Nissan GT-R Crash in Brazil
6 Feb 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A Nissan GT-R was involved in a serious crash that took place on Saturday afternoon in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with the supercar hitting the rear of a VW Polo sedan and subsequently landing in a dit...
Ford Invests in Brazil Plant to Build Next Ka
9 Dec 2011, 17:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The current ford Ka is already a bit old, if you can believe it... or not, and the 2010 Ford Start concept shown in Beijing last year actually shows the next version, coming in 2014. As part of thei...
Lamborghini Aventador Launched in Brazil
23 Nov 2011, 12:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Aventador virus is quickly spreading across the world, with the latest country to be infected being Brazil, where the supercar was recently launched. Lamborghini showcased the Aventador LP700...
Second Generation 2012 Fiat Palio Unveiled
6 Nov 2011, 11:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Fiat Palio badged was first introduced in 1977 when it was just a trim designation, but in 1997 it became a very successful hatch after its debut on the Brazilian market, where 2.5 million units...
Police Car Hits Smuglers' Airplane During Pursuit
4 Nov 2011, 09:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Police work can be both boring and explosive, it all depends on what you want to do. We are here to give you a video of a police attitude that should be inserted in the “dictionary” as t...
Rolls Royce Coming to South America the for First Time
24 Oct 2011, 11:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Famous british luxury brand Rolls Royce has announce that it will enter the South American market as part of its growing offensive to capture more of the emerging market share across the world. The ...
Nissan Announces Substantial Investment to Expand Brazil Production
6 Oct 2011, 22:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan will invest a total of $1.4 billion in coming years in order to boost one of its production lines near Rio de Janeiro, as the automaker wants to shift the assembly process away from Japan and...
MV Agusta Motorcycles Made in Brazil for Brazilian Market
27 Jun 2011, 11:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta has recently became the first manufacturer of its kind to produce in Brazil for their domestic market. Following a deal signed with Dafra Motors, the brand ...
Visteon to Expand Brazilian Tech Center
28 May 2011, 10:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now on a rebound following the financial difficulties of 2009, automotive supplier Visteon is looking to increase the range of products it offers by expanding the Tech Center it operates at the comp...
BMW Considering Assembly Plant in Brazil
19 Mar 2011, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The expanding markets in Asia and Latin America are making auto makers around the world consider moves that were previously regarded as fantasy. For now, Asia has pretty much captured the ...
Audi to Launch New Models to Overtake BMW
8 Mar 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The fight for the biggest luxury automaker is still making German chief executives scratch their heads for more powerful "weapons", but Audi seems to have found the winning strategy: launc...
Massa Admits Ferrari Team Orders Changed His Reputation
24 Feb 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Felipe Massa insisted that the recent team order saga he experienced at Ferrari the past season will not influence him going into the 2011 Formula 1 campaign. During a recent interview with Brazi...
Renault Sandero Pick-up Coming in 2012?
8 Feb 2011, 08:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault's Dacia has grown a lot in the last few years and that only means it could grow more in the near future. At least, this is what the French parent manufacturer believes so, in order to s...
Marchionne Wants Mexico-Built 500s in Brazil
27 Jan 2011, 15:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne was a very busy man in Detroit, making statement after statement about everything from minivans to SUVs. According to a recent just-auto article, he was also ...
Volkswagen Is Brazil’s Biggest Exporter in 2010
27 Jan 2011, 11:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has been Brazil’s biggest exporter of cars for some time now. Between 1987 and 1992, the automaker sold sedan and hatchback versions of the Gol (badged Fox) to the US and Canada. ...
Fiat Begins Build of the Suape Plant
29 Dec 2010, 06:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian manufacturer Fiat is ending the year with dreams of greatness and announced today that it had laid the foundation stone at the new plant it would erect in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. ...
Brazil Is Fourth Biggest Car Market in the World
23 Dec 2010, 08:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Brazil overtook Germany this year as the world’s fourth largest car market in the world. Foreign investors are still seeing a lot of growth potential, as the South American country is becoming...
BRIC Countries to Produce 37% of Global Output by 2016
16 Dec 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The sustained growth of world auto industry led by Brazil, Russia, India and China will continue until 2016 the least, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) presented at Brazilian au...
Fiat to Build Plant in Brazil
15 Dec 2010, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recently discovered love for the two Americas of Italian manufacturer Fiat is continuing to shape the automotive industry on the two continents. While in the north the tie-up with Chrysler bring...
Renault Fluence Debuts in Brazil
10 Dec 2010, 15:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French manufacturer Renault recently launched the Fluence sedan in Brazil to replace the ultra-popular Megane. The car will be offered with a price of $34,600 in Brazil for the entry level version, ...