Mercedes Benz Sales Up 13 Percent

13/10/2010 15:33Liputan6.com, Stuttgart: Mercedes-Benz managed to record a new history of the world record for highest monthly sales during September 2010. Sales of premium cars of Mercedes-Benz during the ninth month ago is once again being the best throughout 2010. In other words, in 11 consecutive month, Mercedes-Benz has managed to achieve an average monthly sale of two digits.
During the month of Sept. 2010 Mercedes-Benz achieve improvements in virtually all markets with total global sales of 118,600 units. This number increased 13 percent from the same period in previous year which only 104,900 units.
Additional sales were made the total global sales of Mercedes-Benz from January to September 2010 has reached 854,000 units, up 16 percent from the same period the previous year which reached 737,600 units.
"We have achieved good sales growth, even exceeding the initial estimate which is expected in September 2010," said Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Dr. Joachim Schmidt. "The number of delivery vehicles has exceeded the record highs of September 2007, or higher than the beginning of the economic crisis," he continued.
Joachim Mercedes-Benz adds a very optimistic welcome keemat quarter sales of 2010. "The positive developments in recent months made us very confident to increase sales in the fourth quarter. In this context, we want to grow the two largest markets, namely in Germany and the United States. We expect a very rapid sales growth in Asia particularly in China," Joachim said.
Optimism Mercedes-Benz to increase sales in the last quarter of 2010 along with the launch of new products such as CL-Class and R-Class, last September. In addition, Mercedes-Benz will gradually introduce new machines variant six-cylinder and eight cylinder BlueDIRECT tech, as well as the latest generation of hi-tech six-cylinder diesel engine ECO start / stop a fuel efficient, in susceptible models.
"Step forward the Mercedes-Benz is currently in an excellent position and are on track to reach its sales target increase of over 10 percent during the year 2010," ugkap Joachim.
Mercedes-Benz alone has increased sales in all market regions throughout the month of September 2010. Tremendous sales growth has been achieved in the Asia / Pacific and the BRIC countries, with delivery vehicles Mercedes-Benz in China (including Hong Kong) rocketed more than double last year (13,500 units, up 98 percent), representing a new record .
Growth in sales that reached two digits are also recorded in all other BRIC countries, like Brazil (up 23 percent), Russia (up 47 percent) and India (up 92 percent).
Sales of Mercedes-Benz also continues to grow in the United States. In September, delivery of cars to customers increased by 17 percent to 19,900 units (September 2009: 17,000). That way, the Mercedes-Benz has the highest sales of all premium vehicle brand players in the United States. For the first nine months of this year, sales reached 159,700 units (January-September 2009: 135,400) or increased by 18 percent.
In Western Europe (including Germany), Mercedes-Benz sales increased by 7 percent in September to 33,500 units (September 2009: 31,400). This result is the achievement of sales in high-volume markets, such as the UK (up 12 percent) and France (nail 5 percent).
Mercedes-Benz even has sent 27,300 vehicles to customers in Germany during the last month (September 2009: 28,700, down 5 percent). Despite slump, but the decrease in the Mercedes-Benz is far better than that experienced by other brands. Because, during the September 2010 demand for premium vehicles in Germany fell 18 percent.
As a result, Mercedes-Benz remains the number one premium brand in Germany with 10.8 percent market share overall. At least, data German Motor Vehicle Transport Authority (KBA) also showed that five Mercedes-Benz models, namely the E-Class, E-Class coupe, the C-Class, B-Class, and Smart ForTwo, took the lead in their respective segments.
The increase in sales during September 2010 also provided three model Mercedes-Benz's flagship sedan, the E-Class and S-Class, and SUVs. Mercedes-Benz E-Class sold 23,900 units, up 23 percent from the same month last year. This amount as well as increase sales during the first nine months of 2010 to 57 percent. This achievement has made the E-Class leader in its class.
While the S-Class sales growth during September 2010 by 14 percent to 6600 units compared to the same month in 2009. This figure is to fulfill the growth reached 29 percent during the first nine months of 2010 compared to the previous period. S-Class is also a leader in its class.

C-class, model Mercedes-Benz's smallest sedan, also recorded a good performance. During September 2010 this model was increased by 9 percent. While the GLK SUVs rose 32 percent, followed by M-Class which rose 27 percent. R-Class also boasts to grow 9 percent, accompanied by increased B-Class to reach 23 600 units or an increase of 4 percent (September 2009: 22,600), (ARI)