Facansa (FAbrica de Carrocerias Andres Nemer S.A.) was a national bodywork company based in the city of
Nueva Helvecia
Nueva Helvecia is a city in Colonia Department of Uruguay.
Nueva Helvecia (Spanish for "New Helvetia"; formerly known as Colonia Suiza) is west of Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay. It is a few kilometres from the coast where th ...
in
Colonia Department
Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.
Weather
Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...
of
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
. It was active from 1960 to 1980, producing bodies for buses of the company COPSA, mainly on imported chassis Mercedes Benz OH 1313.
References
External links
www.bus-america.com(in Spanish)
www.bus-america.com(in Spanish)
(in Spanish)
Bus manufacturers of Uruguay
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