Mercedes-Benz India on road to best-ever sales: MD & CEO Martin Schwenk

'We reached our highest (unit sales) number in the calendar year 2018. It was 15,538 units. We assume we should be able to cross this number'

Mercedes-Benz India is likely to post its highest-ever unit sales in 2022, surpassing the 2018 peak when it had sold 15,538 units, said its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Martin Schwenk on Friday.

He told Business Standard in an interview that this year, so far, unit sales have been about 40 per cent more than that in the corresponding period last year. "We have got good momentum at this stage," he said, adding that if production keeps up with demand, the company would be able to cross the peak level achieved in 2018. 

In Covid-affected 2021, the company sold