FORD. FORD in BRAZIL
Ford Brasil Ltda., Av do Taboao, 899, Predio I, 1 ander,
São Bernando do Campo - São Paulo 09655-900, Brazil tel. +5511/7548855, 41748855, fax +5511/7548080,
http://www.ford.com.br
FORD KA
FORD FIESTA STREET
FORD FIESTA SEDAN
FORD ECOSPORT
Models produced in Brazil: Ka,
Fiesta Street, Fiesta, Fiesta Sedan / Fiesta Max, EcoSport, Courier pick-up,
F250 / F350 pick-up (Cabine Dupla, Cabine Simple); models produced in
Argentina: Focus (hatchback, sedan), Ranger pick-up; models produced in Belgium:
Mondeo.
Production volume in Brazil in 2003 - 186,921 passenger vehicles
and 19,061
pick-ups.
Between 1919
and 1930, Ford assembled T and
A passenger models in Brazil, then went on to assemble and finally produce
(since 1957)
trucks
and pick-ups. Only in November 1966 did the passenger Galaxie debut. In October 1967, Ford took over
Willys-Overland do Brasil, which produced Jeep vehicles in the years 1954-83, the cross-country
Rural station wagon from 1956 to 1977, the Willys Renault Dauphine / Gordini in the years 1959-68, between 1960 and 1971 -
passenger Willys
cars, and the Jeep Pickup / F75 in the years 1960-83. The Ka with a 1.0-liter 65 hp plant or a 1.6-liter 95 hp in the Ka XR
version was launched in 1997. The old Fiesta, restyled in 2000 and called the Street since 2002, has been produced
since 1996.
The
vehicle with a 1.0-liter 66 hp power plant comes as a 3- or 5-door hatchback. The new
5-door Fiesta with a 1.0-liter
66 hp unit, a 1.0-liter
95 hp turbocharged engine, or a petrol-alcohol 1.6-liter 105-111 hp engine (maximum
speed - 150,
176 or 174 km/h, respectively)
came out in 2002. Production of the new Fiesta Sedan with a 1.0-liter 66 hp plant, a
1.0-liter 95 hp turbo, a petrol-alcohol 1.6-liter 105-111 hp unit, exported as
the Fiesta Max with 1.6-liter
98 hp and 1.4-liter 68 hp TD engines, was
initiated in September 2004. The original SUV EcoSport, based on the Ford Fusion
and featuring 1.0-liter
95 hp, 1.6-liter 98 hp, petrol--alcohol 1.6-liter 105-111 hp or 2.0-liter 143 hp engines, debuted
at the 2002
São Paolo Motor Show and has been produced since January
2003. The EcoSport 4x4 is offered with a
2.0-liter 143 hp power plant only. The Courier pick-up (with a 1.6-liter 95 hp engine) based on
the Fiesta was released in 1997. The large F250 pick-ups (with a 4.2-liter 180 hp diesel) and F350
(with a 3.9-liter 141 hp turbo diesel) have been produced since 1998.
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