sentences:  The Ford brand, however, had already been present in the country since 1904 with both vehicles being sold in Brazil.Ford Motor do Brasil S.A., as it was its name in those days, inaugurated a full blown manufacturing operation on August 26, 1957 with the first Ford F-600 medium truck, very similar to the US-made F-600, leaving the production line featuring a V8 272 cu.in displacement engine, 40% of its parts being Brazilian made.The remaining items were still imported from the United States, but gradually, as the number of OEM parts suppliers in Brazil grew, this number decreased significantly.