A total of 81,017 Mercedes-Benz cars were delivered in the Europe region in October – a new October record (+1.3%). From January to October, unit sales in the region increased by 0.6%. In the core market of Germany, deliveries increased by 5.3% to the number of 30,763 vehicles. This means that in the first ten months of the year, unit sales in Germany were significantly higher than in the prior-year period with a plus of 5.0%. In Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark and Hungary, new records were set for unit sales in an October.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Mercedes-Benz posted best ever sales in October; deliveries increased by 10.9% to 80,312 units sold. A key driver once again was China, the region’s core market. With 57,142 Mercedes-Benz cars sold in October (+13.8%) and 583,032 from January to October (+5.8%), two new records were set for unit sales. In addition, in South Korea, more Mercedes-Benz cars were sold than ever before in an October.
Unit sales in the NAFTA region increased slightly in October compared with the prior-year month to the number of 33,264 cars (+1.5%). In the United States, the region’s core market, sales were also slightly higher than in October last year with a total of 27,867 units delivered (+1.2%). As in September, deliveries in Canada increased once again in October.