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5 2.6.2018 units in the 22 working days. In trucks the Fenatran effect appeared in January, doubling the volume of sales. In buses there was growth. According to President Antônio Megale, the numbers served to keep the industry in expectation of growth and for the trend to serve as a parameter for companies to get ready for an expected growth in demand: “The base of comparison is small, but we can celebrate because January is a month of low seasonality. It benefited the scenario to financing. The whole chain needs to be able to keep pace with growth.” In the analysis of light vehicles sold cars were 148 thousand 904 units, volume 22.7% higher than the one verified in January of 2017. General Motors was the company that sold more in the category, 30 thousand 246 units, a rise of 24.3%, followed by Volkswagen with 22 thousand 170 units sold, 51.1% more. Ford, with 14 thousand 970 units, came next, with 18.9% more. FCA sold 13 thousand 361 Fiat vehicles, up 16.1%, and Hyundai, with 12 thousand 962 units and a 15.8% increase closes the group of five that recorded the best commercial performance in January. The best-selling cars, according to the Anfavea survey, were mostly those with a motorization above 1 thousand cc of displacement: 63.6% of the total, or 94 thousand 761 units, 21.3%more than the volume sold in January 2017. The volume of vehicles sales with engines up to 1 ccm3 was also high: 51 thousand 774 units, 26.9%more than last year. Vehicles with more than 2 thousand cc of engine capacity were the minority: 2 thousand 369 units, a decrease of 4.5% compared to the performance of January last year. The participation of flex fuel vehicles represented 87.7% of the total sold in January, diesel vehicles, 8.7%, gasoline driven vehicles, 3.4%. The hybrids, even though they represented a small slice, 0.2% in January, had sales performance in January highlighted by Megale, who cited the tax issue as the main bottleneck for the massification of this type of vehicle in the country: “Last year 3 thousand 296 units were sold, and this year is expected to be even bigger. This shows the potential of hybrids even with little incentive. Brazil can not be left out of the advancement of this technology. “