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Despite the poor performance of auto sales in Latin America countries
such as Mexico and Argentina, Colombia keep growing sales of cars as Brazil,
with 2.7% growth with 263,700 units in 2019. Colombia also leads in EV/HEV
sales gains. The forecast for 2020 is that sales will continue growing at the
same rate.
PSR Analysis: Pent up demand for vehicles coupled with a strong economy is expected to keep the car market in Colombia growing. The currency devaluation in 2019 affected the market, since a significant portion of vehicles are imported or assembled in Colombia under the CKD model. It is an important time for exports from Brazil, that went through currency devaluation as well and for local producers such as GM Colmotores and Hino. PSR
Tupy S.A., a Brazilian-based manufacturer of engineered cast iron structural components, today said it has agreed to acquire FCA’s global cast iron automotive components business, which is operated through FCA’s subsidiary Teksid S.p.A.
PSR Analysis: With the acquisition of the Italian cast iron foundry, the Brazilian company will have almost 10% of the global sales in the segment with a combined revenue in the range of 7 billion Reais (approximately $ 1.8 billion USD. PSR
Tupy says this deal will expand its presence in key segments of the global capital goods industry and will expand its potential for growth in machining and engineering services.
Carlos Briganti, managing director of South American
operations for Power Systems Research, will discuss, trends and production volumes
for the national market of commercial and off-road vehicles at a seminar on
Commercial Vehicle Perspectives sponsored by Autodata Dec. 3, 2019.
Our team at Power Systems Research, as a lead global Market Intelligence Company and specialized in Propulsion Systems and Powertrain for Vehicles and Equipment, is frequently asked about the future of Diesel Engines.
It is impossible to provide a complete answer for this question due to the wide range of applications, as well as the excellent performance and versatility of Diesel Engines.
Thus, in this article we focus on the Diesel Engine application in Commercial Vehicles in metropolitan areas, and more specifically, in Urban Buses.
Scania displayed CNG trucks and biogas production systems at its booth as a clear bet on this technology growing against Diesel in Brazil. At FENATRAN, the 22nd International Road Cargo Transport Trade Show, it sold its first regular production R 410 fueled by CNG to RN Logistics. The truck will operate at the São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro route.
The Ford production plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP will be acquired by the COCA Group.
During a meeting with governor João Doria, CAOA group, that currently assembly Hyundai cars and Chery-CAOA cars in Brazil, announced the acquisition of Ford Plant in São Bernardo do Campo-SP.
In July 2019, 92,000 motorcycles were produced in Brazil, up
sharply from the 68,000 units produced in June 2019. January to July production
was 629,000, 6.3% above the 592,000 units produced in the same period of 2018.
