Mercedes-Benz India has registered a sale of 6,597 units in the January to June 2016 period. The relatively strong figures have been achieved by the company against the backdrop of the diesel ban in the key Delhi and NCR market, which has been in force for more than 6 months.
Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, commented “We are quite satisfied with our overall sales performance in the first six months of the year, despite facing market challenges throughout the first half year. The sales growth would have been much higher and in double-digit had we not lost sales in the important Delhi NCR and Kerala markets.”
The German automaker was one of the worst hit auto manufacturers in the Indian automobile market by the diesel ban imposed in Delhi and NCR, wherein cars with over 2000cc engines were not allowed to be sold, as most of the cars from Mercedes-Benz’s line had engines with higher cubic capacity.
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