SBD has now confirmed a further delay in the introduction of tracking systems on all new vehicles in Brazil with an official announcement from Contran, the Brazilian National Transit Council.

Rumours abounded in the industry this past month that the timing for the start of fitment would be pushed back from December 2010 to May 2011.

Contran released the below table to illustrate the new deadlines for tracking systems to be fitting to vehicles with passenger cars requiring 100% fitment by December 2011.

This new announcement was made in Contran Resolution 364 which supersedes the previous schedule in Contran Deliberation 99.

 Summary of Brazil anti-theft system timing changes (as per Contran Resolution No.364):

This is the largest national roll-out of telematics services as well as the first time a telematics service has been mandated. With this in mind, SBD will release new research in early 2011 which will cover:

• Lessons learnt from the implementation of telematics systems in the automotive industry on a national scale
• Activities related to the legislation over the last 12 months
• Forecast of fitment rate schedule (during 2011), uptake (how many users will subscribe to SVT) and the likely effect of the legislation on vehicle theft and aftermarket SVT fitment in Brazil
• Telematics services offered by the major OEMs (system capabilities, TSP, TCU supplier, model fitment, etc)
• Overview of OEM strategies, integration between TCU and immobiliser, key TCU supplier solutions, analysis of key TSPs

Pre-register your interest in this research, by contacting Juanita Appleby on jappleby@sbd.co.uk