The Mercedes-Benz CLA was expected like pancakes in US Showrooms, but probably not even hot tasty pancakes would have sold so rapidly keeping the proportion.
In the model's first week of availability, the CLA sold more than 2,300 units, therefore helping Mercedes-Benz USA creep up past BMW again in the US luxury sales race – one that they are actually expecting to lose.
Yesterday we were telling your about the Stuttgart brand having the best September ever on US soil, with an increase of 6.7 percent compared to last year, while the first nine months of 2013 saw an increase of 12.2 percent. As unbelievable as it may seem, some of those increases were achieved by only a week's worth of CLA sales.
“As the bargain entrance into the Mercedes portfolio, we weren’t sure how luxury buyers would react,” said Alec Gutierrez, auto analyst for Kelley Blue Book to Bloomberg. “Through one week, it looks like they’re scooping it up.”
The Mercedes-Benz CLA is the first three-pointed star model available on the US market with a starting price under USD30,000.
Story via Bloomberg
Yesterday we were telling your about the Stuttgart brand having the best September ever on US soil, with an increase of 6.7 percent compared to last year, while the first nine months of 2013 saw an increase of 12.2 percent. As unbelievable as it may seem, some of those increases were achieved by only a week's worth of CLA sales.
“As the bargain entrance into the Mercedes portfolio, we weren’t sure how luxury buyers would react,” said Alec Gutierrez, auto analyst for Kelley Blue Book to Bloomberg. “Through one week, it looks like they’re scooping it up.”
The Mercedes-Benz CLA is the first three-pointed star model available on the US market with a starting price under USD30,000.
Story via Bloomberg