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Clumsy Rider Tips 4 Bikes in One Move
Clumsy Rider Tips 4 Bikes in One Move

8 May 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that bike domino is only a trick for the movies, here’s one really clumsy rider showing the world how it’s done in the real world. Truth be told, this 4-bike domino wou...

 
2014 Volkswagen Saveiro Cross Is a Funky Brazilian Pickup <span>· Video</span>
2014 Volkswagen Saveiro Cross Is a Funky Brazilian Pickup · Video

28 Mar 2014, 18:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What's with all the talk about Volkswagen working on a low-budget brant that can sell a car for under $8,000? Come on, haven't you guys heard about what they're selling in south Ameri...

 
New Ford Ka Spotted Testing in Brazil, to Be Launched Before World Cup
New Ford Ka Spotted Testing in Brazil, to Be Launched Before World Cup

27 Mar 2014, 09:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Ford has failed to win over European customers with the rebadged Fiat 500 it now sells as the Ka, the Blue Oval has something new planned. Going back to principles of affordability that made t...

 
8 of 10 Bikes Sold in Brazil Are Hondas
8 of 10 Bikes Sold in Brazil Are Hondas

19 Mar 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that Harley-Davidson’s over 50% US market share was amazing, here’s a new meaning to the term “market domination”. Brazilian motorcycle blog Moto Legal publish...

 
Hyundai HB20 Spied Testing in China
Hyundai HB20 Spied Testing in China

12 Mar 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Liana Nastase / The Chinese automobile market is in for a surprise as it seems that the Hyundai HB20 will be launched there in the near future, sometime in 2015. The subcompact hatchback vehicle is already ava...

 
Benelli Expands Brazilian Plant, Opens Store in Sao Paulo
Benelli Expands Brazilian Plant, Opens Store in Sao Paulo

14 Feb 2014, 08:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There's no secret in the growing interest emerging markets such as Brazil are looked at with by the motorcycle manufacturers, and iconic Italian brand Benelli makes no exception. Benelli announ...

 
Reckless Driver Smashes Bike Against the Wall
Reckless Driver Smashes Bike Against the Wall

12 Feb 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A sunny Brazilian afternoon in the outskirts of Sao Paulo tuned into nightmare for an innocent motorcycle driver. He was literally crashed into by a reckless driver, causing his bike to smash har...

 
Chinese Manufacturer Shineray Opens Plant in Brazil
Chinese Manufacturer Shineray Opens Plant in Brazil

30 Jan 2014, 14:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Chinese motorcycle manufacturer Shineray announces that it has started to build their first South American factory in Brazil. While Chinese bikes and scooters are not exactly highly popular in No...

 
Last VW Type 2 Kombi Made in Brazil Brought to Hannover Museum
Last VW Type 2 Kombi Made in Brazil Brought to Hannover Museum

29 Jan 2014, 12:43 UTC · By: Liana Nastase / Although vans aren’t the most attractive vehicles, this is not the case of Volkswagen’s Type 2 Kombi van Brazil as it attracted a lot of attention. This particular vehicle was set to ...

 
Well-Trained Brazilian Motorcycle Cops Chase and Apprehend Suspect
Well-Trained Brazilian Motorcycle Cops Chase and Apprehend Suspect

26 Jan 2014, 13:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Being a true motorcycle cop (and any cop, in fact) means so much more than riding a fat bike on patrol and looking more like like an uniform show-off. Thankfully, most of the biker cops are well-tra...

 
2014 MotoGP: Brazil Round May Be Dropped
2014 MotoGP: Brazil Round May Be Dropped

24 Jan 2014, 09:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While at the end of 2013 we were all happy to see the 2014 MotoGP season growing to include 19 rounds, it looks like things are slowly going back to the way they were last year, as the Brazilian cir...

 
Volkswagen Teases Up! Ahead of Brazilian Debut <span>· Updated</span>
Volkswagen Teases Up! Ahead of Brazilian Debut · Updated

10 Jan 2014, 16:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite the fact that it is well known that Volkswagen will be revealing its new Up! in Brazil this year,  the company decided on keeping  Volkswagen fans on their toes and released a teas...

 
Renault Sandero Learns the Brazilian Samba
Renault Sandero Learns the Brazilian Samba

31 Dec 2013, 10:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems that Renault wants to show drivers what its Sandero Stepway is all about. Therefore, they decided to shoot a video of this particular model and show how it exudes the same vibes as the exo...

 
Large Order For Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Brazil
Large Order For Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Brazil

18 Dec 2013, 17:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The men and women in charge of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil are probably having parties at work every month, especially those who lead the Daimler Trucks Latin America. We say this because there hasn&...

 
2014 MotoGP Calendar Updates
2014 MotoGP Calendar Updates

14 Dec 2013, 08:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dorna has released a new provisional MotoGP calendar for 2014, and the biggest change from the initial version is a shuffle between the three overseas rounds of the autumn, also known as the triple ...

 
2014 MotoGP: Official Pre-Season Testing Calendar Revealed
2014 MotoGP: Official Pre-Season Testing Calendar Revealed

10 Dec 2013, 13:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The dates of the 2014 pre-season testing for the MotoGP class have been revealed. Juts like this year, the two circuits to host the official tests are Sepang and Losail, in Malaysia and Qatar, respe...

 
Mercedes-Benz Receives Huge Bus Chassis Order in Brazil
Mercedes-Benz Receives Huge Bus Chassis Order in Brazil

3 Dec 2013, 18:56 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz do Brasil just got an order for no less than 500 bus chassis from the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system operators in Belo Horizonte. Being one of the twelve loca...

 
Renault Logan II Officially Launched in Brazil <span>· Video</span>
Renault Logan II Officially Launched in Brazil · Video

14 Nov 2013, 14:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first generation Renault Logan was launched in Brazil in 2007 and since then 210,000 units have been have been sold. Now, the ugly duckling is no more, replaced by the second generation model wh...

 
Horror Movie Screams and Laughter from Fallen Rider
Horror Movie Screams and Laughter from Fallen Rider

6 Nov 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is a bit disturbing. No gore or display of other gruesome things, but again, this is truly weird and freaky! This Brazilian fellow has just been involved in a motorcycle accident, but ...

 
Next Generation Volkswagen Fox Coming in 2016 With MQB Platform
Next Generation Volkswagen Fox Coming in 2016 With MQB Platform

29 Oct 2013, 17:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Take this with a grain of salt, or maybe a dozen grains of salt, but a report from Brazil's Automotive Business says the next generation VW Fox will be based on the new MQB platform, which so f...