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Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz has posted record-breaking sales in 2011 with more than 1.26 million vehicles, which is 8 percent higher. Also, it forecasts more growth as it launches new models such as the upcoming A class. Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche shared that in 2012, they will continue with their product offensive and will launch more vehicles on the market.
Aside from the refurbished A class, Mercedes intends to introduce the new CLS shooting brake as well as the high-end SL coupe later this year. Last month, Mercedes brand sales increased 15.1 percent to 124,387 units aided by the strong growth in the U.S., China and emerging markets like Brazil and Russia. The sales boost helped the brand to hit the best-selling quarter in its history with sales of 341,624 units in the three-month period ending in December.
In China, sales of the Mercedes brand increased 30.6 percent to 193,339 units from January to December. Last month, sales grew 29.5 percent to 23,227 units. The statistics include sales in Hong Kong.
In Russia, Mercedes sold 29,058 units last year, an increase by 47.3 percent. In Brazil, sales grew 35.3 percent to 10,197 units in 2011. Meanwhile, Mercedes experienced an increase in sales by 13.3 percent to 245,231 units last year in its second largest market -- the U.S. December sales in the U.S. leaped 27.9 percent to 25,701 units, boosted by the new-generation variants of the M-class and C-class models.
