Mercedes Benz has crossed sale of one million units its current 2007 model. More than 840,000 sedans and more than 160,000 Estate variants have been sold since its launch in 2007. Mercedes C-class was launched in 1982 and total 8 million units have been so far. Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz Cars, said that the C-Class is its “best-selling production series” and is hence, very important for Mercedes-Benz. He said that last June, the sedan was the best-selling vehicle in its comparative class worldwide.
The current C-Class is therefore continuing the success of the previous C-Class generation. Around 1.9 million customers bought sedans and estates of the previous model series during the model’s life cycle. Mercedes-Benz has sold more than eight million vehicles in this segment since the first C-Class was introduced back in 1982.
Mercedes C-class has been an extremely successful model in India as well. It has been outselling the BMW 3-series and Audi A4.
