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37 AutoData | August 2018 Disclousure/VW The automatic transmissions of the Ford models are imported from Mexico. And the ones used in the Volkswagen cars come from Japan. AUTOMATIZED OUT, AUTOMATIC IN The Gol and Voyage automatic ver- sions arrive for the 2019 line, always with the engine 1,6 liter MSI, the same used in Polo and Virtus of up to 120 hp. Imported from Japan by Aisin it buries the automa- tized transmission: “I deleted that word (automatized) from my mind”, said Pablo Di Si, president for South America, during the launch event. For the executive, the automatized gearbox was a cost-benefit way to offer the consumer something beyond the manual transmission in the entry-level segments, but as the automatic sales volume increased, the cost fell, and by his accounts, today it represents 40% of the Brazilian market sales. “And in the coming years this rate will increase even more, to something around 60% until 2020.” The Gol 2019 goes fromR$ 45 thousand with 1.0 engine and manual transmission and the automatic model, with the 1.6 MSI, R$ 54.6 thousand. TheVoyage has an initial price of R$ 52.6 thousand for the 1.0manual transmission and R$ 60 thousand for the 1.6 automatic version. The transmission is imported fromMe- xico. Under the hood, the 1.5 liter Sigma gave way to the Ti-VCT with three cylin- ders, which reaches 136 hp with ethanol. Just like the transmission the engine is also used in the EcoSport, which gives the multimedia system Sync 3 and even the keyless start system to Ka aswell, available in the Titaniumversion, the top of the line. The entry-level model, hatch S 1.0with manual transmission, is R$ 700 more ex- pensive: now it goes from R$ 45,5 thou- sand. For the automatic transmission the customer will have to choose the 1.5 SE version for R$ 56,5 thousand. The prices of the sedan go fromR$ 49,5 thousand to R$ 71 thousand for the top version, Titanium.