Mercedes-Benz sales in the first seven months of 2018 rose 2.3% year on year to a record 1,356,350 vehicles.
July sales, however, were off 7.95% but worldwide sales of 167,518 was still Merc's second-best July "despite," the automaker said, "several factors that led to constraints in the availability of some models".
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It claimed premium brand YTD leadership in Germany, France, Switzerland, Portugal, US, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Brazil.
Europe sales slipped a considerable 13.9% to 65,568 vehicles last month while YTD volume dipped 3.2% to 542,358.
Germany YTD volume was off 2.7% to 173,721 cars.
Asia-Pacific demand last month saw sales rise 4.6% to 73,484 and 11.4% to 566,842 YTD. China sales rose 8.3% in July to 52,616 and 15.1% YTD to 392,780.
NAFTA region volume fell 19% to 24,884 last month and by 3.6% to 216,133 YTD. In the US Lexus trumped both BMW and Mercedes last month as the Daimler brand's volume plunged 22.7% to 20,034. YTD sales fell 4.8% to 178,882 though Mercedes insisted it "maintained its market leadership in the premium segment".
