Record month of May: Mercedes-Benz surpasses previous year's sales high

 • Dr. Joachim Schmidt:

     • "The record sales in May show that our new models are being excellently received by customers across all segments."

    • "We are on track to meet our target of selling more vehicles in 2012 than ever before in a single year and therefore to grow stronger than the market."

 • Mercedes-Benz is the most successful premium brand in Germany and the U.S.

 • New models with outstanding response: B-Class posts record sales

 • M-Class enjoys strong growth of about 29%; SL more than triples sales in May

As in the previous year, Mercedes-Benz again posted a new record for unit sales in May 2012. In total, the company delivered 113,136 units. Thus, sales were up 4.0% on the record figure for 2011. More than half a million customers have already chosen a new vehicle from the brand with the star since the start of the year (531,382 units; +8.4%). This is the earliest in a year this threshold has ever been passed.

The Mercedes-Benz Cars division also posted record sales in May and year-to-date. The company sold a total of 577,378 Mercedes-Benz, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles (+8.0%) in the period from January to May. 122,600 units were delivered in the past month (+3.1%).

Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz Cars: "The record sales in May show that our new models are being excellently received by customers across all segments. The best example for this is the new B-Class. Sales for this model series have been at record levels both in May and year-to-date. We are on track to meet our target of selling more vehicles in 2012 than ever before in a single year and therefore to grow stronger than the market."  

Sales by Mercedes-Benz continued to develop especially well in the United States. In May, sales were at a new high of 22,515 units (+19.2%). Also a sales high posted the brand with the star for the period from January to May (106,364 units; +17.8%). Thus, Mercedes-Benz is leading the field of premium manufacturers on the U.S. market.

As well as in the U.S., Mercedes-Benz is also the best-selling premium manufacturer in Germany. 102,567 vehicles were delivered to customers in the first five months of 2012 (+6.5%). On the contracting Western European market (without Germany) Mercedes-Benz has sold 2.8% more vehicles since the beginning of the year than in the same period of the previous year (126,922 units). In the UK, deliveries developed particularly well. New sales records were set both for May (+18.2%) and year-to-date (+11.8%). In Switzerland, sales increased by more than a third, leading to a new sales record since the beginning of the year.

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