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34 November 2018 | AutoData EVENT » AUTODATA CONGRESS PERSPECTIVES 2019 “Economy growth, investments in infrastructure, fleet renewal and public transport appreciation give potential for a new increase.” Jorge Carrer, executive bus sales manager for VWCO “We are committed to the challenge of growing more than the market in 2019, around 15%.” Sílvio Munhoz, commercial director of Scania “We are optimistic for 2019: rising GDP, controlled inflation, stable interest rates and expectation of improvement in school bus sales.” Walter Barbosa, bus commercial director of Mercedes-Benz “We expect investments focused on fuel issues and alternative traction, such as the natural gas.” Humberto Spinetti, commercial director of Iveco Bus “2018 was a year of recovery and the expectation is to keep advancing in 2019, from 10% to 15%.” Gilberto Vardânega, commercial director of Volvo Bus “The expectation is to advance from 5% to 10%, or even more if there are reforms and financing policies.” Thiago Wrubleski, planning and commercial director of CNH Industrial “It is possible that there will be impacts due to the new pollutants emissions rule entering to force, with purchases anticipation.” Alexandre Vinícius de Assis, key account director of AGCO “We believe that the private sector purchases can offset an expected decrease in the public sector.” Roberto Marques, sales director of John Deere “We believe in growth. We foresee an increase of two sustainable digits in the next two years.” Luiz Marcelo Daniel, president of Volvo CE Buses Agricultural and Highway Construction Machinery