Mercedes Benz Announces Best June, Quarter and Half Year Sales Ever

Carmakers sure do love to play with words when it comes to triumphantly announcing their sales records, yet success is what it is and there’s no arguing with that. Mercedes Benz has announced it has set triple sales records recently, and we are going to brake the results down for you.

First off, last month was the best June ever, with a total of 120,510 passenger cars being delivered worldwide, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to the same month last year. Demand hasn’t exactly been sluggish in May and April, so the second quarter of this year was the highest-volume quarter ever. Turing the three-month period, Mercedes demand increased 7.2 percent to a total of 329,979 units. In addition, in the first half of the year, 10,531 customers decided to buy a Mercedes-Benz brand vehicle, an increase of 9.7 percent.

“The first half of the year went very well for Mercedes-Benz. We achieved double-digit increases in many markets, our products are in demand, and we succeeded in setting a new record. Our aim is to continue this trend. In the second half of 2011 we want to achieve further growth compared to last year.” In addition to the very popular new C-Class generation, the new M-Class will also be a driver of the positive development.,” said Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars.

"Customers can order the M-Class starting on July 11, the market launch in Western Europe will be in fall. We’re on the right track, and this year we have our sights set on achieving an all-time sales record by selling more than 1.3 million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and smart fortwo,” Schmidt added.