The month of June proves to be the best month as of yet for Mercedes-Benz, with the company having sold 113,000 units as compared to 100,300 in 2009. With the 13 percent increase in sales all over the globe, the company surpassed even their own expectations. Looking at their semi-annual sales figure from January to June this year, the company was able to increase by as much as 15 percent as compared to last year, selling 556,700 units in contrast to the 483,300 vehicles sold in the first half of 2009.

Executive Vice President for Mercedes-Benz Cars Sales and Marketing Dr. Joachim Schmidt is happy that his company was able to bump up sales with a double-digit percentage for the eighth month in a row. They were able to improve sales in every region all across the globe, crediting much to the success of their E and S Class vehicles. Schmidt adds that the company is well on its way to do even better for the rest of the year, beginning with the third quarter. Schmidt also accounted the American and Chinese markets for the huge boost in sales.

The record-breaking performance in June is largely credited to the immense progress Mercedes-Benz is having in China. As many as 13,700 vehicles were sold, registering a 177-percent increase from last year’s 4,900 units.

The sales war rages on between Europe’s three top luxury car makers on Chinese soil, starting off with Mercedes-Benz.

Daimler AG’s luxury car unit sold an astonishing 11,300 vehicles, a 100 percent increase compared to the previous year.

In second place is BMW with a reported group sales total of 12,440 vehicles for April. Compared to their sales the same month in 2009, last month’s figure registers a 115 percent increase for BMW AG three brands, namely BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce.

However, in every competition there has to be a winner, and Volkswagen AG’s luxury car unit takes the trophy selling the most vehicles in China. For the month of April, Audi sold 19,606 vehicles, registering a 61 percent increase compared to their sales figure the previous year. Counting from the month of January this year, Audi was able to sell as many as 71,000 vehicles, marking a 73 percent growth from 2009.

Comparing Audi’s figures to those of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG has a lot of work to do to catch up since their January-to-April figures only add up to a little more than half of Audi’s at 35,400 vehicles.

Still, it’s a very good year for Mercedes-Benz. And it just seems to be getting better and better.

It’s a very good year for Daimler AG as Mercedes-Benz sells more than double the units they sold in the first quarter of 2009. Sales shot up by 105% from January to March, with Mercedes-Benz becoming China’s most popular premium car brand.

Executive Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Cars Joachim Schmidt confirmed reports, and boasted their goal for 2010 which was to sell more than 100,000 passenger cars in China. This puts the country third on Mercedes-Benz’s largest markets list for 2010, trailing behind home-base Germany and the U.S. Back in 2009, China was a mere sixth.

As of the afternoon of April 23, 2010, Daimler AG stocks dropped by 0.56 percent, closing at $51.92. It previously closed at $52.21 the day before. It doesn’t bother the company though, after showing signs of recovery from last year. The automotive industry was in shambles last year, with two of Detroit’s Big Three car makers being forced into bankruptcy.

These latest developments puts Mercedes-Benz at a much favorable spot against its two main rivals in the premium car segment, fellow German car makers BMW and Audi. Now that they’ve penetrated China, Mercedes-Benz expects more growth with the introduction of limousines and multi-purpose vans.