Mercedes-Benz cuts manufacturing of its flagship S-Class ultra-luxury limousine as a result of falling demand.
Gross sales of S-Class fell 25% in H1 2024 to twenty-eight,100 models (-25%) whereas 7,000 models (-50%) of the EQS electrical variant was offered.
With the drop in gross sales, Mercedes plan to change to single-shift for the final quarter of this yr at “Manufacturing unit 56” plant.
In “Manufacturing unit 56”, Mercedes makes all variants of S-Class, in addition to the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, EQS, E-Class and S-Class Guard.
German automaker, Mercedes-Benz, will lower manufacturing of the Mercedes S-Class at its state-of-the-art “Manufacturing unit 56” plant in Sindelfingen as a result of falling demand for its flagship extremely luxurious limousine.
Gross sales of the S-Class fell 25% within the first 6 months of 2024 to twenty-eight,100 models whereas the German automobile large offered simply 7,000 models (-25 per cent) of the EQS electrical variant, in comparison with the 14,100 models offered in the identical interval in 2023.
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With the drop in gross sales for the S-Class, Mercedes plan to change from two-shift to single-shift working for the final quarter of this yr, which is able to see the relocation of about 1,500 staff to different manufacturing departments on the Sindelfingen plant.
Man-machine-cooperations has considerably helped Mercedes elevated flexibility and effectivity at its “Manufacturing unit 56”, the place all variants of the S-Class, in addition to the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, EQS, E-Class and S-Class Guard are produced.
Gross sales of High-end luxurious fashions in H1 2024
Between January and June 2024, Mercedes offered 136,900 models (-22 per cent) within the top-end luxurious class, which fashions comparable to S-Class, EQS, Mercedes-AMG, GLS, Mercedes-Maybach in addition to the G-Class, together with the newly launched all-new electrical G-Class.
Whereas High-Finish Q2 gross sales elevated by 6% in comparison with Q1, it’s 4% much less in comparison with the identical quarter of the earlier yr “primarily as a result of mannequin changeovers and a subdued market surroundings in Asia, Mercedes-Benz stated in an announcement.
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