November 2001


Car production in Brasil, ranking of makes:

Brand/marque/Marke Production
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Passenger cars/VP/PKW:
1 Volkswagen 288,784 379,993 415,859 494,474 532,864 552,575 406,858 332,961 431,267
2 Chevrolet 173,333 236,900 250,680 289,464 356,711 405,502 326,884 284,934 363,649
3 Fiat 244,652 337,453 426,848 396,460 477,727 552,099 364,748 345,577 362,477
4 Ford 107,556 145,535 155,680 122,344 99,574 168,553 128,454 74,928 80,442
5 Renault  -  -  -  -  - - - 24,809 57,383
6 Honda  -  -  -  -  - 837 15,775 17,957 20,568
7 Toyota       3,731 3,203 3,791 1,744 7,935 16,456
8 Mercedes-Benz  -  -  -  -  - - - 14,359 15,681
9 JPX       1,030 1,000 310      
10 Troller  -                
11 Chamonix           50      
12 emme                  
13 Gurgel 1,634 428 - - - -  -  -  -
Light Commercial Vehicles/VU Légers/Leichtnutzfahrzeuge (2-6T GVW):
1 Chevrolet              55,393  32,094  
2 Volkswagen              26,165  19,002  
3 Ford              17,075  13,581  
Trucks/Véhicules utilitaires/Nutzfahrzeuge (> 6T GVW):
1 Mercedes-Benz     25,527 27,627 17,855 25,035  24,902  21,890  
2 Ford-Autolatina     12,699 13,431 9,996 12,206  15,122  10,705  
3 Scania     6,724 6,550 5,325 7,793  6,761  4,671  
4 Volvo     5,562 5,820 3,721 5,068  4,790  3,517  
5 Chevrolet     2,584 2,205 893 569  3,368  1,869  
6 Agrale         369 461  503  244  
Buses/autobus/Busse:
1 Mercedes-Benz     11,662 12,273 11,299 13,306  12,594  7,762  
2 Scania     1,056 2,075 1,575 1,739  1,739  1,155  
3 Volvo     1,188 1,323 1,255 1,367  1,401  783  
4 Ford-Autolatina     711 1,928 419 587      
5 Marcopolo                  



Compiled from:
Auto Katalog No. 45 (2001/2002), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2001.
Auto Katalog No. 44 (2000/2001), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2000;
Auto Katalog No. 43 (1999/2000), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1999;
Auto Katalog No. 42 (1998/99), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998;
Auto Katalog No. 41 (1997/98), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1997;
Auto Katalog No. 38 (1994/95), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1994;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog 2001, No. 30, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2000;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog '99, No. 28, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog '97, No. 26, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1996;


Brasilian car manufacturers links:

Chamonix
Chevrolet
emme (Megastar Veículos Ltda.)
Fiat Automóveis
Ford do Brasil Ltda.
Toyota do Brasil
Volkswagen do Brasil Ltda.
Marcopolo S.A.


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