MILCAR

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MILCAR Group
Public
Traded asMCP
ISINNL0015000LU4
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1925
Headquarters,
Pelaxia (incorporated in Vilauristre, Burgundie)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Alejandro Teixidó (CEO)
Products
ServicesFinancial services Transportation
RevenueIncrease $Sl 4,900,000,000
OwnerGenêt N.V. (27.1%)
Number of employees
Approximately 25,000
Divisions
  • MC Trucks
  • MC Bus
  • MILCAR Defence Vehicles
Subsidiaries
List


MILCAR, an acronym for Militares Carrocerías, is an Pelaxian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company based in Albalitor. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, city and intercity buses, and special vehicles for applications such as firefighting, off-road missions, the military, and civil defence. The name MILCAR first appeared in 1925 by decree of General Benedicto Álvaro Camargo with the goal of developing a national heavy industry focused on the logistical and military needs of Pelaxia at the time. Its production plants are in Pelaxia, Aciria, Cartadania, Burgundie, and Metzetta, and it has about 5,000 points of sales and service in over 160 countries. The worldwide output of the company amounts to around 95,000 commercial vehicles with a turnover of about $Sl 10 billion.

The company was spun-off on 1 January 2025 and is part of Genêt N.V., a holding company incorporated in Vilauristre, Burgundie, which is listed on MERVAPEL.

Civilian Products

MILCAR is the flagship brand under MILCAR Group which the light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles are sold. The range of light vehicles is made up of the Jornalero in its versions from 2.8 to 6 t and with 4x4 drive. The range of medium vehicles includes the SarpeCargo, available from 6.5 to 18 t and with 4x2 or 4x4 drive.Mercurial and Rastreador, from 19 to 72 t, make up the heavy vehicle range in two, three, or four-axled versions with all-wheel drive or two-wheel drive.

Trucks

Name Variant Image Notes
Jornalero Light Medium Utility Van
Large light commercial van produced since 1978. Unlike the more car-like unibody of other vans, the Jornalero uses a separate ladder frame typical of heavier commercial vehicles. The MILCAR Jornalero is produced at the MILCAR Albalitor Plant, where the company has recently made substantial investments to renew the production lines.The Jornalero is also the longest-running vehicle of the MILCAR production and in over 40 years have sold over 3 million units. Today it is marketed in 110 markets around the world.
SarpeCargo Medium Truck
Medium-duty truck line produced since 1991.
Rastreador Heavy Truck
Heavy-duty truck model that was produced from 1993 until 2003 which it got replaced by the Mercurial. It replaced the 1980s-designed Turbo.
Mercurial Heavy Truck
Heavy-duty truck produced since 2002
Mercurial Ultra Heavy Truck
Heavy-duty truck manufactured introduced in 2023 as a successor to the Mercurial and is currently assembled in Albalitor.

Buses

Military Products

Troop vehicles

Name Variant Image Notes
Agrale Marruá Light Mobility Vehicle
Family of four-by-four wheeled transport and utility vehicles. Developed in the early 2000s to serve as a replacement for ageing jeeps and other vehicles in Pelaxian service (, it has also been adopted by several other militaries, and is used on peacekeeping missions with the League of Nations.
EE-3 Jararaca Pelaxia Scout Car
Scout car developed for route reconnaissance, liaison, and internal security purposes. It was engineered in response to a perceived Pelaxian Army requirement for a light armored car capable of replacing its unarmored utility vehicles in the liaison and security role. The first Jararaca prototype appeared in 1979 and serial production commenced in 1982 after extensive operational testing in Pelaxia.
MILCAR VAMTAC Light Mobility Vehicle
The MILCAR VAMTAC was developed so that it would meet the requirements of the Pelaxian military for a multipurpose, air-portable, high mobility off-road vehicle with good payload capacity.
MILCAR LMV Light Mobility Vehicle
4WD tactical vehicle developed by MILCAR, and in service with the Pelaxian Armed Forces.
MILCAR Macanche Armored Personell Carrier
Protected Mobility Vehicle or Infantry Mobility Vehicle is a four-wheel drive armoured vehicle. The role of the Macanche is to provide protected mobility transport (or protected troop lift capability), with infantry dismounting from the vehicle before going into action. As the Macanche is lightly armoured, the term Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) was initially adopted to distinguish it from a heavier wheeled or tracked armoured personnel carrier.
Urutu Armored Personell Carrier
Amphibious armored personnel carrier. The Urutu was the first fully amphibious armored vehicle developed in Pelaxia; it can propel itself through water at speeds of 8 km/h via twin propellers.

Trucks and Logistical

Mobility Vehicles