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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. Registrations of SUVs fell by 48% to 338,300 units while increasing their market share to almost 40%. million units.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Back then, Mercedes-Benz was the first premium manufacturer to launch a sport utility vehicle (SUV), the M-Class, and completely redefined the off-road segment. Argentina comes close behind with 11.6%.

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Volkswagen Group deliveries top 1 million vehicles in one month for first time in September

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Vehicles from our brands are thrilling more and more customers worldwide – our new SUVs in particular are very popular. While deliveries in Germany were slightly down (-3.3%), the overall trend in Western Europe remained stable (-0.5%) on the back of increases in Spain and Italy. million, deliveries were 6.6% up on the previous year.