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Volkswagen Constellation

Volkswagen Constellation
Overview
ManufacturerVolkswagen Truck & Bus
Production2005–present
AssemblyResende, Brazil[1]
Quezon City, Philippines (MACC)
Body and chassis
ClassCommercial vehicle - truck
Body styleTractor unit, Chassis cab, Flatbed - all "cab-over-engine"
Volkswagen Constellation 19.320 Titan tractor unit, at the 2006 IAA Nutzfahrzeuge (Commercial Vehicles show) in Hannover
Right-hand drive Volkswagen Constellation 19.320 Titan in South Africa, January 2016

The Volkswagen Constellation is the flagship truck produced by the Brazilian manufacturer Volkswagen Truck & Bus since 2005. The line covering the 13-57 tonne gross combination mass (GCM)[1] segment. It is produced at Resende in Brazil,[1] and is primarily for the South American market.

The truck, a "cab-over-engine" released in September 2005, was designed in Volkswagen's Wolfsburg Design Studio at Volkswagen Group Headquarters, but engineered by Volkswagen Truck and Bus, in Brazil, South Africa, and mainland Europe - on a rigorous 7 million kilometre test phase over a four-year period.[2]

In 2006, Renato Martins won the Brazilian Fórmula Truck Championship in the Constellation's first season racing.

  1. ^ a b c "Volkswagen Trucks and Buses presents the Constellation 370 line". VWTBpress.com.br. MAN Latin America. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - Constellation". VWcommercial.co.za. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Archived from the original on September 17, 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
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