Multinational Ford, which closed its factories in Brazil, will import around 30 cars per year, through the port of Vitória, produced in its factories abroad.

After ceasing to manufacture vehicles and closing its factories in Brazil, automaker Ford Motor starts importing vehicles through the Port of Vitória. Last week, 450 cars unloaded, who arrived in the State by the ship Torrens. It is estimated that approximately 30 cars will arrive in Brazil, via Espírito Santo, per year.

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Last Tuesday, May 18, the first vehicles from the American automaker arrived at the port of Vitória. Before, Ford brought its cars through Baixada Santista and Bahia.

Now, the Vila Velha Port Terminal (ES) will be Ford's only entry point in Brazil. According to Log-In Logística, the company responsible for the operation, the complex will receive, annually, around 28 thousand and 30 thousand cars from the American company.

The delivery was accompanied by Governor Renato Casagrande, who also saw the new vehicle storage and handling yard operated by LogIN TVV within the Port of Vitória.

“We came to accompany and celebrate the importance of importing Ford vehicles in Espírito Santo. There will be, in all, around 30 vehicles a year, imported here by the State, in addition to other brands, which are already imported here. This strengthens the economy of Espírito Santo, Vila Velha and also Cariacica. The more capacity to invest, the more capacity to create opportunities for capixabas”, he highlighted.

Ford chooses the Porto de Vitória complex due to better logistics and tax issues

A assembler Ford opted for the Porto de Vitória complex due to better distribution logistics and also due to tax issues. The state of Espírito Santo is a gateway well known and explored by large vehicle manufacturers.

The first batch to land, at the port, had 451 Territory units. In addition, the complex should receive a volume in excess of 20 Ranger units, which are imported from Argentina.

Not included, in the 30 cars planned, is the Transit van, which will be imported from Uruguay, however, it should end up entering Brazil by road.

The port will also have crossover models, which come from China, as well as Mustang models, manufactured in the USA, and the Bronco Sport, which is produced in Mexico. This quartet will place Ford in tenth place in the brand sales ranking in the domestic market, considering the 2020 numbers.

Caoa Chery sold just over 20 units last year, and if it does not exceed the aforementioned volume, it will not be able to remove Ford from the Top 10 brands. Last year alone, the automaker sold 139.255 vehicles.

With imports, Ford will focus on smaller sales, lean operation and greater added value of products.

In a move contrary to that of Ford, Volkswagen, the largest multinational vehicle manufacturer in the world, invests in production and in a factory in SP

In a move contrary to that of Ford, Pablo di Si, executive president of the multinational Volkswagen in Latin America, announced in an interview with Reuters, on the 7th, the commitment to launch a new cycle of investments in Brazil. According to the executive, the details of the investment will be announced at the end of the year by the Group's Global CEO, Herbert Diess.

According to Pablo di Si, “we have defined (the investment) and have already stopped production at our factory in Taubaté to prepare the new platform”. The executive did not give details of the products, but it is known that one of them is the Polo Track, the brand's new access model in Brazil.

The Taubaté factory currently produces two compact cars, the Sedan Voyage and the Gol hatchback.

So far this year, Volkswagen has become Brazil's best-selling brand, replacing General Motors Co (GM.N) after many years as, in part, GM production in Brazil has been stopped more often than not. that of Volkswagen by a global shortage of chips.

As well as the iconic Volkswagen Kombi, new legislation makes Fiat's Uno, Doblo and Grand Siena disappear this year

According to journalist Fernando Calmon, who is a columnist for Portal AutoPapo, the multinational Fiat will have to end production of the Uno, Doblo and Grand Siena. This is because, as of January 2022, a new phase of Proconve, the L-7, will take effect, and the three models of the Italian automaker will disappear due to the new emission requirements of environmental control, just as happened in 2014 with the iconic Volkwsagen Kombi, due to the requirement for airbags and ABS brakes.

According to Calmon, the Fiat factory doesn't think it's worth investing in new tanks and a power supply system for these cars to comply with the new evaporation limits from gasoline and ethanol tanks.