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17 AutoData | March 2019 RENAULT The Dokker commercial vehicle will be produced in Argentina to replace Kangoo. The commercial name of the model will also be Dokker, retiring the name Kangoo. The new generations of Duster, in 2019, and Sandero, Logan and Oroch, in 2021, will use the new CMF platform of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, the same as the current Nissan Kicks. Today, those models have the P1 platform as base. TOYOTA At first, the Yaris Sedan would be called Vios in Brazil, as in some Asian markets. The company decided, however, to change the name for the Brazilian market. VOLKSWAGEN The end of Fox’s production in Sao Jose dos Pinhais was postponed from March 2019 to December 2019. There is a plan for the production of a one-ton pickup truck, a Fiat Toro’s rival, in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, PR, having the MQB platform as its base. The global alliance with Ford, however, could change it. The start of production of the SUV Tarek in Argentina will be delayed: originally scheduled for January 2020, it will start only in June 2020. There is a face-lift already scheduled for January 2023. At first, the model would use in South America the same name adopted in the Chinese market: Tharu. The new generation of the Volkswagen Gol, code VW240, will be produced inside the unit in Taubate, SP, from July 2020, based on the AOO platform and not the MQB. There is a possibility that the new model will not be called Gol anymore. The same should happen with the new Voyage, code VW241. The new generation of Saveiro, code VN277, will be launched in 2020 and will use the MQB platform instead of the current PQ24. In 2020, a new compact SUV based on Polo will be manufactured at the unit on Anchieta Highway, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP. In 2020, a new generation of the Up! model, code VW130, will be manufactured at the unit in Taubate, SP, replacing the current platform PQ12 by the PQ13.