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Brazil’s Air Force (FAB) is taking significant steps to modernize its maritime patrol capabilities, a mission vital to protecting its vast coastline and offshore resources. The FAB is collaborating with the nation’s flagship aerospace manufacturer, Embraer, to explore the potential conversion of existing aircraft platforms for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The potential adaptation […]
Japanese giant carmakers Toyota this week closed its São Bernardo plant, the company's oldest factory in Brazil which had been established in 1962. It was there that the Land Cruiser 'Bandeirante' and the Corolla models were built in South America. Toyota's administrative headquarters for Brazil and South America also operated there for decades. It was said to be the company's first production facility outside Japan.
Toyota closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, Brazil, lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates Toyota’s carmaking business itself. And now that the plant has closed, Toyota is bringing the press machine back home to Japan, where it will keep making spare parts and be used to train workers.
Offered between 1960 and 2001 if you include the Bandeirante for Brazil, the FJ40 is an overlanding icon. Offered with short, medium, and long wheelbases...