Marcopolo Model History

Brazil · founded 1949

Brazil's largest bus and coach manufacturer — founded in 1949 in Caxias do Sul and now exporting bodies for intercity, touring, and urban transit to more than 100 countries.

Models

Paradiso

Marcopolo's flagship intercity and touring coach — launched in 1984 as Brazil's first hi-deck bus, now in its eighth generation including a double-decker variant.

Coach · 1984–present
Torino

A long-lived intercity and urban-express coach line introduced in the early 1980s, refreshed multiple times and still catalogued in updated Torino S and Express variants.

Coach · 1982–present
Viaggio

An intercity coach line launched in 1988 alongside the Paradiso GV — sold in Brazil through the early 1990s and later revived as a Mexico-specific variant.

Coach · 1988–present
Viale

Marcopolo's dedicated urban and BRT city-bus line — available in standard, articulated, and bi-articulated configurations for high-capacity transit.

City bus · 2003–present
Ideale

A urban bus series introduced in 2005, offered in multiple capacity configurations for city and suburban service.

City bus · 2005–present
Senior

A long-running minibus and midibus series for urban, suburban, and rural feeder routes — produced continuously since 1983 in multiple updated generations.

Minibus · 1983–present
Volare

Marcopolo's dedicated minibus sub-brand — launched in 1998 and now Brazil's minibus sales leader with over 50% market share across school, urban, and tourism applications.

Minibus · 1998–present
Andare

An intermediate touring coach offered from 1998 to 2014, filling the gap between the urban Torino and the premium Paradiso.

Coach · 1998–2014
Audace

A premium intercity coach introduced in 2012 and discontinued in 2021, offering a higher-specification alternative to the Torino on domestic long-distance routes.

Coach · 2012–2021

Other makes