The Agrale Marruá is part of the Brazilian Army fleet and several other security forces. A truly 4×4 car, robust and with excellent off-road performance. Discover now history of the Agrale Marruá, the Brazilian Hummer.
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Its origins unite two Brazilian automakers, the current Agrale and the extinct Engesa Brasil. It all started with this second automaker, which was a large manufacturer of military vehicles, including trucks and tanks.
In 1984, Engesa brought the EE12 to the market, a 4×4 Jeep completely developed on national soil, using Brazilian components. From 1985 onwards, the civilian public had access to this vehicle, which was renamed Engesa4. This car initially had the Chevrolet 151 4-cylinder, 2,5-liter engine, the same as the Opala line.
The EE12 ended up being approved by the Brazilian army. However, in the 90s, Engesa went bankrupt and several projects ended up dying along with the company. In 1994, Envesa, a company from Londrina – PR, managed to acquire some EE4 models at an Engesa auction, made some modifications and resold them under the name Envesa.
In 2003, Agrale, an automaker from Rio Grande do Sul, acquired the design and manufacturing rights from the companies Columbus and Ceppe, which had the rights to the Engesa Jeep since the 2000s.
Agrale saw the market opportunity and made the decision to invest around R$11 million reais to continue developing the project and try to launch its serial production in 2004. This is how Agrale Marruá was born.
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Approval in the army
After the projects were subjected to severe tests of maximum inclination, maximum ramp, weight supported, and many other tests, it was then approved by the army.
This project, named AM2, had a galvanized steel body, manufactured by Engesa itself. This structure also facilitates the installation of a shielding system. It was equipped with a 4.07-liter MWM 2,8 TCA diesel engine with 135 hp. 4×4 traction with the car coupled in motion and still maintained the Engesa suspension using coil springs. The load capacity was 500kg and it could receive various army weapons to be attached to it.
Civil use
In November 2004, 100 units were presented for civilian use. This version received small changes, including the electrical system, auxiliary headlights and the front windshield. In addition to civil use, Marruá also began to conquer the heavy services sector such as mining, reforestation and network maintenance.
Releases and updates
In 2005, a new variant appeared – the AM100 model – with a military version with a metal bucket. The AM11 with 4 doors and capacity for 750kg and also a version for the Fire Department.
In 2012, the Agrale Marruá Elétrico was presented at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio +20, a project developed jointly with Itaipu Binacional and Stola do Brasil.
In 2015, the new generation of Agrale Marruá 4×4 utility vehicles was presented. The newest launch occurred in 2019 with the armored Agrale Marruá AM200 Double Cab, a vehicle built for use mainly by the Armed Forces and Public Security. It offers Level III 'Plus' ballistic protection, providing maximum protection to crew members during security actions and missions.
Internationalization
The Agrale Marruá, in addition to being part of Brazil's three armed forces: Brazilian Navy, Brazilian Army and Brazilian Air Force, also caught the attention of other countries and was exported to Angola, Argentina, Namibia, for the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Ecuador among others.
We reprogram Agrale Marruá
We reprogrammed the 200 AM 2017 model. Under the hood is the original Cummins ISF 2.8L diesel engine with 150 hp, which after our reprogramming increases to a new 191 hp and 45.8 kgf.m.
Gains of +41 hp and +9.1 kgf.m of torque measured on a dynamometer. Check out the video a little more about Agrale Marruá.
Remap Agrale Marruá 2015
We've done it too remap (electronic injection reprogramming) on an Agrale Marruá version 2015 and we checked everything on our 4×4 dynamometer, the Servitec 2025, in our Operations and Development Center, located in Campo Grande – MS. Check out the numbers and gains for this version in the video!
Understand what remap is
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