Mercedes widens 2013 U.S. premium sales lead on CLA demand
Automotive News
October 2, 2013 06:01 CET
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Mercedes-Benz sold more than 2,300 of its CLA compact coupes in its first week of availability in the United States, helping the brand post a 7 percent September gain and widen its U.S. premium-vehicle lead with rival BMW.
Mercedes also boosted E-class deliveries by 17 percent to 5,647 last month. In total, Mercedes sold 24,697 vehicles, according to a statement from parent company Daimler.
Deliveries for the BMW brand rose 8 percent in September from a year earlier to 23,568, helped by demand for its 7 series, whose deliveries more than tripled, and 5-series sedans, the automaker said.
The September results expanded Mercedes's lead for 2013 to 2,491 vehicles, 215,056 to 212,565, up from a margin of 1,362 through August. BMW has sold the most luxury vehicles in the U.S. the past two years. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said in July he expected his company to come up short again in 2013.
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Automotive News
October 2, 2013 06:01 CET
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Mercedes-Benz sold more than 2,300 of its CLA compact coupes in its first week of availability in the United States, helping the brand post a 7 percent September gain and widen its U.S. premium-vehicle lead with rival BMW.
Mercedes also boosted E-class deliveries by 17 percent to 5,647 last month. In total, Mercedes sold 24,697 vehicles, according to a statement from parent company Daimler.
Deliveries for the BMW brand rose 8 percent in September from a year earlier to 23,568, helped by demand for its 7 series, whose deliveries more than tripled, and 5-series sedans, the automaker said.
The September results expanded Mercedes's lead for 2013 to 2,491 vehicles, 215,056 to 212,565, up from a margin of 1,362 through August. BMW has sold the most luxury vehicles in the U.S. the past two years. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said in July he expected his company to come up short again in 2013.
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