Mercedes car sales rose 17% to 540,800 in the final quarter of 2022 “thanks to robust demand in most regions, despite ongoing COVID measures, semiconductor and logistic bottlenecks throughout the year”.

But full year sales dipped 1% to 2,043,900 as BEV deliveries rose 124% to 117,800 units.

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Retail sales in Asia rose 1% to 987,800.

Full year deliveries in China fell 1% impacted by local COVID measures. South Korea sales rose 7% to 80,000 while sales rose 41% in India and 19% in Vietnam.

Europe retail sales rose 1% to 635,100 units.

Full year deliveries in North America increased 3% to 327,000 units.

During the year, the company stopped exporting cars and vans to Russia.

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