Comments on: Mercedes-Benz sales up in October

By: Yanzo

Yanzo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:51:11 +0000

how are their sales going up??? benz’s are looking uglier and uglier if you ask me

By: The Realist

The Realist — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:33:52 +0000

Not really:
- the top end of the market (e.g. Aston Martin) has dropped, so those buyers have had to downgrade to M3s and C63s;
- The Germans have numerous vehicles in all sorts of niches. Plus their cheap cars (e.g. 120i) can be had for lesss than 50K.

Just because you drive a BMW 320i with M-Sport doesn’t mean you’re rich. Now if a person drove past in an M6 you could say he was better off than most…

By: DE

DE — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:54:23 +0000

Shak, try this one:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-definition-of-recession-just-apply-the-duck-principle-20090120-7lld.html

By: Shakeel

Shakeel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Mate your definition of recesiion is a bit off. It is actually two consequitive quarters of negative growth meaning a year of negative GDP figures. We never got that but every other developed country in the world performed much worse than us.

By: Insert Name

Insert Name — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:59:56 +0000

Audi, MB and BMW sales up during tough economic times. The rich are getting richer …

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:22:06 +0000

Tom, Contrary to the rest of the world, Australia never really went into recession. A recession is generally defined by 3 sequential quarters with declining production – unlike the U.S. and Europe, that did not really happen here.

In that you are correct, the Aussie dollar dumped a load about a year ago which ironically made prices for export very tantalizing for the rest of the world, mainly China and primarily on mining and raw materials.

As far as Mercedes goes, I can only guess that the new C class is a large reason for their growth, which ironically is a far better car than the old C class and is actually even priced lower than it predecessor, which is not very usual.

Personally I think the Mercedes C class is a sleeper- a really, really good car and even a great car in diesel format, but the 200 petrol is a very good vehicle all the way round.

I think the one thing in Australia which should go into permanent recession is the taxes charged on vehicles here. If you look at most every other country in the world and compare say a Mercedes C200 to what it costs in the US or Germany or Italy or anywhere in the world vs. Australia, you will find the costs here are outrageous.

By: Tom R

Tom R — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:56:13 +0000

Well the Aussie dollar is doing pretty well, it seems we’re coming out of this recession!

By: Car News and Reviews

Car News and Reviews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:15:36 +0000

does this mean that the crisis is over or is just Mercedes-Benz one of the best performers during economic falls?