Posted on 04/08/2015 8:44:23 AM PDT by C19fan
Mercedes-Benz sold nearly 15% more cars in the first quarter from the same period last year, setting the bar high for rivals Audi and BMW in the race for the top premium brand, amid strong demand for its C-Class sedans, sport-utility vehicles and luxury compact cars.
The German the luxury car maker owned by Daimler AG, said on Wednesday that it sold 429,602 cars in the quarter. Mercedes-Benz's sales growth accelerated in March when it sold nearly 16% more vehicles than in the same month last year.
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Be interesting to know how the Mercedes dealers around Washington DC are doing.
All the lux car dealers in the beltway are prospering.
It’s the place where all the boys have 1000 dollar suits and the girls 400 dollar dresses, shoes, and handbags.
DC is America’s wealth factory. It processes taxpayer money and fake created money into high salaries for beltway folks.
Have seen a ton of CLA’s. Was at our Mercedes dealer having our GLK 350 washed and was talking to a salesman. He said they can’t keep the CLA’s on the lot and there is a shortage of them. Demand was higher than production.
Cadillac has mostly missed the luxe car boom. Caddy has also announced it’s getting out of the livery (modified limo) business, and it’s not going to continue the ATS past its current life-cycle. Cadillac made a billions-dollar gamble on the ATS as a BMW 3-series alternative and is conceding it didn’t pay off.
Im kinda fond of the CLS550,,, not that I would buy one,,, but they do look nice...
Mercedes Benz can thank the Federal Reserve Banksters for creating yet another bubble economy and if you are a Federale “worker” or contractor in the DC region you make out doubly well. DC and its suburbs are boom towns.
The best indicator is all the upscale restaurants opening up in DC and its suburbs and doing great due to the two million plus paychecks signed by The Treasurer of The United States of America
Up 7.6% in the US.
I bought my first C-class sedan two years ago.
Why?
1. It had a V-6
2. Most other 3with a V-6 were just about the price of a MB with my USAA discount
3. It drove much better than the other cars.
For the most part I’ve liked it. Except that:
1. Maintenance is very expensive
2. Low profile tires
There must be one killer Dodge Ram dealership in Montana, unless Ted Turner has a liking for them.
“There must be one killer Dodge Ram dealership in Montana, unless Ted Turner has a liking for them.”
Showing a chart like this (which I will point has no source or no refernce to time period, etc.) is that especailly for a state like Montana, 10 cars could be the differnce between first and second. I think percentage of total market by state would be a better view of sales per state.
Not made clear by the part of the article posted is that this is international sales.
“Mercedes-Benz strong showing was driven by robust growth in Europe, where sales were up 16% to 187,284 cars in the first quarter, and China, where sales grew nearly 17% to 78,183 cars. Mercedes-Benz sales in the United States rose 9.2% to 29,921 cars in March and were up 7.6% to 78,156 cars in the first quarter.
Sales of Daimler’s boutique Smart small-car brand rose 25% to 11,984 cars in March and were up 23% to 28,744 cars in the first quarter.”
I would consider a BMW 3 Series, but the totally silly price they want for a BMW 320i or 328d sedan (don’t even ask how much a 328i sedan costs at the lot!), I could almost buy two Honda Fit EX hatchbacks.
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