STUTTGART, Oct 8 — German car manufacturer Mercedes announced on Wednesday that it had sold 407,200 passenger cars in the third quarter of the year, representing an eight per cent fall compared with the same quarter last year, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
Outside China, sales rose by one per cent year-on-year.
However, the flagging Chinese market, which is particularly important for Mercedes, continues to cause problems, with sales there falling by 31 per cent.
Mercedes attributed the decline to a persistently challenging passenger car market environment and intense competition.
Sales of electric cars, on the other hand, were on the rise.
