This 17 ton GVW 250 HP VW is really mainly MAN, locally built in Brazil, but with an old style VW LT cab.
Brazil is the only country in the World which builds heavy trucks badged as VWs, and the Ford Cargo behind it is also a locally built truck.
Both are quite commonly operated by fire services in Brazil, and are also often exported to other south American countries for fire service use, mainly as pumpers and tanker trucks. But you won't see much of either of them anywhere else except perhaps for the occasional Cargo in Turkey...
Brazil is the only country in the World which builds heavy trucks badged as VWs, and the Ford Cargo behind it is also a locally built truck.
Both are quite commonly operated by fire services in Brazil, and are also often exported to other south American countries for fire service use, mainly as pumpers and tanker trucks. But you won't see much of either of them anywhere else except perhaps for the occasional Cargo in Turkey...
Added by Rob Johnson on 24 March 2017.