Mercedes-Benz posts strongest sales month in September and best quarter in the company's history

• With 162,746 units in September, Mercedes-Benz has sold more vehicles than in any previous month (+13.8%).

• Third quarter is the strongest quarter in the company's history to date with 11.9% growth

• 12.5% increase to 1,195,156 vehicles since beginning of year

• New compact vehicles and S-Class as growth drivers

• New C-Class estate, S-Class coupe and CLS successfully launched in the market

• Ola Källenius: "With the new S 500 PLUG-IN HYBRID, available since the end of September, we are offering our customers an ultra-modern hybrid drive concept with the innovations and superior features of the S-Class."

Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz posted the strongest sales month in the company's history to date in September and the first month with customer deliveries of more than 160,000 vehicles (162,746 units, +13.8%). Moreover, with sales from July to September, the company has had the strongest quarter in its history to date (412,018 units, +11.9%). Mercedes-Benz has posted double-digit growth since the start of the year (+12.5%) and thus a new record with sales of 1,195,156 cars.

"We have never sold as many Mercedes-Benz vehicles as in September and at the same time achieved the strongest quarter in the company's history. We will now start into the last quarter of 2014 with double-digit growth", said Ola Källenius, Member of the Divisional Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Cars responsible for Marketing & Sales. "The growth drivers were our compact cars and the S-Class. With the new S 500 PLUG-IN HYBRID, available since the end of September, we are offering our customers an ultra-modern hybrid drive concept with the innovations and superior features of the S-Class. Until 2017, we will introduce nine more PLUG-IN HYBRID models on the market, which will stimulate further sales."

On the European market, 534,263 vehicles have been handed over to customers since the start of the year (+7.6%). The growth markets were, in particular, the UK (+15.3%) and Spain (+26.6%). In September, sales in Europe climbed to a new record high of 77,548 units (+9.1%). At 191,205 units sold since the beginning of the year, sales of the brand with the star in its home market Germany were at the previous year's level (+0.1%). Mercedes-Benz remains the most registered premium brand in Germany.

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