With more than 1.8 million vehicles delivered in the first eleven months of 2016, Mercedes-Benz had already surpassed its total worldwide unit sales for the whole of 2015. This was achieved by increasing the number of vehicles sold in November by almost 13%. Particularly successful sales results ...
With more than 1.8 million vehicles delivered in the first eleven months of 2016, Mercedes-Benz had already surpassed its total worldwide unit sales for the whole of 2015. This was achieved by increasing the number of vehicles sold in November by almost 13%. Particularly successful sales results were achieved by the E-Class Saloon and Estate models, achieving an increase of approximately 40% and reaching a new all-time record level worldwide.
Ola Källenius, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales pointed out that: “Sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles came in even higher, rising 12.7% to 182,602 in November compared with the same month the previous year. Last month, Mercedes-Benz as a premium brand showed the highest number of new vehicles registered in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Canada and Mexico,”
Ralfs Dakters, head of Domenikss’ Wholesale of Passenger Vehicles and Marketing stated that: “This year has also been particularly successful for Mercedes-Benz in Latvia. We are planning to reach high sales results. Based on our calculation, the number of vehicles has increased by 26% in the first 11 months of this year compared to the same period last year. The most popular models in Latvia have come from the SUV sector - GLE, GLE Coupe, GLC, E-class, CLA; with the GLC Coupe being especially popular since September.”
Unit sales of Mercedes-Benz in Europe increased by 16.7% and reached 78,797 vehicles – it was the first time when so many cars had been delivered to customers in November. The demand for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Germany in November 2016 increased to 25,599 units; a 7.2% increase on the previous year. New records were achieved in The U.K., France, Spain and Belgium.
The C-Class is still very much in demand: the C-Class Saloon and Estate were the most popular Mercedes-Benz models in November. Since the new generation was launched on the market in 2014, one million C-Class Saloons and Estates have already been delivered worldwide.
Demand for E-Class as the most intelligent business class saloon in the world was higher than ever before in November. An impressive quantity of 26,915 E- Saloon and Estate models was delivered to customers in November 2016, a 38.6% increase on November of the previous year.
Mercedes-Benz continues to experience success with its SUVs - 61,266 units were sold in this segment in November 2016, a 17.5% increase on the previous year, thus setting a new record. Especially strong growth was shown in November by the GLC model.
