Volare (Brazil)
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| Industry | Automotive |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Minibus |
Number of employees | 1,485 (2011) |
| Parent | Marcopolo S.A. |
| Subsidiaries | Volare Veículos Ltda. |
| Website | volare.com.br |
Volare is a business unit focused on minibuses, belonging to Marcopolo S.A. It is headquartered in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Origin
[edit]The Volare product line was born in 1998, its embryo being the Marcopolo Volare, which was then a simple microbus model from Marcopolo. Aiming to expand this type of product, Marcopolo then transformed the project into a product line specifically designed for micro and minibuses.
Trajectory
[edit]Since its launch, Volare has made several releases using variations in configurations for minibuses, such as vehicles prepared for ambulances, firefighters, among others.[1]
The company sells vehicles with a chassis coupled to the body, these chassis being manufactured especially for it by Agrale.[2] In addition to Agrale, Volare also uses chassis from the W9, DW9, and DW9 Fly models, manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Furthermore, Volare also used chassis manufactured by Iveco, in the A6 model.
In 2016, the company launched its first van-configured vehicle, the Volare Cinco.
Product Line
[edit]Source:[3]
Current Models
[edit]- Urban and school buses
- 4x4 (2008 - present)
- Attack 8 (2018 - present)
- Attack 9 (2018 - present)
- Attack 10 (2018 - present)
- Fly 9 (2018 - present)
- Fly 10 (2018 - present)
- Fly 12 (2024 - present)
- Attack Hybrid (2025 - present)
- Access (2015 - present)
- Electric (2017 - present)
- Discontinued Models
- D.W. Series
- DW9 (2010 - 2021)
- DW9 Fly (2011 - 2021)
- V Series
- V5 (2005 - 2014)
- V6 (2005 - 2014)
- V6L (2005 - 2014)
- V8 (2005 - 2014)
- V8L (2008 - 2014)
- V9L (2015 - 2018)
- W Series
- W6 (2013 - 2018)
- W7 (2013 - 2018)
- W8 (2003 - 2018)
- W8 Fly (2011 - 2018)
- W8C (2015 - 2019)
- W9 (2005 - 2018)
- W9C (2016 - 2019)
- W9 Fly (2011 - 2016)
- W9 Fly Limousine (2011 - 2016)
- W9 Fly Visione (2012 - 2016)
- W12 (2009 - 2016)
- W-L (2012 - 2016)
Van
[edit]- Cinco (2016 - 2022)
Discontinued
[edit]- A5 (1998 - 2002)
- A6 (1999 - 2005)
- A8 (2000 - 2010)
References
[edit]- ↑ "VOLARE PRESENTS FIRE FIGHTING MINIBUS AT LAAD 2013". Marcopolo S.A. (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-27.[dead link]
- ↑ "Agrale: 35 thousand chassis for Volare". www.automotivebusiness.com.br. Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ↑ "Volare Veículos LTDA – ViaCircular Ônibus" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-27.