CUTSCA (Compañía Uruguaya de Transporte Colectivo SA), one of the largest urban transport companies in Uruguay, is operating 147 new Mercedes-Benz OH 1721 Euro 5 buses equipped with fully automatic Allison Torqmatic® T 270R™ transmissions in the capital, Montevideo, and surrounding cities. The delivery in January marked CUTSCA’s first acquisition of low-floor architecture buses, following […]

A collaboration between Mercedes-Benz/Brazil and Allison Transmission will see 30 Mercedes-Benz OH 1420 buses fully upgraded for Transport Board, the public transport company in the Caribbean country of Barbados. The buses are being fitted with new MB Euro 3 electronic engines, which replace old mechanical injection pump engines, and new Allison T270R™ fully automatic transmissions, […]

Valuables transportation company, Protege Group of São Paulo, selects Allison transmissions for the first time – on Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz light trucks. The Protege Group, a prominent securities transportation specialist in Brazil, has specified its first fully automatic transmission as part of a pilot project to evaluate new armoured cash transport trucks. Two armoured high-value […]

First Volare Access models sold to international market feature a capacity for 31 passengers and fully automatic Allison transmissions SÃO PAULO – Volare, a leading Brazilian manufacturer of small buses, recently sold 35 of its Volver Access school buses to Dubai Taxi Co.’s School Bus Division in the United Arab Emirates. The exported model is […]

New application with Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus is expected to commence testing in pilot fleets in 2018 Allison Transmission has announced that Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus will be using the Allison automatic transmission in its fully electric e-Delivery truck. Volkswagen’s e-Delivery is the first fully electric truck developed in Brazil and is equipped with an Allison […]

New order brings to 260 total Allison-equipped fire trucks in State of São Paulo fleet SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Demanding greater agility in urban traffic to improve response times, São Paulo Fire Corps recently acquired 81 new fire trucks equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions. The São Paulo Fire Corps now has 260 Allison-equipped trucks, […]

Fully automatic Allison T 3270 xFE™ offers new solution for urban passenger transportation in Brazil Mercedes-Benz Brazil’s new OF 1721 L front engine bus, equipped with an Allison fully automatic transmission, was shown at Lat.Bus & Transpublico 2018, the Latin American Transport Fair (July 31st to August 2nd) at the Transamérica Expo Center, in Sāo […]

Fire engine equipped with an Allison Automatic was designed to meet the industry needs for an exceptionally high-reaching and responsive emergency vehicle Demanding greater manoeuvrability and compatibility with firefighting accessories, specialty vehicle maker Triel-HT Group has chosen an Allison 4500 fully automatic transmission for its turntable ladder truck with a 42 metre reach. A Scania […]