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51 AutoData | April 2018 CHUEIRE Afrânio Chueire leaves the position of president of Volvo Construction Equipment Latin America in April. And so he says goodbye to the Volvo Group after 18 years, for retirement. FIORONI Wabco Holdings announced Roberto Fioroni for the position of Chief Financial Officer, CFO, from June 6. He has 20 years of financial management experience in companies such as Goodyear and GE. Disclousure/Volvo CE Disclousure/Wabco Holdings GANDINI José Luiz Gandini was reelected president of Abeifa, Brazilian Association of Importers and Manufacturers of Automotive Vehicles. Sixth mandate, for the biennium 2018-2019. Paulo Ferreira, of Via Itália, vice president, and Sara Bonadio, of JLR, financial director. FRITSCHES Martin Fritsches was named Rolls-Royce’s vice president of sales for the Americas region, the company’s largest market in the world. He left the sales directorate of BMW Brazil, which he held since 2012. Renato Fabrini, general sales manager, takes over temporarily. HEYDEBRECK Claus von Heydebreck took over the presidency of KSPG in Brazil. Formerly CEO of Motorservice Brasil, aftermarket division that deals with the commercialization of the brands Kolbenschmidt -KS, Pierburg and BF. SINGLE PASSAT VW restructured the Passat’s offer for the 2018 line: now in a single version, Highline, 2.0 TSI 220 hp engine, programmable digital panel, adaptive suspension control, emergency braking, infotainment system with gesture control and more. For R$ 164.6 thousand, a reduction of R$ 13 thousand against 2017 model. Simão Salomão Disclousure/Rolls-Royce Disclousure/KSPG no Brasil Disclousure/VW RENTAL COMPANIES 1 Fiat was the top-selling car manufacturer to reantal companies in 2017: 169 thousand, or nearly 24% of all business to the segment last year. RENTAL COMPANIES 2 In second place in the ranking of sales for rental companies in 2017 was GM, 17.5% of participation, followed closely by VW, in third with 17.2%. Renault with 14.3% and Ford with 12.4% complete the top five. EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with Agência AutoData Edson Brasil, vice president of Arteb, stated that the company’s debt is equated and that it works with projection of a 10% increase in business in 2018. Arteb filed for judicial recovery in early 2016