After confirming the introduction of the Chevy Silverado in Brazil at the end of July, General Motors has just officially revealed that Chevrolet‘s full-size pickup will arrive in that country imported from the United States.
GM’s Brazilian subsidiary is preparing a historic onslaught of Chevrolet pickups for 2023 in Brazil and has surprisingly revealed that the Chevy Silverado units that will arrive in that country next year will come from the United States, the country of origin and main volume market for the company’s most emblematic truck. As a matter of fact, in a recent statement, GM Brazil textually specified that Silverado “will be imported from the United States.”
This official revelation indicates that the Chevy Silverado 1500 units to be sold in Brazil will come from the production lines of the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana, and not from the GM Silao plant in Mexico, as was foreseeable. As such, the Silverado will become the third vehicle built in the United States that the company sells in the Brazilian market, after the Chevy Camaro and the Bolt EV.
In particular, the future plan to import the Chevy Silverado from the United States to Brazil is surprising news and, as expected, represents a major turn of events. Brazil and Mexico have a free trade agreement for vehicles that would allow the Silverado made at the Silao plant to arrive in the South American country without tariffs, unlike the 13.5 percent base tax applied to units assembled in the U.S.
Furthermore, this decision contrasts with the business strategy that GM currently executes in South America, where the Chevy Silverado is only sold in Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The model reaches each of these markets with units from the Mexican plant, benefiting from the trade agreements of the North American country with the nations that make up Mercosur and its strategic allies such as Chile.
The current fourth-generation Chevy Silverado 1500 is scheduled to be officially launched in Brazil at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2023, specifically during the month of October. The popular truck will become the Bow Tie brand’s new flagship and its image will serve as a backing to market the next-generation Chevy S10 and Chevy Montana, both built locally.
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Is the rcsb available with V8 in Brazil?
By choosing to import the pickup from the United States, Chevrolet will further reduce the competitiveness of its model in the segment, since as said, there are no commercial agreements in the automotive sector between both nations.
In addition, there is a misunderstanding as to the value of the import tax informed. In fact, the tax is 35% for vehicles imported from countries that do not have any type of trade agreement with Brazil.
Apparently RAM will continue to lead the segment in Brazil, as it imports its models from Mexico and manages to obtain relatively competitive prices. Ford also said it intends to import the F-150, but like Chevrolet, it will not be able to obtain competitive prices when importing from the United States.
I had forgotten that Ford will be able to circumvent the aforementioned tax, if it chooses to import the F-150 in configurations with some type of hybridization, since the Brazilian government exempts hybrid and electric vehicles from this tax.
Something seriously wrong with this post !
Last i knew GM was started in the USA..!
To start I’m not against free trade or outward growth but for a year now I’ve tried and am still trying to purchase a Truck from GM .. Between GM loosing a truck The first order ..The second order not being able to produce…lol lot of excuses 🤣 The third order ..well
lots of excuses…😆 And my final try. Well stuck in Mexico again with excuses 🙄 Who cares! lol yep thats what I’m thinking.. ! No one to talk too! who cares…lol
No transparency what so ever !😂Customer care dosen’t care nore can they do anything! They have no authority to do anything ! Mary Barra never returns her emails Mark Ruess never responds.. The regional reps do nothing… The dealerships are at there mercy!
So again Who cares about GM in Brazil!
LOL I should have never sold my RAPTOR for a Chevy !
Lessons learned!
GM really needs to restock this Countries Dealerships before shipping any vehicles elsewhere
All l want is my new truck delivered.
The arguments against offering models to other markets are laughable and it’s seen time and time again in the comments section of this site. An automotive company cannot survive long-term on one market alone. Hate to break it to you all, but isolationism and xenophobia is bad for business. Just a reality.
Obviously, the North American market will take priority for the Silverado. It’s ridiculous to think otherwise. GM makes so much money off of the higher trim models of the Silverado and the Sierra, they’re not going to just give them all to Brazil. Stop it with this hyper-reactionary nonsense.
I hear you from up here in Canada , still waiting for an SLT no luck !!
How about importing some of those Silvers to My dealer?!
How is it possible to physically hand a dealership a build sheet to place an order and they totally screw it up. Walked in to dealership in March, Dealership got okay from GM to order truck. From that point on the only communication from dealership was when I called them. They finally sent me the Work Bench Order that was sent to GM and there were three packages that I wanted that were not in the build. Are you freaking kidding me. How does this even happen? All they had to do is copy my build sheet. I have lost all faith in the American workforce. A year of saving to order my dream truck and even longer to place an order for the new refreshed model. 6 months of waiting after order placed and I’m told that it’s a really nice truck even though it’s not what you wanted. WTF!!