Autolatina

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AutoLatina

Company type	Private
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1987
Defunct	1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Headquarters	General Pacheco São Bernardo do Campo
Number of locations	Argentina Brazil
Parent	Volkswagen do Brasil (51%) Ford Brasil (49%)

AutoLatina was a joint venture between Volkswagen do Brasil (Volkswagen Group) (51%) and Ford Brasil (Ford Motor Company) (49%) in South America. The main reason for the joint venture was because of the bad economic situation at the time.

Four divisions made AutoLatina in July 1987, these were Ford of Argentina, Ford Brasil (Ford of Brasil), Volkswagen Argentina, and Volkswagen do Brasil.

Volkswagen managed the car division, and Ford managed the truck division.

This meant the two companies were sharing models. These included:

• Ford Verona / Volkswagen Apollo
• Ford Escort Mk V / Volkswagen Pointer
• Ford Orion / Volkswagen Logus
• Volkswagen Santana / Ford Galaxy/Versailles
• Volkswagen Quantum / Ford Royale

The AutoLatina company was dissolved in December 1995.

References

1. ↑ Pereira Filho, Arthur (1994-12-02). "Ford e Volks anunciam fim da Autolatina; Nova direção" [Ford and VW announce the end of Autolatina; new directions]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-11-06.
2. ↑ Bradsher, Keith (1997-05-16). "After Latin Venture Fails, VW Succeeds And Ford Scrambles (Published 1997)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-12.

Other websites

• Autolatina on Lexicar Brasil