Best start of the year in the company's history for Mercedes-Benz with 125,865 vehicles sold in January Ola Kallenius, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales: "We have started the 'year of the SUVs' at Mercedes-Benz with a sales increase of 37% in this segment." Increase of unit sales in all core markets, record sales in the two biggest markets USA and China , strong growth in Germany smart increases unit sales with new models by nearly 30% compared to the previous year's month; growth of over 60% in Germany.