Mercedez-Benz delivers over 1 lakh cars to customers worldwide in July 2008

Mumbai: Mercedes-Benz Cars division continues to show impresive sales worldwide. Since the beginning of the year, sales of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Maybach brand vehicles have risen by seven per cent to 773,200 units. In July, the division increased deliveries by one per cent to 105,100 vehicles (July 2007: 103,700). The Mercedes-Benz brand delivered a total of 92,700 vehicles to customers in July, compared to 93,800 units in the same month of 2007. For the year to date, sales of the Mercedes-Benz brand have increased by three per cent to the record figure of 691,900 units (January – July 2007: 669,500 units).

The recently updated models introduced in the second quarter have been successful with the Mercedes-Benz customers. The SLK compact roadster delivered20,000 units since the beginning of the year. The new SL roadster with its even sportier design has met with a great response, with around 8,200 units sold in the first seven month of this year.

The new CLC sports coupe has already won about 3,000 customers since its market launch at the end of June. Mercedes-Benz sold a total of 36,300 C-Class segment vehicles in July, a 12-per cent increase on the 32,500 sold in the same month last year.

In the US, sales of Mercedes-Benz brand passenger vehicles rose in July by 12 per cent to 20,700 units compared to18,600 units sold in the same month of 2007. Mercedes-Benz is also continuing to post rising sales in the Asia/Pacific region. A total of 11,500 vehicles were sold there in July, a ten-percent increase on the 10,400 units sold in the same month last year. In China alone, 3,300 customers opted to buy a passenger vehicle from Mercedes-Benz, representing an increase of 69 per cent from the 2,000 vehicles sold in July 2007. Mercedes-Benz increased sales in its home market of Germany by two per cent delivering a total of 25,100 vehicles to customers.

The smart fortwo once again posted record sales in July, when 12,400 customers chose the two-seater, compared to the 9,800 units sold in July of last year, a rise of  27 per cent.

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