- Autolatina
Autolatina was the name of a
joint venture betweenVolkswagen and Ford inSouth America .Four divisions Ford Argentina, Ford Brazil, Volkswagen Argentina and Volkswagen Brazil formed Autolatina in
1987 .Volkswagen had 51% of the company and Ford 49%,VW managed the Car Division and Ford the Truck Division.
This resulted in the two companies sharing badge engineered models. These included:
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Ford Verona /Volkswagen Apollo
*Ford Escort /Volkswagen Pointer
*Ford Orion /Volkswagen Logus
*VW Santana /Ford Versailles
*VW Quantum /Ford Royale The Autolatina venture was dissolved in
1995 .Truck Division
VW Trucks & Ford Trucks were built alongside each other in
Ipiranga Complex, both shared parts and platforms.The Truck Division also exported to US rebadged trucks to the
PACCAR Group, which were sold under theKenworth andPeterbilt labels.External links
* [http://www.autolatinaclube.cjb.net Autolatina Clube]
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