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Mercedes Post Sales Increase for May

A bit more sluggish than the worlds' carmakers, German carmaker Mercedes Benz posted yesterday its sales figures for the month of May. As the figures have already shown in the past few months, the carmaker is back on track. In May, the numbers have shown an 18 percent increase in sales, to a total of 101,400 vehicles sold.

“Mercedes-Benz was able to grow faster than the overall market in May,” Joachim Schmidt, executive vice president of sales and marketing said in a statement.

“This excellent sales result keeps us on course for a strong second quarter, in which we will post double-digit growth. The success of our E-Class and S-Class models allows us to continuously improve our product mix and further improve our position in many markets. In May, our sales in all regions were above the level of the same month last year.”

As we have already grown accustomed to by now, China was the lead market for Mercedes (in terms of percentage points growth), with its huge appetite stripping Mercedes' stock of 11,500 units in May, double the figure of cars sold in May 2009.

The US, Mercedes' second largest individual market, the carmaker sold 23 percent more cars than May last year (18,500 units), while Western Europe accounted for 26,500 vehicles of the total sold (9 percent up).

The carmaker's best selling models were the E-Klasse and S-Klasse, with the E sedan posting a rise in sales of 39 percent. The smart brand continues to be the black sheep of the Mercedes familiy, posting the single decline in the carmaker's lineup (15 percent less than May 2009).
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