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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has reached a milestone of 400,000 buses sold in the country since 1956, when the company began producing buses in its São Bernardo do Campo plant, São Paulo. From then on, the company has experienced a solid growth path being the traditional market leader for many years in the internal sales with 53% market share in September 2010.
Mercedes Milestone bus Brazil
This milestone coincides with the delivery to Viação Cometa of a O 500 RSD chassis which marks this milestone in sales. This vehicle is one of the 123 chassis O 500 units acquired by this customer in 2010.
The purchase of 123 units of the O 500 chassis represents also one of the largest volume sales of our brand intercity buses this year. With a market share of over 50%, the Daimler is the market leader in bus sales. The Brazilian operation is an important contributor of Daimler Buses worldwide
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil claims to be the largest bus and truck manufacturer in Latin America and the biggest plant of the brand"s vehicles outside Germany. The Brazilian plant is also the Daimler center for the development and production of bus chassis. Furthermore, it has also the largest Technological Development Center of Commercial Vehicles in Latin America.
The company offers over 20 models for the different demands of urban and intercity passenger transportation. This supply includes models that go from minibuses, microbuses or conventional bus chassis to heavy vehicles, such as the intercity bus chassis and the articulated vehicles for large passenger volumes.
With the sale of more than 12,000 bus chassis from January to September 2010, Mercedes-Benz continues as the Brazilian market leader, holding a market share of approximately 53%. This sales volume is 40% higher than that of the same period last year.