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Volkswagen Truck & Bus

Less, you don’t want; more, you don’t need

High quality, advanced technology, and the tailor-made requirements for demanding areas – these features are combined in commercial vehicles from Volkswagen Truck & Bus.

Its light, medium, and heavy trucks for long-haul and distribution transportation, as well as its urban, intercity, and touring buses, are tailored to markets like Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

Volkswagen Truck & Bus also offers after-sales services and digital solutions, which are likewise perfectly designed for growth markets.

  1. 1981

    The former Chrysler operations sold to the VW Group in Brazil officially becomes the company Volkswagen Caminhões with the first VW trucks in the world.

  2. 1993

    The first Volksbus bus chassis is presented to the Latin American markets.

  3. 1996

    After a construction period of just 153 days, the present-day main factory opens in Resende, Brazil.

  4. 2004

    A second plant, in Mexico, starts production.

  5. 2020

    Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus reaches the milestone of one million vehicles produced.

  6. 2022

    Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus becomes Volkswagen Truck & Bus.

Volkswagen Truck & Bus has grown constantly since its beginnings more than 40 years ago. Today, two plants produce a wide range of commercial vehicles, from light to extra-heavy-duty trucks and buses.

In 2020, the company achieved a milestone: one million vehicles produced.

Volkswagen Truck & Bus is continuing to research new technologies for a more sustainable future. Volkswagen Truck & Bus is the first company in South America to develop and produce an all-electric truck.

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