Troller Veículos Especiais S/A

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company_name = Troller Veículos Especiais S/A
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company_type = Subsidiary of Ford do Brasil
foundation = 1995
founder = Rogério Farias
location = flagicon|BRA Horizonte, Ceará, Brazil
area_served = Latin America
key_people = Mário Araripe
industry = Manufacturing
products = Cars
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homepage = [http://www.troller.com.br/ Official Site]
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Troller Veículos Especiais S/A (Troller) is a manufacturer of jeeps in Brazil. It was founded in 1995, in Horizonte, Ceará. Troller T4 3.0 Turbodiesel is Troller's flagship. It has featured successfully in several rally races around the world, including the Paris Dakar Rally.

Name

The name Troller is a non-official Brazilian Portuguese adaptation of the English word troll.cite web | title = História | This vehicle is not to be mistaken with the Jeep Wrangler TJ, an off-road vehicle produced by Chrysler. url=https://www.troller.com.br/site.php?area1=sobre& area2=sobreaempresa_sobre_a_troller.swf | accessdate = 2008-07-14 | publisher=Troller | language=Portuguese]

History

The Troller company started in 1995, by Rogério Farias.cite web | title = Troller | url=http://www.inova.unicamp.br/inventabrasil/troller.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-14 | publisher=Inova UNICAMP | language=Portuguese] In April 1996, the first prototype was built. In 1997, Troller was bought by the entrepreneur Mário Araripe, who formed a partnership with Rogério Farias, and the first gasoline-powered T4s were built. The mass-production of the vehicles started in 1999, when a factory was built.

In 2005, a manufacturing plant opened in the African country of Angola to build the T4 for the African market.cite web | title = Troller vai exportar tecnologia | url=http://www.carroecia.com.br/noticia.asp?cod_noticia=8413&cod_grupo=6 | accessdate = 2008-07-14 | date = 2004-10-28 | publisher=Carro e Cia | language=Portuguese]

Ford do Brasil announced in January 2007 the acquisition of Troller for an undisclosed price.cite web | title = Ford to boost Brazilian operation | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6232653.stm | accessdate = 2007-01-06 | date = 2007-01-04 | publisher=BBC]

Important models

*Troller RF Esporte
*Troller T4 3.0 Turbodiesel
*Troller T4-M
*Troller Pantanal

References

External links

*pt icon [http://www.troller.com.br/ Official Site]