Mercedes-Benz's January 2016 Global Sales Skyrocket 19.9% Driven by 52% Rise in China

Mercedes-Benz started the year 2016 with record unit sales. In January, 150,814 vehicles with the three-pointed star were handed over to customers – an increase of 19.9%. The strong growth in unit sales was driven by record numbers in all three core regions Europe, Asia-Pacific and NAFTA. Growth last month was particularly strong in China, where unit sales increased by more than 50% compared with January 2015. Mercedes-Benz was the premium market leader in the USA, Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Switzerland and Portugal in January. Amongst the models, the SUVs made a large contribution to the good development with over 60% growth compared to the prior-year month.
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cidflekken - 2/9/2016 12:10:18 PM

+4 Boost

Impressive. With the new E-Class and C-Coupe forthcoming, not to mention the GLC getting its legs, Mercedes is looking to have a big year.

GermanNut - 2/9/2016 2:01:56 PM

+3 Boost

The global sales growth has been so strong for Mercedes-Benz that in two years they'll go from 3rd place to 1st. BMW will be hard pressed to match Mercedes-Benz's stellar growth.

Hawk - 2/9/2016 3:02:51 PM

+1 Boost

Wealthy Chinese have been pulling money out of the stock market for some time now - gotta put it somewhere...