November 2017: Mercedes-Benz USA

[William Maley]

Mercedes-Benz USA Reports November Sales of 30,838, up 1.6%

Dec 1, 2017 – ATLANTA: Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported November sales of 30,838 units, an increase of 1.6% from the 30,363 vehicles sold during the same period last year. Mercedes-Benz Vans reported best-ever November sales with 3,274 units (up 27.7%) and smart reported 130 units, bringing the MBUSA grand total to 34,242 vehicles for the month (up 2.2%). On a year-to-date basis, Mercedes-Benz retails totaled 302,043 units.

"November was a solid month for Mercedes-Benz, with strong demand for the 2018 model year S-Class, SUV lineup and high-performance AMG GT models," said Dietmar Exler, president and CEO of MBUSA. "Additionally, our dealer partners and entire MBUSA team played a central role in our first place ranking in the 2017 JD Power Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) for both luxury and overall industry."

Mercedes-Benz volume leaders in November included the C-Class, GLC and GLE model lines. The C-Class took the lead at 6,001, followed by GLC sales of 5,357. The GLE rounded out the top three with 4,914 units sold.

Mercedes-AMG high-performance models sold 3,294 units in November, with a total 30,116 sold year-to-date (up 49.6%).

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Vehicles	Nov-17	Nov-16	Monthly %	YTD 2017	YTD 2016	Yearly %
B-CLASS	31	52	-40.4%	633	578	9.5%
CLA	1,884	2,070	-9.0%	18,390	23,916	-23.1%
C-CLASS	6,001	7,261	-17.4%	70,947	69,822	1.6%
E-CLASS/CLS	4,735	4,642	2.0%	45,927	46,045	-0.3%
S-CLASS	1,803	1,475	22.2%	13,704	17,309	-20.8%
SLC	220	270	-18.5%	2,600	3,067	-15.2%
SL	257	273	-5.9%	2,663	3,418	-22.1%
AMG GT	281	89	215.7%	1,425	1,129	26.2%
GLA	2,288	2,227	2.7%	21,524	22,194	-3.0%
GLC	5,357	3,876	38.2%	42,491	43,854	-3.1%
GLE	4,914	4,694	4.7%	48,772	46,217	5.5%
GLS	2,869	3,108	-7.7%	29,250	27,180	7.6%
G-CLASS	198	326	-39.3%	3,717	3,497	6.3%
TOTAL	30,838	30,363	1.6%	302,043	308,226	-2.0%
Vans1	3,274	2,564	27.7%	30,947	30,444	1.7%
smart	130	563	-76.9%	2,905	5,025	-42.2%
MBUSA Combined Total	Nov-17	Nov-16	Monthly %	YTD 2017	YTD 2016	Yearly %
GRAND TOTAL	34,242	33,490	2.2%	335,895	343,695	-2.3%
1 Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner Sprinter and Metris Vans are sold and marketed in the U.S. by Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler Vans USA, respectively.

[balthazar]

Yep, too many sedans.

[G. David Felt]

Seems that like balthazar says, they could do with ending the following models:

AMG Gt

SL

SLC

Smart

G-Wagon

B-Class

Those would free up money for the rest of the product line to make it better and invest in their EVs.

[balthazar]

They need to purge the catalog & get serious about their EVs if they ever want to challenge toyota's volume level.