Daimler Buses Posts Important Large Orders in Latin America
 Mercedes-Benz articulated bus in Quito, Ecuador: Daimler Buses provides Ecuadorian capital, Quito, with 40 new Mercedes-Benz articulated bus chassis units. The new vehicles will be operated in the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system in Quito, where urban buses run in dedicated bus lanes to provide fast passenger transport. |
- Daimler supplies Brazilian metropolis of Salvador with 180 Mercedes-Benz bus chassis for renewal of its urban public transport fleet
- Total of over 430 Mercedes-Benz buses sold since 3rd quarter 2014 to local operators in Salvador
- In a continuously challenging market environment, Daimler Buses increases its market share in Brazil
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Further important orders for Daimler Buses in Latin America including articulated buses for Bus Rapid Transit in Quito, Ecuador
STUTTGART/SAO PAOLO -- July 24, 2015: Daimler Buses
received large orders for urban buses of the brand with the star in the
metropolises of Latin America, such as in Brazil's third-largest city,
Salvador da Bahia, which ordered 180 bus chassis units from the Daimler
subsidiary Mercedes-Benz do Brasil as part of the renewal of its urban
fleet. Since September 2014, a total of over 430 Mercedes-Benz bus chassis
units have been sold to local operators in Salvador. Daimler Buses is
market leader in the Brazilian bus market. In a continuously challenging
market environment, Daimler Buses has significantly increased its share of
the Brazilian market in the first half-year of 2015 to 52.9 percent
(previous year: 45.6 percent).
Hartmut
Schick, Head of Daimler Buses: “The orders show that our buses are
popular even in the current difficult market environment of Latin America.
With their quality, safety and robustness, our Mercedes-Benz bus chassis
precisely meet the requirements of our customers in Latin America's urban
passenger transport sector.”
Further important large orders for Daimler Buses in
Ecuador and Peru
Daimler Buses
received another large order from the Ecuadorian capital, Quito. There were
40 new Mercedes-Benz articulated bus chassis units delivered. The
Mercedes-Benz articulated buses are highly versatile and durable, which
makes them especially suitable for the steep grades encountered on the
streets of Quito. The new vehicles will be used on two out of a total of
five Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) routes. Extending over 20 kilometers each,
the two bus routes, Ecovía-Sur Oriental and Trolebús, transport up to
270,000 passengers a day. Under the efficient BRT system, urban buses run
in dedicated bus lanes to provide fast passenger transport in cities. The
BRT transport system in Ecuador's capital, Quito, has been in operation for
20 years.
Daimler has posted another
large order in Peru, one of the most important export markets for bus
chassis units from Mercedes-Benz do Brasil. The Peruvian passenger and
freight transport company Movil Tours has ordered 30 new touring coaches
for overland transport. In recent years, Daimler has sold an average of
around 700 units per year in Peru, where it leads the local bus market with
a share of over 25 percent.
Production network for commercial vehicles in Latin
America
In June of this year,
Daimler opened a new assembly plant in Funza, Colombia, which supplies
Mercedes-Benz bus chassis units to the Colombian market as well as to other
export markets in Latin Americain the future. The production network in
Latin America is controlled by the Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz do
Brasil. In addition to thethree production sites in Brazil, the integrated
production network also includes the Argentinian plant in Buenos Aires and
the Colombian plantin Funza near Bogotá. With a total of five production
sites, Daimler is thus the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in
Latin America. Daimler Buses is in this way preparing to meet the growing
demand for efficient BRT mobility solutions in the region's main
cities.