NEW DELHI: Mercedes-Benz India (MBI) made a powerful begin to 2024 with gross sales of 5,412 automobiles in January-March 2024, the highest-ever quarter gross sales in its 30 years of operations in the nation.
The robust present additionally paves the best way to MBI attaining the 20,000 annual gross sales milestone nevertheless it wants to beat challenges of provide bottlenecks to race previous the landmark.
Q1 is often the strongest quarter for automakers and includes 1/4th of the annual gross sales. Last yr, out of 17,408 units, 4,697 units or 27% of automobiles had been bought in Q1. In 2022, Q1 gross sales had been 4,022 units or 25% of 15,822 units bought that yr.
“We are confident of a double digit growth for the remaining quarters. However, we also face challenges due to certain model run-outs earlier than planned, and any supply bottlenecks which can impact volume developments,” MBI managing director and chief government officer Santosh Iyer stated on Thursday.
The numbers for the monetary yr 2023-24 was the very best ever with the automaker clocking 18,123 units, up from 16,497 units in 2023-24.
The record efficiency in the primary quarter was pushed by SUVs that comprised 60% of the automobiles bought between January and March. One in 4 automobiles bought in the primary three months of the yr had a price-tag in extra of Rs 1 crore. These embody automobiles just like the GLS, S-Class, Mercedes-Maybach, the EQS, G-Class and the AMG vary.
In the following three months, MBI will launch 4 new top-end automobiles (TEVs) together with the AMG S 63 e-Performance and AMG C 63 e-Performance. Also among the many new launches in 2024 will probably be three new battery electrical automobiles (BEVs).
The robust present additionally paves the best way to MBI attaining the 20,000 annual gross sales milestone nevertheless it wants to beat challenges of provide bottlenecks to race previous the landmark.
Q1 is often the strongest quarter for automakers and includes 1/4th of the annual gross sales. Last yr, out of 17,408 units, 4,697 units or 27% of automobiles had been bought in Q1. In 2022, Q1 gross sales had been 4,022 units or 25% of 15,822 units bought that yr.
“We are confident of a double digit growth for the remaining quarters. However, we also face challenges due to certain model run-outs earlier than planned, and any supply bottlenecks which can impact volume developments,” MBI managing director and chief government officer Santosh Iyer stated on Thursday.
The numbers for the monetary yr 2023-24 was the very best ever with the automaker clocking 18,123 units, up from 16,497 units in 2023-24.
The record efficiency in the primary quarter was pushed by SUVs that comprised 60% of the automobiles bought between January and March. One in 4 automobiles bought in the primary three months of the yr had a price-tag in extra of Rs 1 crore. These embody automobiles just like the GLS, S-Class, Mercedes-Maybach, the EQS, G-Class and the AMG vary.
In the following three months, MBI will launch 4 new top-end automobiles (TEVs) together with the AMG S 63 e-Performance and AMG C 63 e-Performance. Also among the many new launches in 2024 will probably be three new battery electrical automobiles (BEVs).
