Mercedes-Benz Global Sales Increase in April Increases Chinese Market by 47%

Daimler Group, the German luxury car manufacturer, said that following its steady growth in global car sales in the first quarter of the same period last year, its global car sales once again hit a new high in April 2011. The group’s passenger cars (including Sales of Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach increased by 7.7% year-on-year.

Daimler Automotive Group stated that in April 2011, the Group’s most important Mercedes-Benz brand car sold worldwide had reached 100.7 thousand units, a year-on-year increase of 8.2%. According to statistics, from January to April 2011, the total sales volume of Mercedes-Benz brand cars was 381,200 vehicles, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year.

It is understood that Mercedes-Benz's global sales growth is mainly due to the high demand for luxury cars in China and the United States market. In April 2011, Mercedes-Benz sold a total of 16,500 vehicles in the Chinese market, an increase of 46.9% year-on-year. In the first four months of 2011, the sales volume of Mercedes-Benz China reached a cumulative total of 59,500 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 68.2%.

It is reported that Daimler announced its financial report for the first quarter of 2011 on April 29th. The report shows that thanks to the surge in demand for luxury cars in the market, especially in the Chinese market, and the recovery in sales of the company's main truck market, the company’s first-quarter net profit rose 93% year-on-year to 1.18 billion euros (this figure for the same period in 2010). EUR 612 million).