Hot! Mercedes-Benz/BMW/Audi USA Sales

[Mick Briesgau]

Thanks @Merc1 wasn’t aware it takes so long for the new A8 to make it’s entrance on the US market.

 

[Mars1965]

Thanks @Merc1 wasn’t aware it takes so long for the new A8 to make it’s entrance on the US market.

In Europe the only engine available is the diesel. This might have something to do with it also.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

In Europe the only engine available is the diesel. This might have something to do with it also.

Good point. Maybe they are still busy implementing the petrol particle filter in the V6 and V8 petrol engines.

 

[nikola1984]

MERCEDES-BENZ USA

Sales -- July 2018


Mercedes-Benz

Passenger Vehicles

Jul-18 Jul-17 Monthly % YTD 2018 YTD 2017 Yearly %

B-CLASS 0 81
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132 398 -66.8 %

CLA 1,424 2,181 -34.7 % 13,140 10,686 23.0 %

C-CLASS 3,841 4,899 -21.6 % 33,500 47,451 -29.4 %

E-CLASS/CLS 2,252 3,876 -41.9 % 25,692 28,635 -10.3 %

S-CLASS 630 1,470 -57.1 % 9,055 9,053 0.0 %

SLC 127 199 -36.2 % 1,308 1,815 -27.9 %

SL 95 154 -38.3 % 1,351 1,604 -15.8 %

AMG GT 104 179 -41.9 % 1,018 720 41.4 %

GLA 1,322 2,223 -40.5 % 13,484 12,583 7.2 %

GLC 4,446 4,002 11.1 % 39,591 23,729 66.8 %

GLE 4,447 3,879 14.6 % 27,188 30,708 -11.5 %

GLS 1,184 2,403 -50.7 % 11,383 17,929 -36.5 %

G-CLASS 162 363 -55.4 % 2,040 2,558 -20.3 %

TOTAL 20,034 25,909 -22.7 % 178,882 187,869 -4.8 %

Vans1 2,921 2,758 5.9 % 19,831 18,558 6.9 %

smart 103 182 -43.4 % 753 2,165 -65.2 %

MBUSA

Combined Total

Jul-18 Jul-17 Monthly % YTD 2018 YTD 2017 Yearly %

GRAND TOTAL 23,058 28,849 -20.1 % 199,466 208,592 -4.4 %


1 Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner Sprinter and Metris Vans are sold and marketed in the U.S. by Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler Vans USA, respectively.

 

[nikola1984]

Spartanburg BMW:

2019 Production - March

X3 Vehicles: 11,066
X4 Vehicles: 6,241
X5 Vehicles: 12,875
X6 Vehicles: 906
X7 Vehicles: 6,453

Number of jobs – 11,000
U.S. suppliers – 300
South Carolina suppliers– Over 40

 

[klier]

Current X6 barely has a pulse.
Are those numbers for the U.S or worldwide?

 

[hovabongZA]

Spartanburg BMW:

2019 Production - March

X3 Vehicles: 11,066
X4 Vehicles: 6,241
X5 Vehicles: 12,875
X6 Vehicles: 906
X7 Vehicles: 6,453

Number of jobs – 11,000
U.S. suppliers – 300
South Carolina suppliers– Over 40

It’s going to be a fantastic year for BMW!

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

Spartanburg BMW:

2019 Production - March

X3 Vehicles: 11,066
X4 Vehicles: 6,241
X5 Vehicles: 12,875
X6 Vehicles: 906
X7 Vehicles: 6,453

Number of jobs – 11,000
U.S. suppliers – 300
South Carolina suppliers– Over 40

It is still 5 000 under the capacity of the factory. What's happening there?

 

[dalab]

From now on everything indicates an improvement in the markets, but also in the USA i hope

 

[dalab]

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/bmw-s-behemoth-suv-helps-extend-u-s-sales-lead-over-mercedes

 

[Merc1]

BMW - YTD - 97,704
MB - YTD - 94,120

BMW leading by 3584 units.

Mercedes has botched the rollout of the GLE, A-Class sales are soft and everything else (except the G) was down last month. BMW has a new 3 and X7 to give them a slight edge so far. BMW looks in far better shape going into the spring/summer selling season.

M

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

BMW - YTD - 97,704
MB - YTD - 94,120

BMW leading by 3584 units.

Mercedes has botched the rollout of the GLE, A-Class sales are soft and everything else (except the G) was down last month. BMW has a new 3 and X7 to give them a slight edge so far. BMW looks in far better shape going into the spring/summer selling season.

M

It's better to get the quality right on the GLE than rush them out the door and face debacles like BMW did with the X5.

Bloomberg's article is quite sensationalist.

 

[DblPen]

It's better to get the quality right on the GLE than rush them out the door and face debacles like BMW did with the X5.

Bloomberg's article is quite sensationalist.

whats wrong with the new x5?

 

[tomazino]

and face debacles likeBMW did with theX5

Hhahahaha, and Bloombeg's article is quite sensationalist.....

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Hhahahaha, and Bloombeg's article is quite sensationalist.....

LOL. Touche. My use of the term 'debacle' was sensationalist in itself. Perhaps I should have used 'challenges'.

 

[hovabongZA]

Interesting the sales by model worldwide in the first 3 months 2019, Z4, 8, 6 series, X2, X4, Cullinan, etc, lots for discussion

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The Mini brand is struggling.

 

[dalab]

The Mini brand is struggling.

Just a little, it's the first time since the reborn of the brand that sales do not grow

 

[dalab]

BMW was able to further increase its US sales in May 2019 and thus also extend its lead over pursuit of Mercedes - albeit only marginally,

Because apart from 29 units, the two German premium providers sold virtually an identical quantity of vehicles: 27,109 BMW stands at 27,080 Mercedes Benz opposite. Audi remains at a distance of 18,892 units.

At BMW, the new 3 Series G20 slowly but surely picks up speed, with 4,364 units, the sedan was just behind the X3, the best-selling series. However, this value also shows the strength of the BMW X3, which contributes decisively to the performance of the brand and clearly meets the taste of the Americans excellently. Together with X1 and X2, the X models account for 56 percent of May sales in the US.

The nerve of the target group also seems to be the BMW X7, which was sold 2,123 times in May, making it more successful than X1 and X2 combined. About four-digit sales in the US were also allowed to enjoy the X5 and 4, 5 and 7 Series. At MINI, only the Countryman manage to jump into the four-digit range.

Since the beginning of the year, BMW has come up with a US discount of 124,813 units, an increase of 0.7 percent. At 121,200 units, Mercedes-Benzis 8.3 percent down on the same period last year and could lose the domestic German duel for the American premium crown for the first time in years. With 82,031 units and a decline of 7.3 percent, Audi is just a spectator.

 

[PHYBENZ]

From what I hear, MB is having major issues with getting GLEs out of the port. VERY strange issues too...

 

[dalab]

The i8 did very well almost as much as the 8 series coupe
The sedans excellent against what the market dictates
I see that the problem beyond the big increase in sales were the X1 and X2 only three X1 sold ?? if we know that the LCI comes but the previous ones were exhausted? There was no production? I never saw such a marked decline, it must be a lack of production issue as with the X2, does anyone know what happened?

Audi, however , the US market remains difficult. In June sales fell by 0.3 percent to 19,409 cars. After six months, there is a fall of six percent. The sports car manufacturer Porsche , which also belongs to the VW Group, increased its sales last month by a clear 6.4 percent to 5205 vehicles. BMW was due to the large demand for new urban SUV going 31,627 cars of its common brand - an increase of strong 7.5 percent.


Mercedes sells five more cars
Daimler was hardly able to grow sales of Mercedes in the US in June. From the master brand sold the Stuttgart 26,196 vehicles, as the company announced at the US headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.That was only five cars more than a year ago. Mercedes-Benz has had a difficult run in the US so far this year, with a minus of 7.2 percent after six months. Including the small car brand Smart and the Vans Daimler was able to grow slightly in June, but in the current annual balance sheet is about as much in the minus as in the core brand.