Recently, Mercedes-Benz released sales data for the first quarter of 2024. In the first quarter, Mercedes-Benz’s global sales totaled 568,400 vehicles, including 463,000 passenger cars, 105,400 commercial vehicles, and 50,500 pure electric vehicles. The total sales volume in the Chinese market was 176,600 units, of which 168,900 were passenger cars, a year-on-year decrease of 12%, and 7,700 commercial vehicles were a year-on-year increase of 27%.
“Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Sales Chart”
“Mercedes-Maybach S-Class “
It is reported that the shortage of spare parts supply that began in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the replacement of some models have affected the supply of some new cars in the first quarter of 2024, especially imported models, resulting in the delivery of some models in the Chinese market being unable to fully meet customer needs. However, Mercedes-Maybach S-Class sales still increased by 13% year-on-year. Mercedes-Benz said that the relevant supply situation has gradually improved in the first quarter of this year and will better meet customer needs in the future.
“Mercedes-Benz E-Class”
Beijing Benz’s domestic new car delivery has not been too affected by the shortage of spare parts supply, especially pure electric models. According to official data, the delivery volume of domestically produced Mercedes-Benz pure electric models in the first quarter more than doubled compared with the same period last year. The delivery of domestically produced Mercedes-Benz C-Class increased by nearly 50% year-on-year, and the delivery of domestically produced Mercedes-Benz GLC increased by more than 20% year-on-year. The new domestically produced Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which will be launched in December 2023, has also received positive feedback from the market.
“Mercedes-Benz GLC”
It is worth mentioning that in the first quarter of this year, Beijing Benz reached the milestone of rolling off the assembly line of 5 million localized models. Beijing Benz will continue to improve the digital “intelligent” level of its production lines and quality management systems to achieve efficient mixed-line production of pure electric, hybrid and fuel models. It is reported that the new model developed based on Mercedes-Benz’s new MMA platform will be put into production in Beijing Benz in 2025.
