Mercedes-Benz kicks off fourth quarter with record sales and 11.5% growth

• Mercedes-Benz sells more vehicles than in any previous October with 140,941 units (+11.5%).

• Double-digit growth and new sales record of 1,336,097 vehicles since the beginning of the year

• New compact cars as well as the C- and S-Class are growth drivers

• Ola Källenius: "Already in the first month after the market launch the C-Class estate and the S-Class coupe were extremely popular among our customers."

Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz handed over 140,941 vehicles to customers in October (+11.5%), more than in any previous October. The Stuttgart based brand has also achieved a new sales record since the beginning of the year with sales of 1,336,097 cars (+12.4%).

"We started the fourth quarter with a sales record in October", said Ola Källenius, member of the Divisional Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Cars responsible for Marketing & Sales. "Already in the first month after the market launch the C-Class estate and the S-Class coupe were extremely popular among our customers."

In October, the Stuttgart based company sold 60,632 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Europe (+9.8%). The growth markets were in particular Spain (+56.3%), Switzerland (+19.5%) and Belgium (+12.4%). Unit sales in the German market rose by 4.5% to 23,784 units last month. Thus, Mercedes-Benz stays the most registered premium brand in its home market.

In the past month, Mercedes-Benz posted particularly strong growth rates in the Asia-Pacific region: In China 23,150 customers picked up their vehicles, 33.4% more than in the previous year's month – another sales record. In Japan, where Mercedes-Benz continues to lead the market among the importers, the brand also saw a new sales record (+10.6%). In Australia, the company even increased its October sales by 37.8%, thus posting another sales record.

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