulo: Congonhas and Cumbica.

A Torino GV Air conditioned. it sis the first urban bus made in 
Brazil with AC System. The operator is BREDA RIO. The photo was takwn in EXPOBUS. The bus had not started operation yet. The body is by MARCOPOLO and the chassis is SCANIA L113

A ALPHA by CAIO over a Scania L113 chassis. Special expo livery.

A ALPHA operating at Brasilia-DF, teh brazilian federal capital.
The operator is Alvorada. The livery is the same in the whole city, but each company ( total 9) has a colour. The chassis is Mercedes-Benz OF-1620 ( 200HP) with front enfine. The original lenth of the chassis was 12 metres, bit it was re-sized at AIO and the bus's lenth is 13,20m.

A GLS Busversion 96 ( by Ciferal) over a Ford B-1618 chassis. It 
belongs to TCB-Transportes Coletios Brazilian, the public operator of the city.

Body maker: Ciferal
Body Model: GLS Bus 96
Chassis: Mercedes Benz OF-1620
Operator: Itamaraty Transportes Urbanos
City: Sao Paulo - SP

Body maker: Marcopolo
Body Model: Torino II
Chassis: Volvo B58E
Operator: Rio Ita
City: São Gonçalo - RJ
     It links the cities of Sao Goncalo,Niteroi and Rio de Janeiro. The company is the major transit bus operator of the sate of Rio de Janeiro and one of the five bigger in Brazil. It has over 510 buses. 

Body maker: Ciferal
Body Model: GLS Bus 96
Chassis: Mercedes Benz OF-1620
Operator: Viação ACARI Ltda
City: Rio de Janeiro -RJ
	Acari is one of the 39 private companies that operate in Rio.

Body maker: Marcopolo
Body Model: Torino GVL bi articulated
Chassis: Volvo B58E
Operator: Carmo
City: Curituba-PR
	This is the new version of the bi-articulated bus operating in Curitiba, the capital of the state Paraná, south of Brazil. There are 33 buses operating now. On the photos (by Marcopolo) you can see it with the doors open and the decks on boarding position, as they touch the tube shaped stations.

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