Mercedes-Benz USA sales - The only way is up!

Up seems to be the only way from Mercedes-Benz in 2016 as well! Mercedes-Benz USA has reported a new record sales figure for February. The American branch sold a total of 25,632 in the past month.

22,941 passenger cars, 2,269 vans and 422 smart units. This is the aftermath of February in the United States, with Daimler Vans recording a best-ever February, marking an increase of 35.5% compared to the previous year.

“Despite runout of two high-volume models, we are experiencing a strong first quarter,” said Dietmar Exler, the new president and CEO of MBUSA. “As new core model lines like E-Class and GLS are introduced, we expect to set new records throughout the year.”

And they seem to have started chasing that annual record already. The sales leader was, once more, the C-Class sedan, with 6,102 cars sold, closely followed by the new GLE, with 3,948 vehicles delivered in February. As for the new GLC, it proudly rounds up the sales podium with an increase of 84.1%, meaning 3,278 units sold.

The AMGs are selling better and better. With 2,004 units sold in February only, the high-performance brand got a 164.4% compared to February 2015 (758 cars sold). The BlueTEC diesel models are going just as well, with 295, despite the Dieselgate and all the rumors around it.

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Vehicles	Feb-16	Feb-15	Monthly %	YTD 2016	YTD 2015	Yearly %

B-CLASS	37	109	-66.1%	95	349	-72.8%

CLA	1,474	2,606	-43.4%	4,642	5,097	-8.9%

C-CLASS	6,102	7,072	-13.7%	11,181	13,308	-16.0%

E-CLASS/CLS	2,700	2,752	-1.9%	5,490	7,494	-26.7%

S-CLASS	1,558	1,421	9.6%	2,835	2,998	-5.4%

SLK	270	228	18.4%	536	474	13.1%

SL	369	331	11.5%	583	641	-9.0%

AMG GT	95	–	–	220	–	–

*SLS AMG	1	3	–	1	8	–

GLA	1,597	1,873	-14.7%	4,638	3,751	23.6%

GLC/GLK	3,278	1,781	84.1%	6,127	3,179	92.7%

GLE/M-CLASS	3,948	3,316	19.1%	7,611	6,460	17.8%

GL	1,226	1,849	-33.7%	3,022	3,970	-23.9%

G-CLASS	286	275	4.0%	624	506	23.3%

TOTAL	22,941	23,616	-2.9%	47,605	48,235	-1.3%

Vans¹	2,269	1,675	35.5%	4,168	3,180	31.1%

smart	422	458	-7.9%	821	950	-13.6%

MBUSA Combined Total	Feb-16	Feb-15	Monthly %	YTD 2016	YTD 2015	Yearly %

GRAND TOTAL	25,632	25,749	-0.5%	52,594	52,365	0.4%