Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has reported
its highest volume month ever with December 2015 sales of 38,918, bringing the
company to the highest annual volume in its U.S. history at 380,461. MBUSA's
sales for December were up 1.7 percent versus the 38,270 sold in December 2014
(the previous record volume for December) and up 3.8 on a year-to-date basis
relative to the 366,589 vehicles sold in 2014.
"This has been a great year and we begin 2016 with
strong momentum from the recent launches of our GLE and GLC models. We'll have
a constant stream of new products in 2016 – cabriolets, coupes and AMG models –
leading us to yet another banner year," said Dietmar Exler, president and
CEO of MBUSA.
December sales for the Mercedes-Benz brand were led by the
C-Class, GLE and E-Class model lines. The C-Class took the top spot with 7,023
units, followed by the newly introduced GLE-Class. The GLE finished second this
month with 6,310 sales, marking a total of 20,663 units sold since its market
debut in August. The E-Class recorded the third-highest December sales number
with 4,999 units.
For the year, the Mercedes-Benz brand was led by the
C-Class, M/GLE-Class and E-Class model lines. Like the month of December, the
C-Class took the top spot for 2015 with 86,080 units, followed by the
M/GLE-Class with 53,213 sales. The E-Class finished third, recording 49,736
sales for the year.
Mercedes-Benz Vans sold 4,046 vehicles during the month of
December, up 23.1% over December 2014, bringing annual sales to their highest
volume on record. For the year, Mercedes-Benz Vans tallied 29,889 vehicles
sold, a 16.1% increase over the 25,745 from 2014. December saw smart deliver 669
units, finishing with 7,484 for the year.
Tosan Aduayi is the founder of Trendy Africa Magazine
and has been an Auto columnist since 1994
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