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Uno, Doblo and Grand Siena will only be manufactured until the end of 2021. New legislation overturns the three Fiat models, as happened in 2014 with Volkswagen's Kombi
2021 has been a year of terror for the automotive industry, which has been marked by a stoppage in production, due to the lack of semiconductors, the increasingly high prices of new and used cars and the departure of several models from the Brazilian market. In addition, the year was marked by the departure of Ford, which ended its production of vehicles in January, and the Ka, Ka Sedan and EcoSport cars said goodbye as soon as their respective stocks ran out. Already the multinational Fiat will have to end the production of Uno, Doblo and Grand Siena. The list continues to grow and classics such as Gol, Voyage and Saveiro by Volkswagen also have their days numbered in Brazil.
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This is because, as of January 2022, a new phase of Proconve, the L-7, will come into effect, and the three models of the Italian automaker will disappear due to the new requirements for environmental control emissions, just as happened in 2014 with the iconic Volkwsagen Kombi, due to the requirement for airbags and ABS brakes. Check out the video below:
Other darlings in Brazil have also retired, as is the case with the C3 and the Aircross, by Citroën; Up, from Volkswagen; Montana by Chevrolet; and Toyota's Etios Hatch and Sedan. As if this crisis were not enough, the multinational Fiat will have to end production of the Uno, Doblo and Grand Siena.
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The list doesn't stop there. According to journalist Fernando Calmon, who is a columnist for AutoPapo Portal, the “older brothers” Gol, Voyage and Saveiro will survive until 2024 and their replacements are already under development.
The list will grow in the coming months. Check out four cars whose days are numbered in Brazil
Volkswagen Fox: Launched in 2003, the hatch emerged as an option for the VW Gol, with a taller body, and was even exported to Europe and, according to Calmon, will no longer be offered in our market in December. The journalist also states that the “older brothers” Gol, Voyage and Saveiro will survive until 2024 and their replacements are already in development.
Fiat Uno: the darling of Brazil, which had its latest generation launched in the country in May 2010, will cease to be manufactured in Betim (MG) on December 31st. However, the compact hatchback will remain on sale for a period in early 2022, while supplies last. His farewell will be a kind of second farewell: the first generation Uno, renamed as Mille, ceased to be manufactured at the end of 2013 and is still revered today.
Grand Siena: while the Fiat Argo “killed” the Palio, the arrival of Cronos, in February 2018, did not spell the end of the Grand Siena. The Palio-derived sedan remains in line until today, in a single version and with 1.0 and 1.4 flex engine options.
Double: Like the Uno, the multivan will no longer be manufactured in Minas Gerais at the end of this year, to continue for sale as long as there is stock. Its replacement will be Cronos, which will gain a simpler version to continue serving the same clientele. Launched in Brazil 20 years ago, the Doblò multivan had the last major update at the end of 2009, when it received the look it maintains to this day. Even with the advance of SUVs in consumer preference, the model resists as the only one in its category in Brazil.
After Chevrolet, Ford and Volkswagen, multinational Fiat suspends vehicle production at its factory and puts 1900 employees on collective vacation
After the departure of the automaker Ford from Brazil, the global supply crisis and the pandemic, which caused car factories such as Chevrolet, Honda, Audi (Volkswagen), Scania, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, Renault and Nissan to suspend vehicle production, arrived even automaker Fiat and the country's auto industry could collapse.
Fiat did not inform the volume of vehicles that will cease to be produced, nor the models most impacted by this stoppage. In March, the automaker also had to stop production for the same reason.
The multinationals Chevrolet, Volkswagen and Fiat treat what happened as a suspension, and not a definitive closure of production in Brazil.
