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84 October 2018 | AutoData By Bruno de Oliveira REPEAT IN 2019 THE ADVANCE OF 2018 Mercedes-Benz expects new market growth for commercial vehicles, but everything will depend on the election’s result MANUFACTURERS/COMMERCIAL VEHICLES » MERCEDES-BENZ F or Mercedes-Benz the effective 2019 planning will start only after the definition of who will be the president of Brazil. Before that, according to Philipp Schiemer, president of the Brazilian operation, there is not enough solid base for assertive projections: “After the election all rules of the game can change. Facing this situation, what we expect from the market for 2019 may be something that has great possibility of not being materialized.” The executive is especially concerned about a positive reversal in the commercial vehicle segment noticed since last year: “The election Disclousure/MBB