Volkswagen Truck & Bus

Once the AutoLatina marriage fell through, Volkswagen Group had no factory for its trucks and their parts, so the Resende plant was built in 1995.

[4] The Modular Consortium is the group of main suppliers that make the parts, and assembles them for Volkswagen Truck and Bus on site in the Resende factory.

[3] The Modular Consortium comprises these companies: Most of the early sales of the Truck and Bus chassis' operations were mainly within South America; with the exception of small exportations to China and the Middle East.

All Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus vehicles are built in the Resende, Brazil factory and sent in semi knocked down (SKD) kits to Uitenhage in South Africa and Puebla in Mexico.

[3] Established in 2002 10 km from Resende the assembly plant, the BMB Mode Center is responsible for modifications to the truck and bus range that cannot be done on the production line.

[11] The Volkswagen Constellation 18.310 Titan tractor unit is used;[11] they are driven by Renato Martins,[11] Felipe Giaffone,[11] Walmir Benavides[11] and Débora Rodrigues.

The first Volkswagen Truck – the 1981 13.130
A Constellation pace truck leading the field at the 2006 Curitiba round of the Brazilian Fórmula Truck championship