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GM’s Brazilian Spin: Dog Of An Engine Devours Any Desire To Buy
GM do Brasil has been on a roll recently. While the early 00s saw GM running hard to get nowhere, the new decade has brought on some good news for the embattled, tired, old General. They are proving,...
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Fiat 500 L: Pictures And Details. Yes, You’ll Be Able To Buy It!
According to Brazilian enthusiast site bestcars.com.br, Fiat will start selling the 500 L in Europe this month. Deliveries will begin in October. The good news is that the minivan will be available in...
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GM Gets Brazilian Tax Cut, Then Culls Workforce
Brazilians are unhappy with GM. GM is cutting capacity and jobs at a Brazilian plant. This made the Brazilian government unhappy, because it had cut taxes on domestically made cars, in exchange for...
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Ford EcoSport Pre-Launch: New Fiesta-Based Cute-Ute Is Out In The Third World...
Pressured by the Franco-Romanian Renault-Dacia Duster, Ford is using a pre-launch marketing gimmick to dust drum up interest in their newest offering in Brazil. The cute-ute is called EcoSport. Due to...
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GM Locks Down Brazilian Plants Plant, Fears Violence Provocations
GM has shut down all of its eight Brazilian production units near Sao Paulo “to protect the physical integrity of its workers,” the Washington Post says. It appears to be an euphemism that refers to...
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GM Delays Brazilian Firings Until November, Starts Jobs Bank
After nine hours of talks with the union, and under considerable pressure from the Brazilian government, GM backed off from job cuts at its São José dos Campos factory near São Paulo. The politically...
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Toyota’s Etios Comes To Brazil
Last month, Toyota invited the Japanese press to join them for “the opening ceremony for its new plant in Brazil on August 9,” a three day event in and around Sao Paulo. The excitement lowered...
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Brazil Mandates RFID For Cars Starting in 2014
Psst! Hey, buddy! Do you want to have a complete travel/movement database for your automobile-using populace but don’t have the scratch for a a bunch of high-tech, privacy-destroying surveillance...
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This Fiat Is A Dodge
I would like to take this opportunity, and also on behalf of Fiat, express my sincere gratitude to the American taxpayer. Of course, Sergio Marchionne will never issue an announcement like that. But...
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PQ24 Or PQ25? Oriental Santana Mystery Disturbs Brazil
Brazil was once VW’s home away from home. Here, it felt loved and welcome. It controlled 50 percent of the market. Time passed. An Italian upstart arrived and eventually robbed it of first place by...
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Toyota Etios in Brazil: Blasé Market Reaction Makes Toyota Slash Prices
Little known to many, Toyota’s first venture out of their home country was in Brazil. Over 50 years ago, they built factory here in which they manufactured a version of their Land Cruiser, called it...
View ArticleHyundai HB20: Fluidic Design and Posh Base Models
Here in Brazil, Toyota had to bow to pre-market pressure and lower the price for their Etios. Hyundai goes the other way and is betting that they will be able to command higher prices. In their first...
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BMW To Build Plant In Brazil After New Laws Finalized
With Brazil’s national auto policy finalized, BMW has decided to go ahead with plans for an assembly plant in the country. With sales of BMW cars up since 2009, a local factory seemed like a solid...
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Volkswagen Shrunk The Tiguan, Now Taigun (Jumbo Picture Gallery)
Volkswagen will roll out its new NFS, MQB, MLB and MSB kit architectures to Brazil, Volkswagen do Brasil chief Thomas Schmall told Automobilwoche [sub]. The first representative will likely be a very...
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BMW To Build Cars In Brazil
Today, BMW confirmed what you could read here last week: The Bavarians will build a BMW factory in Brazil. BMW submitted an investment plan to the Brazilian government, BMW says. Subject to government...
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Volkswagen Under Attack In Brazil. Here is The Order Of Battle
According to Bloomberg, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn claimed that “Brazil is very much a cornerstone” in VW’s push to become the world’s largest car maker by 2018. Herr Winterkorn is in São Paulo...
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Brazilians Will Get (Very Expensive) Cadillacs
“The rich are becoming richer in Brazil,” GM South American chief Jaime Ardila told Reuters, Therefore, “it’s time to start thinking about bringing Cadillac to Brazil.” The Caddys will be very...
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Marcelo’s Multi-Picture Report From The São Paulo Auto Show
Brazil is now the world’s fourth largest market. With sales of almost 4 million cars, the magical 5 million mark is not a mirage anymore. Accordingly, São Paulo, Latin America’s second largest city and...
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Protectionism Hurts GM’s Business
Attention pro-protectionists: Protectionism creates problems for one of your most favorite companies. GM wants to bring its new Chevrolet Trax SUVlet to Brazil, but Brazil is giving GM a hard time,...
View ArticleUAW: Brazil Has It Better Than America
According to the Brazilian enthusiast site webmotors, the UAW has come on down for the São Paulo Auto Show for the first time ever. Could it be that they were interested in checking out the product...
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