Thursday, June 26, 2025

How was the Fiat Uno so close to become nearly as much of a cultural icon in Brazil as the Volkswagen Beetle?

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A car which is often pointed out as die-hard and capable to handle some harsh conditions, also praised by its amount of internal space withi...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Honda VT 600 C/Shadow VLX, an icon which is no longer so easy to spot in a nearly-stock condition

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Made from 1988 to 2008 for international markets, while in Brazil despite some grey imports it started to be made locally in 1998 and phased...
Friday, May 02, 2025

3-door Brazilian converted Bricknose Ford

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Brazil used to have a very different car market, with artesanal double-cab conversions which used to be more family-oriented holding some po...
Thursday, May 01, 2025

American-styled ambulance with single rear wheels in Brazil

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Coachbuilt ambulances based on a cab-and-chassis truck are not nearly as common in Brazil as those based on vans, yet once in a while some m...
Monday, April 21, 2025

2nd-generation Toyota Innova, clearly deserved a chance on more international markets

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Introduced in 2015 as a replacement to the previous generation released in 2004, the second generation of the Toyota Innova remained in prod...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Brazilian Type-301 Variant II, often pointed out as the best air-cooled Volkswagen at the worst time

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With a short production run from '77 to '81, the Volkswagen Variant II was released during a time when Volkswagen was already trying...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Brazilian '76 Ford F-100 Bumpside factory-fitted with the 2.3L OHC 4-cylinder engine

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It's already well reported the Brazilian production run of the full-size Ford trucks/utes/bakkies usually were one or two generations be...
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Saturday, February 01, 2025

The 2nd-generation Chevrolet Trailblazer is an example of why it was a bad move from GM to retreat from most right-hand drive markets

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Initially released in 2012, made initially in Thailand and Brazil with additional production in India and Russia added at a later stage, the...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Was the Volkswagen Kombi at some moment more relevant than the Beetle itself?

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It's undeniable there would be no Kombi without the Beetle, but it's quite obvious the boxy bodyshell of the good ol' Kombi took...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Brazilian Chevrolet Alvorada

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Brazilian car manufacturing history had its fair share of country-specific models, often dictated by some local content regulations when pro...