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58 » PEOPLE&BUSINESS February 2019 | AutoData Disclosure/Nissan THE NORWEGIANS’ FAVORITE Leaf was the best-selling electric car in Europe in 2018, according to Nissan, with 40,7 thousand units. Its best result was in Norway, with 12,3 thousand units, which gave it the top of the overall sales ranking in that country, beating all models with a combustion engine. Since it was launched (in 2010) Leaf has accumulated 380 thousand units sold. EXCLUSIVE STUDY The Hyundai dealership chain had the highest number of visitors per store in Brazil last year, according to a study by the technology services company In Loco, exclusive to AutoData. Two other Asian companies complete the podium: Toyota and Honda. To reach the result, the company related the number of unique visitors in the entire chain of the eleven brands with the highest sales volume in the Brazilian market to the number of their stores in Brazil. That is why Chevrolet dealers, despite receiving the highest number of unique visitors, got only the seventh place in this analysis. Jeep, Renault and Nissan respectively occupied the fourth, fifth and sixth positions of the list. LESS IS MORE Volkswagen Polo Highline 200 TSI was the model with the lowest depreciation last year, 1.5% in twelve months, according to calculations by KBB, Kelley Blue Book, which released ranking of the five sold models with the lowest and highest index of depreciation in Brazil.. FUSCO Solange Fusco left Grupo Volvo at the end of 2018 to start her own company. Since 1990 in the company, always in the communication area. The information was revealed by Jornalistas & Cia Imprensa Automotiva. SCHMALL Thomas Schmall has been named CEO of the newly created VW Group Components, which brings together the businesses of engines, gearboxes, electric drive systems, steering systems and seats. Disclosure/Volvo Disclosure/VW Cars with the lowest depreciation in 2018: 1 VW Polo Highline 200 TSI ......................................................... 1,5% 2 Hyundai IX35 2.0 ................................................................................ 2,2% 3 VWGolf GTI ........................................................................................... 2,8% 4 VWVirtus Highline .......................................................................... 3,3% 5 Chery QQ .................................................................................................. 3,3% Cars with the highest depreciation in 2018 1 Ford Ranger XLS 2.2 double cabin ................................ 25,1% 2 Ford Focus SE 2.0 .......................................................................... 23,4% 3 Renault Fluence Privilege 2.0 CVT ............................... 22,2% 4 Renault Logan Dynamique 1.6 Easy’R ....................... 22,1% 5 Mercedes-Benz Classe A 200 1.6 ................................... 21,8%