Mercedes-Benz sales double in Q1

Mercedes-Benz sales in Romania doubled in the first quarter of the year and reached 2,326 units compared with the same time last year, in the wake of higher sales of light commercial vehicles and cars, while truck deliveries saw a slight decline, according to company data. Sales of Mercedes Benz commercial vehicles tripled and reached 442 units in January-March of last year, and 1,442 units in the first quarter of this year, while the most popular models were Sprinter (1,006 units) and Vito (253 units). In the same interval, Mercedes-Benz cars saw a 42.4% increase, from 451 to 642 units, with C-Class and ML models proving to be the best sellers with 181 and 108 units each. Heavy commercial vehicles saw a slight decline, from 256 units in January-March of 2007 to 242 vehicles in the same period of this year. The largest number of orders was for the Actros model (195), followed by Axor (18 units). In all, Mercedes-Benz sold 2,326 vehicles in Romania, in the first quarter of the year, up 102.4% against the same time in 2007, when the company delivered 1,149 units.