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Recife - Volkswagen Trucks and Busses, subsidiary of the German giant in Brazil, announced yesterday (19), in the city of Resende, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, an investment worth US$ 436.3 million in Brazil to set up an exports platform to the Middle East and South Africa. The expansion of the industrial plant, installed in Rio de Janeiro since 1997, will create a new work shift (directed exclusively to exports), with a physical enlargement of 20%. The new hit by Volkswagen in the Arab market will be the Constellation line, vehicles with cargo capacity of above 43 tonnes.
The Constellation line of trucks is formed by the models VW 19.320 Titan Tractor, VW 17.250 and VW 24.250. "The development project for this new line involved more than 200 professionals and consumed more than 7 million kilometres in tests in South America, Africa and Europe," says Roberto Cortes, CEO at Volkswagen Trucks and Busses, which manufactures trucks 25 models and nine different bus chassis for the domestic market, as well as specific products for other countries. In the Constellation line project alone some US$ 283.6 million were invested.
For the while, the VW trucks will be exported ready to the Middle East. As of next year, however, they will be shipped in semi-dismantled modules for the final assembly in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. As was reported by ANBA in December 2004, a trade agreement signed between Volkswagen and the emirate's state-owned company Mubadala Development Company foresees an industrial unit with the capacity of manufacturing up to 3,000 vehicles per year, with an investment of 40 million euros (almost US$ 50 million, by the current exchange values).
Still according to the Volkswagen Trucks and Busses CEO, the industrial plants in Resende and Abu Dhabi - to which another will be added, in the future, in South Africa - will be responsible for meeting the demand in the entire southern hemisphere of the planet. "These three units will answer, in the next five years, for the exports to 30 countries," reveals Cortes.
The new line of trucks Constellation was born out of the association between German and Brazilian engineers. The highlights are the daring design and comfort unknown up to now in the category. The new bunk cabin and the high ceiling have a modern design, functional attributes and a great number of items that ensure convenience in the series vehicles. Inside the cabin, a 1.95 metre tall person can stand upright and may rest comfortably in a 2 metre-long bed.
Entirely designed in digital stations at the Volkswagen Design Centre in Wolfsburg, it offers strict ergonomics standards, due to the use of new technological tools. The great size and strength of the lines of the cabins make out of the Constellation a vehicle of easy recognition, even at a distance. At night, the headlights' exclusive design differentiates the model.
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