BrazilAutomotiveGuide_2019

56 FABRICANTES DE CARROCERIAS DE ÔNIBUS » BUS BODY MANUFACTURERS Brazil Automotive Guide | 2019 T anto nos grandes centros quanto nas demais regiões do País – Sul, Nordeste e Centro-oeste, por exemplo – o segmento de ônibus temmo- tivos para estar otimista com as perspectivas para 2019. A palavra, tanto no setor público quanto no privado, é renovação. Líder emvenda de ônibus no Brasil, com 59,20% do mercado, a Mercedes- -Benz lidera, bem à frente da MAN, que tem 17,03%, e da Marcopolo, 9,9%, em participação de mercado. No fim de 2018 a Mercedes fechou vendas com grandes empresas de ônibus do Paraná e de Santa Catarina para a renovação de suas frotas. INVENTIVIDADE PARA CRESCER Segmento de ônibus tem motivos para estar em alta tanto nos grandes centros quanto nas regiões mais interioranas Divulgação/Marcopolo Inventiveness to grow Bus segment has reasons to be up in both the major centers and in the more interior regions Both in the major centers and in other regions of the Country - South, Northeast and Central West, for example - the bus segment has reasons to be optimistic about the outlook for 2019. The word, both in the public and private sectors, is renewal. Leading bus sales in Brazil, with 59.20% of the market, Mercedes-Benz leads, well ahead of MAN, which has 17.03%, and Marcopolo, 9.9%, in market share. At the end of 2018 Mercedes closed sales with large bus companies from Paraná and Santa Catarina to renew their fleets. “Renewals and fleet expansions of passenger transport companies are driving sales in both the urban and road segments,” says Walter Barbosa, director of sales and bus marketing for Mercedes-Benz, for whom the performance of its sales is also reflected in the two major market segments. “In urban areas we have 3,850 units and we have exceeded 81% of participation in the year until September. And on the roadways there were more than 57% participation, with 1,448 units registered.” Headquartered in Caxias do Sul, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Marcopolo closed the first nine months of 2018 with 45.5% growth in its consolidated net revenue of R$2 billion 950 million, compared to R$2 billion 30 million in the same period in 2017.