(November 7, 2016) STUTTGART — Mercedes-Benz made a successful start to the fourth quarter with unit sales increasing by 11.5% to 173,096 vehicles in October and 1,711,017 vehicle in the first 10 months of the year representing 11.7% increase. This was the best October in company history as well as in the first 10 months. Last month, Mercedes-Benz was the market leader among the premium manufacturers in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan and the U.S.

Last month, sales in Europe rose to 71,635 units, an increase of 9.6% and the highest number ever sold in an October. In Germany, the domestic market, approximately 24,000 vehicles were delivered to customers. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Mercedes-Benz achieved especially strong growth of more than 20% in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland.

Sales of 63,771 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the Asia-Pacific region represent substantial growth of 23.8% compared with the previous best October unit sales achieved last year. In China, the biggest single market, strong demand for Mercedes automobiles led to sales growth in the period of January to October of 29.3% to 387,015 units. This means that Mercedes-Benz had already surpassed its sales of full-year 2015 by the end of last month.

Mercedes-Benz sold 28,659 units in the U.S.