Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz posted a half year record with sales of 694,433 vehicles (+6.4%) to the end of June 2013. June sales up 8.3% to 131,609 units also set a record thanks to 16% growth in China.
The growth in the first six months of the year “was driven primarily by the stable gains in many European markets and the US”, the automaker said in a statement.
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“The first half of 2013 went very well for Mercedes-Benz. We continued to grow in many markets and were able to post a new record“, said sales chief Joachim Schmidt. He expects an updated E-Class, redesigned S-Class and new compact cars “will provide perceptible momentum as they become available in increasingly more markets in the coming months”.
Europe sales rose 4.2% to 327,988 vehicles in the first half. There was also growth in UK (+15.0%), Belgium (+19.6%), Russia (+19.9%) and Turkey (+75.1%).
German sales dipped 3.3% to 124,324.
US sales rose 10.4% to 141,950 units, in Brazil by 51.7% and in Argentina by 95.1%.
Asia/Pacific region sales rose 6.7%.
