Mercedes-Benz's China sales surge 114% to 13,940 units in Sept

Daimler AG's luxury car unit Mercedes-Benz said its September vehicle sales in China surged 114% from a year ago to 13,940 units, bringing its vehicle sales in China achieve the annual sales target, sources reported.

In the first nine months of this year, Mercedes-Benz sold 103,350 cars in mainland China, 129% more than in the same period of last year, thus achieving its sales target of 100,000 in advance, the automaker said on its website.

Sales of Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans hit 2,420 units last month. In the first nine months of this year, sales of S-Class surged 75% year on year to 16,460. China remained the largest market worldwide for S-Class sedans.

The German auto giant earlier said it aims to sell at least 100,000 vehicles in China this year, up from the 67,000 in 2009. Sales in the Chinese market may increase to 300,000 vehicles a year by 2015, according to an earlier report from China Knowledge.