Mercedes-Benz races past a million global sales in 7 months

Mercedes-Benz has announced new records for the month of July with 149,753 units sold (+15.2%). Also, it has crossed a million unit sales in the first seven months of the year –  1,048,178 units (+14.7%). The new milestone was set particularly due to strong sales of the C-Class and compact cars.

“We passed the one-million mark already in July. Never before have we delivered so many cars to customers in the first seven months of a year. About a quarter of them are C-Class saloons and estates,” said Ola Källenius, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales.

In Europe, Mercedes-Benz posted another sales record after 457,468 vehicles were handed over to customers in the first seven months of the year (+11.3%). Germany, the home market, sold 156,569 units since the beginning of the year (+6.0%) and July also saw 24,178 sales (+7.8%). Apart from Germany, the carmaker continued to be a market leader in Portugal and also posted strong sales in Great Britain, the second biggest European market of the brand, in July.

In the NAFTA region, strong demand remained: 31,483 units were sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in July (+3.9%), thereof 27,526 in the USA (+1.2%). In all three countries, sales records were set in and per July. In Canada, Mercedes-Benz is the market leader amongst the premium manufacturers.

In the Asia-Pacific region, sales for July saw a strong rate of 30.8% to sales of 47,838 units. In China, 29,540 vehicles were sold in July, representing an increase of 41.5% compared with the same month of last year. Unit sales reached new record levels also in Japan, South Korea, and Australia last month. Meanwhile, Japan and Australia continue to be the market leaders amongst the premium importers.

July was also important for the compact cars of Mercedes-Benz, with sales of 49,973 units of the A- und B-Class, CLA, CLA Shooting Brake, and GLA (+33.0%). The CLA set a new sales record in both July and the first seven months of the year.

Sales of the C-Class saloon and estate increased last month by 83.1% to the record figure of 36,287 units. In the Asia-Pacific region, unit sales of the two models more than tripled compared with the same month of the previous year. Also, demand for the C 350 e has been rising since it was launched this spring.

The E-Class saloon posted a new sales record in China, the biggest market for the model, in the first seven months of the year.

The S-Class maintains its position as the world’s best-selling luxury saloon. Per July, 58,478 units were handed over to customers (+1.2%). Growth was especially strong in South Korea in July.

As a result of globally strong demand for Mercedes-Benz SUVs, unit sales of those models increased in July by 14.8% to a total of 39,197 vehicles. The GLA and the G-Class set new sales records per July. The company says demand for the GLK is at an ongoing high level even just before the market launch of its successor model.