Posted 08/01/2018 12: 23: 40CET
STUTTGART (GERMANY), 8 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Mercedes-Benz Cars, a division of the Daimler group that includes Mercedes-Benz and Smart, closed last year with a global sales volume of 2.42 million units, 8.8% more than the same period of the previous year. according to data published by the company.
In December, the Star Corporation sold a total of 205,429 vehicles worldwide, which translates into a slight increase of 0.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Given these results, the president of Daimler and responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars, Dieter Zetsche, said that the company exceeded the figure of the previous year for the seventh consecutive year and noted that the Mercedes-Benz brand was the best-selling premium firm in the entire world around the world in 2017.
By brands, Mercedes-Benz registered a total of 2.28 million vehicles worldwide in the whole of 2017, 9.9% more compared to the previous year, while in the last month of last year their deliveries rose by 1.7% to 193,534 units.
Smart, on its side, sold 135,025 vehicles worldwide in 2017, which translates into a decrease of 5.5% compared to 2016. In December, the car company sold 11,895 units worldwide, a 19.1 % less.