A Look at Mercedes by the numbers In Your Country

[Merc1]

Just thought you guys would like to know how Mercedes sales have been over the years and a short explanation for some of their gains.

1993 - 61,899 --> First generation C-Class (W202) goes on sale late in the year as a 2004 model.
1994 - 73,002 --> W202 hits is stride.
1995 - 76,752 --> Sniff, sniff...the last of the W124s are sold.
1996 - 90,844 --> New W210 E-class with the funny lights.
1997 - 122,265 --> New CLK and M-Class go on sale late in the year as 1998 models.
1998 - 170,245 --> The new ML is a huge hit and MB is the bestselling lux brand this year.
1999 - 189,437 --> New S-Class (W220) goes on sale early this year as a 2000 model.
2000 - 205,614
2001 - 206,638
2002 - 213,225 --> R230 SL arrived in spring as a 2003 model, new W211 E arrives in summer, new W209 CLK Coupe in fall all 2003 models.
2003 - 218,717
2004 - 221,610
2005 - 224,421
2006 - 248,080 --> New S (W221) goes on sale in Feb and a raft of facelifted models in the summer.

MBUSA has 342 dealers.

(Sales and dealer numbers taken from MBUSA, explanation for sales are my own )

M

 

[Merc1]

Re: A Look at Mercedes-Benz USA, by the numbers.

Actually, Moderator can you change the title of this thread to "A Look at Mercedes by the numbers In Your Country"? I'd like to see what Mercedes sales have been like for the last few years (or for as long as you have data) from where our other members are.

M

 

[bmer]

Re: A Look at Mercedes-Benz USA, by the numbers.

1996 - 90,844 ---> 2006 - 248,080

Whoa! I never knew the luxury car market has grown that much in such a short period of time.

 

[Mr. M]

Re: A Look at Mercedes-Benz USA, by the numbers.

1996 - 90,844 ---> 2006 - 248,080

Whoa! I never knew the luxury car market has grown that much in such a short period of time.

I'm suprised too.

Tried finding figures, very difficult to find any.

 

[Monster]

I don't have the numbers for the Australian sales because they dont' like to talk in sale figures, but i have the sales increase in %. from Mercedes-Benz Australia - Mercedes-Benz Australia - News & Events - Press Releases

Mercedes-Benz kicks off 2007 with strong sales

Melbourne - “I am extremely pleased with the category killing sales of A and B-Class for the first two months of 2007. Our strategy of offering buyers a real choice of powertrains, passenger/luggage carrying combinations and models has delivered segment leadership”, said Mercedes Car Group managing director, Horst von Sanden today.

In the VFACTS Small<$40K segment the A-Class and B-Class have captured one third of sales (33.1%) in this ultra competitive segment.

Despite some stock shortages of W203 C-Class sedans in the run up to the launch of the all new W204 C-Class in the third quarter Mercedes-Benz has had a very successful opening to the year.

The limited Super Sports edition of the current C-Class has contributed to C-Class sales increasing 50 per cent on the same period last year.

“We are extremely pleased with the sales of C-Class and the all new C-Class when launched in the third quarter will offer more equipment, safety, luxury and value. We have negotiated a very aggressive price and specification package that will make the all new C-Class the intuitive and dynamic choice in the segment. In Europe prior to public release we hold in excess of 40,000 confirmed orders”, said von Sanden.

The new generation E-Class built on strong January sales that were up 12 per cent year on year with a further lift with February sales up 15 percent year on year. In the VFACTS Large>$70K segment the E-Class holds a commanding one third share. Additionally in this segment the E-Class, CLS-Class and R-Class combined account for almost one out of every two vehicles (44.2%) sold.

The S-Class has cemented its position as the unchallenged leader in the UPPER LARGE >$100K segment with more than forty per cent of sales. Despite strong competition from AUDI, BMW, Jaguar and Lexus the S-Class has again outsold their combined efforts.

“The arrival of the all new CL-Class and C-Class will again demonstrate the technological leadership of Mercedes-Benz and early enquiries for these vehicles are extremely strong”, he said.

 

[far2000]

i got some stats for south africa for the W203 C-Class


Since the introduction of the C-Class model into South Africa during September 2000, more than 72 750 C-Class vehicles have been sold locally, of which the sedan has accounted for more than 65 000 units, the estate more than 1 150 units and the Sports Coupé more than 6 600 units .

Additionally, DCSA has manufactured the right hand drive models for markets such as Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom as well as producing a number of left hand drive variants, predominantly for the USA market.





-alot of USA C-Classes are manufactured in south africa,