Luxury carmaker DaimlerChrysler India said on Friday that sale of its Mercedes brand of cars surged by 61.5 per cent during January-September 2003 to 1,370 units as compared to 848 units in the same period last year.
Domestic sales jumped by 60.5 per cent to 1,249 cars while exports went up by 72.8 per cent to 121 cars, a company spokesperson told PTI over phone from Pune.
Sale of the top-end S-class model stood at 70 units, E-class at 522 units and that of the C-class model at 611 units, the spokesperson said.
The company also sold 46 units of fully-built imported models like SLK Convertible and M-Class.
It exported 121 cars to neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
The company produces the C-class, E-class and S-class models at its factory at Pune.
It also sells completely-built vehicles after importing them from overseas sister subsidiaries.
"We had started the CBU sales programme around last year. This year, it has more or less stabilised," the spokesperson said.
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