Best start of the year in the company's history for Mercedes-Benz with 125,865 vehicles sold in January (+13.6%)
Ola Källenius, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales: "We have started the 'year of the SUVs' at Mercedes-Benz with a sales increase of 37% in this segment."
Increase of unit sales in all core markets, record sales in the two biggest markets USA (+8.9%) and China (+14.5%), strong growth in Germany (+11.4%)
Over 50% more deliveries of C-Class Sedans and Estates than in the same month of the previous year smart increases unit sales with new models by nearly 30% compared to the previous year’s month; growth of over 60% in Germany.
Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz follows up on the success of the previous year and has started 2015 with record sales of 125,865 vehicles. Thus, 13.6% more Mercedes-Benz models were sold than in the same month of the previous year. In January, smart also posted a solid sales growth of 29.9%.
"We have started the 'year of the SUVs' at Mercedes-Benz with a sales increase of 37% in this segment", said Ola Källenius, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales. "In 2015 we will continue last year’s momentum with new products across all segments: in the high-end with the Mercedes-Maybach S 600 and in the microcar-segment with the new smart fortwo and smart forfour, which are highly popular among our customers. January unit sales of the new smart models increased by nearly 30% in comparison to the previous year’s month."
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