after its "chief historian Manfred Grieger quit around the same time as Kopper was appointed." Grieger had recommended to donate a memorial for those whose human rights were violated. In the July 2017 ARD interview, former VW CEO Carl Hahn denied ever having known of security police activities. The Brazilian attorney general has been investigating. The further investigations concentrated on assumed slavery work at a so called "Fazenda Volkswagen", a Volkswagen owned cattle farm in rural Amazonia. Models Current models Volkswagen Gol Volkswagen Voyage Volkswagen Polo Volkswagen Virtus Volkswagen Nivus Volkswagen T-Cross Volkswagen Taos Volkswagen Jetta GLI Volkswagen Saveiro Volkswagen Amarok Brazilian developed Volkswagens By 1961, Volkswagen had surpassed Willys-Overland to become the biggest producer of vehicles in Brazil. Many models were designed especially for Brazil: Brasília SP1 & SP2 1500/Variant/Variant II Karmann Ghia TC Gol Voyage - a Gol sedan, sold as the Volkswagen Fox in North America Parati - a Voyage/Fox station wagon derivative Saveiro - a Gol pickup truck Fox/CrossFox/SpaceFox From 1971 to 1975 approximately 250 Brazil "kombi" buses were produced with Special Editions, these buses had +8 sky windows, mouldings, timer clock. These buses are called "de luxe," the German name is "Samba." After 1997 Volkswagen has been the only manufacturer to continue manufacturing ethanol powered vehicles after others withdrew. In 2012, Volkswagen built 852,086 units (including CKD kits), making them the biggest producer in the country and second in sales. Volkswagen operates four plants, in São Bernardo do Campo, Taubaté, São José dos Pinhais, and São Carlos. The São Carlos plant only makes engines. From 1987 to 1995, Volkswagen do Brasil's history was affected by the AutoLatina arrangement between Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group. Trucks and buses From 1979 until 1999, Volkswagen do Brasil created and developed Volkswagen Caminhões Ltda, (the Volkswagen Trucks and Buses division), after which the operation was taken over by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. In December 2008, it was announced that Volkswagen Trucks and Buses was to be sold to MAN. In 1986, Volkswagen entered a deal with Paccar to sell their trucks with Peterbilt or Kenworth badging in the United States. This would allow Paccar's dealers to offer Class 7 trucks without having to go the competition. Volkswagen's Latin American trucks had always been built much heavier than elsewhere in the world, where this sector has mainly been the responsibility of MAN. The Peterbilt-Volkswagen 200 was affectionately known as "Peter