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Brazil's E100 Drives Innovative Fuel Injection A few weeks ago Rio de Janeiro landed the 2016 Olympics largely thanks to the fact that Brazil is climbing up the rank of nations. It has grown to become the 10th largest economy in the world and a key reason has to do with the country's energy policy. By committing heavily to ethanol, Brazil no longer imports oil to make fuel. That means the country now has a trade surplus and a positive balance of payments. The economy is growing while unemployment is dropping. Ethanol doesn't get all the ... Read more →

SPOILER ALERT: The Fat Lady Sings at the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Noah Joseph

"Everything can change in a New York minute." It's a good thing Don Henley wrote his hit song twenty years before this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. Because "in an Interlagos minute" just ...

Parabéns! Fiat Automóveis builds its 10,000,000th vehicle in Brazil Noah Joseph

There are milestones, and then there are milestones. Last week, Fiat's Brazilian division celebrated the big mamma: 10 million vehicles produced. The Italian automaker has been building cars and ...

GM not sending any bailout money to Brazilian operation Sam Abuelsamid

A story has surfaced on the Latin American Herald Tribune (a publication we hadn't previously heard of) stating that General Motors was planning to invest $1 billion in it's Brazilian operations to ...

Fiat to unveil Bugster concept in Sao Paulo, Brazil Noah Joseph

South America is a vital market for Fiat, and with the Sao Paulo International Auto Show coming up, the Italian automaker's Brazilian subsidiary has cooked up an intriguing concept. Called the ...

VIDEO: Audi's "The Art of Performance" 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Audi R8. A few of the Autoblog crew are former (or current) musicians that have tempered our insatiable lust for all-things-automotive with a healthy appreciation of the aural arts. So whenever an automaker attempts to combine the two, we're keenly ...

Mitsubishi L200 Savana snorkels into Brazil 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a high-res gallery of the L200 Savana This week, Mitsubishi's Brazilian operation announced the return of the L200 Savana (the model had been previously available). While it shares its name with the snazzy-looking L200/Triton sold in many other markets (including Brazil), the ...

Ford Edge headed to Brazil 1 year ago on Autoblog

It seems like America is the only place where American cars aren't popular. Buick has huge numbers in China, and Ford's having a lot of success in Brazil. Sales of the Fusion sedan took off to the point that it now leads the midsize segment there. Riding high on the Fusion's success, Ford's sending ...

Holden recalls 86,000 Zetas equipped with V6 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM's Australian subsidiary Holden has recalled 86,000 rear-wheel-drive Zeta cars with the V6 engine to correct a potential fuel leak that could lead to fires. The CNN Money article says that the recall doesn't impact the Pontiac G8, GM's North American Zeta variant, because that car's underhood ...

Honda ramping up CR-V production in Mexico 1 year ago on Autoblog

The small utility vehicle market is booming right now, and there may be none better in the non-luxury space than the fuel-sipping Honda CR-V. Honda has to be thrilled with their little 'ute, mostly because customers are snatching up the vehicle with little or no incentives, and it's far and away ...

Three-Way Title Race comes to a close at Brazilian Grand Prix 2 years ago on Autoblog

Fans had been looking forward to it for years, and now it's come to a close. For 2007, Formula One stepped out of the dominating shadow of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, the first season since his retirement, and came to today's final race of the season in a close three-way battle ...

Yep, trolls are ugly: Brazil's Troller Pantanal 2 years ago on Autoblog

In all fairness, we know there is a designer out there who felt his or her work met the requirements for the design brief: Keep it simple, stupido. The obvious emphasis of this Brazilian appliance is to haul stuff in a no-frills manner. The Troller Pantanal is a functional full-size pickup that ...

Ford trolling for new Brazilian products 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford operates three factories in Brazil where it has a 12% market share. According to a Detroit News article in July, 20% of Ford's 2005 worldwide profit came from its Brazilian operations. But it looks like hefty competition from the usual suspects (Honda, GM, Toyota) have the Blue Oval looking ...

Nissan and Suzuki mulling more partnerships 3 years ago on Autoblog

Apparently the partnership between Suzuki and Nissan is one that both sides like. So much so that they are already discussing additional future collaborations. We have already reported about the Suzuki-built, Nissan-badged Moco minicar, the Nissan-built, Suzuki-badged Jimny from Thailand, and then ...

SPOILER ALERT: Ups and Downs at Brazilian GP season closer 3 years ago on Autoblog

The 2006 Formula One season came down to a nail-biting final race in Sao Paulo, Brazil today, as hometown hero Felipe Massa sailed to the checkered flag and reigning champion Fernando Alonso claimed his second consecutive title with a comfortable second place podium finish. Despite having ...

Chevy shows Prisma Y Concept at San Paulo show 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Sao Paulo auto show in Brazil continues to kick out some interesting concepts below 0° lattitude. Following the Fiat FCC Adventure Concept we showed you prior, Chevy unveiled the Prisma Y Concept yesterday. The vehicle looks decidedly more production ready than the Fiat, and a little bit ...

Fiat Brazil showing FCC Adventure concept in Sao Paulo 3 years ago on Autoblog

Fiat's Brazilian division, Fiat Automoveis, has prepped this concept car for the Sao Paulo Auto Show. The Fiat Concept Coupe (FCC) Adventure is a crossover, off-road coupe, that combines rugged styling with a swept-back, insanely raked windshield for a sportscar-on-'roids look. The FCC Adventure ...

RR of the Day: Escort abroad 3 years ago on Autoblog

Since it seems like most of the mainstream automotive news will be dominated with comment and analysis of Ford's WF 2.0 plan today, we thought we'd dig up something with a blue oval on it for today's RR of the Day. This car is a Brazilian 1991 Ford Escort XR3 Formula. It represents some of the ...

VW recalls Brazilian cars 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen AG has issued a second recall in Brazil. According to the German automaker's Brazilian branch, it has discovered cracks in the fuel injector system which would need to be replaced. Affected vehicles include the CrossFox (pictured), Fox, Golf, Kombi, Polo, and SpaceFox. In total, over ...

Brazil's flex-fuel vehicle market share drops - to "only" 76 percent 3 years ago on Autoblog

May new vehicle sales in Brazil were up 25 percent year-over-year, but the market share of flex-fuel vehicles fell for the second month in a row, to a mere 76.3 percent of the total. The sale of flex-fuel cars fell a fraction of a percent as ethanol prices rose, but the next sugar cane harvest is ...

Fiat celebrates two-millionth Palio 3 years ago on Autoblog

Italian automaker is celebrating its two-millionth Palio. The historic econobox rolled off of the company's assembly line in Brazil, one of five facilities that produce the Palio around the globe-- the car is also assembled in China, South Africa, Turkey and India. Finished in ELX trim and ...

India is Toyota's litmus test for inexpensive cars 3 years ago on Autoblog

Last month we reported how Toyota Motor Corp. found itself at a disadvantage in emerging markets such as Brazil and India where cost is a top priority among buyers. Toyota, the automotive equivalent of an irrresistable force, is not deterred. The newspaper Nihon Keizai reports the company has plans ...

If Peugeot plants a tree in the forest, will it offset the CO2 in the atmosphere? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Six years on, French automaker Peugeot is finally seeing one of its environmental initiatives bear fruit... so to speak.  The manufacturer actually began a forestry project back in 1999 by embarking on a plan to build a living 'carbon sink,' in the form of two million ...

Friday Flashback: Comely, curvy 30-something Brazilian with German accent on the prowl abroad 3 years ago on Autoblog

Not ringing a bell, is it? For those who can't think of a Volkswagen-branded sportscar older than the Corrado or Scirocco, a brief history lesson is in order. The attractive VW SP2 was built by the automaker's Brazilian arm for the domestic market between 1972 and 1976. A total of 10,205 SP2s ...

Volkswagen going 100-percent flex-fuel in Brazil 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen is brooming its entire lineup of gasoline-only powered vehicles in Brazil by the end of the year. The automaker will instead gravitate towards flex-fuel drivetrains that on ethanol, gasoline, or a mix thereof. VW was the first automaker to launch a flexible-fuel powertrain back in ...

How automakers are arming the Chinese car invasion 3 years ago on Autoblog

How important is the Chinese market to such automakers as Volkswagen, Honda and General Motors? Important enough that virtually every major automaker is not only building modern plants in the Middle Kingdom but sharing their proprietary technologies. The Toyota Prius, for example, is assembled in ...

Toyota struggling in emerging markets 3 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota Motor may be eating other automakers' lunch in North America and Europe, but it's having problems developing a successful strategy for emerging markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Established automakers around the world are rushing to plant a flag in these markets of the future, but ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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