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Luxury cars to help drive economy

A local version of Mercedes-AMG model helps the German luxury carmaker increase its sales during the Covid-19 crisis. (Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) photo)

Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) sees positive signs in Thai and global luxury car markets, with sales surging in its two models in Thailand, helping the German automaker cushion an overall sales drop in the domestic market during the pandemic-hit year of 2020.

From January to December last year, Mercedes Benz recorded a total of 10,613 deliveries in the Thai market, a 30% decrease from 15,158 units sold in 2019, but it managed to deliver more than 2 million cars globally for the fifth consecutive year, with sales of 2,528,349 units.

“Even with the uncontrollable challenges from Covid-19, we have seen positive signs from our customers around the world,”…

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