Mercedes-Benz Sells Over One Million Cars in the First Six Months of 2016

More good news has been reported from the luxury car market as Mercedes-Benz delivers over one million cars in the first half of 2016. Mercedes contributes their success to the newly-updated line of luxury SUVs that represent one-third of total sales for the German manufacturer. Growth for the year is up 12.1 percent over the same time in 2015. This marks 40 months in a row of record sales for Mercedes that is also expecting even more growth with the release of the Mercedes-AMG GT R.

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Europe continues to be the largest purchaser of Mercedes vehicles accounting for a total of 444,581 vehicles between January and June. Asia Pacific makes up the 2^nd largest purchasing demographic with a total of 346,220 deliveries with 219,999 of those cars being delivered to China. China has the largest jump in Mercedes purchases by a massive 33.1 percent increase over Jan-June 2015. The next most popular line of auto behind the SUV is A- and B-Class, CLA, CLA Shooting Brake and GLA, totaling 319,626 deliveries worldwide. The C-Class also had a good showing with 200,000 units sold during the first half of the year.

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