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14 12.3 to 12.8.2018 Automaker S ão Paulo - One of the biggest crises that the Brazilian truck industry has experienced in its entire history has finally come to an end. That was the assessment of the president of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, Roberto Cortes, who celebrated the results of 2018, far superior than those imagined a year ago - even with all his well-known and traditional optimism. Up to November, truck sales in the Brazilian market advanced 49% and bus chassis sales were 29% higher than in the same period of last year, according to the balance released by the executive on Wednesday, 5, in a meeting with journalists in São Paulo. VWCO grew even more: 51% in both segments, each one for a different reason. The crisis is over, guarantees Cortes, of VWCO André Barros | andrebarros@autodata.com.br Disclousure