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34 March 2019 | AutoData INDUSTRY » PRODUCTION with 160,5 thousand. As for the Firefly family, it is responsible for 117 thousand units/year. Regarding export, Betimdestines 11% of its production and Campo Largo 23%. The 2 liter flex engine of the Compass model is imported, as well as the 2.4 liter flex of the Toro Volcano. RENAULT, 297,5 THOUSAND The Renault engines are produced at the Ayrton Senna Complex, in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, PR. In 2018, the unit was res- ponsible for 243,4 thousand BR10, 1.0 three cylinders, and HR16, 1.6 liter four cylinders engines, both from the SCe family, made of aluminum. 54,1 thousandwere exported: 29,6 thousand to Colombia and 24,4 thou- sand to Argentina. FORD, 271 THOUSAND Ford did not want to diclose its engi- ne numbers, but the survey indicates an approximate estimate of 191.3 thousand 1 liter, 1.5 liter and 1.6 liter engines produced in Taubate, SP, and Camacari, BA, for the domestic market, and another 79.6 thou- sand exported, totaling 270.9 thousand last season. Camacari is responsible for the 1.0 Ti- -VCT with three cylinders, while Taubate is responsible for the 1.5 liter Ti-VCT three cylinders and the 1.6 liter Sigma four cylin- ders. HONDA, 134,6 THOUSAND The first Asianmanufacturer in the engi- ne ranking is Honda: 132,5 thousand engines for the domesticmarket and 2 thousand for export in 2018. They are two engine fami- lies, L and R. The L is formed by the 1.5 liter that equips Fit ,WR-Vand City, while the R family has the 1.8 liter of the HR-V and the 2 liter for the Civic. Named L15, R18 and R20, Honda’s en- gines aremanufactured in Sumare, SP, and will continue to bemade there despite the transfer of vehicle production from there to Itirapina, SP. TOYOTA, 132,5 THOUSAND Right behind Honda is Toyota, which reached 132,5 thousand engines produ- ced in 2018, 83,1 thousand for the domestic market and 49,4 thousand to export. The production is concentrated in Porto Feliz, SP, where the 1.3 liter and 1.5 liter engines that equip Etios and Yaris come from. The engines for the Corolla model are imported NISSAN, 128,7 THOUSAND Completing the trio of Japanese ma- nufacturers, Nissan comes in eighth place, which produced 105,2 thousand engines for the domesticmarket and 23,4 thousand for export – therefore, a total of 128,6 thousand, although the company does not export engines separately but complete vehicles. The production is concentrated in Resende, RJ, with themenu formed byHR 1.0 for the March and Versa models and the HR 1.6 liter for March, Versa and Kicks. The 1 liter engine could be used in the future for Nissan’s e-Power project, possibly in Kicks, working to provide battery power to an electric engine, as it happens in the BMW i3. PSA, 78 THOUSAND From the eighth to the ninth position there is a very big leap in volume: the total number of engines manufactured by PSA for the Peugeot andCitroënmodels in Brazil in 2018 was 78,1 thousand. 66,4 thousand served the domesticma- rket and 11,7 thousand were destined to export, or 15%. The factory is in Porto Real, RJ, and produces the EC5 1.6 liter and the EAT6 engine. HPE, 5 THOUSAND The tenth and last manufacturer in the ranking is HPE, which produces Mitsubishi and Suzuki models in Catalao, GO. All of the 5 thousand 2 liter 4B11 flex fuel engines produced were destined to the Mitsubishi ASX. HPE is the only company in the ranking that does not export engines.