New Mercedes S Class garners 30,000 orders in first 3 months

New Mercedes S Class (pictured) garners 30,000 orders in first 3 months

The last Mercedes S Class was with us for getting on for a decade, so it’s no surprise, with a new S Class in the offing, Mercedes ended up cutting S Class production in 2012. But now the new 2014 Mercedes S Class has arrived, and orders are starting to flood in.

Mercedes are reporting that in the first three months on sale the new S Class has received more than 30,000 orders, compared to a total of 65,000 orders for the previous S Class in its last year.

We should also remember that, so far, we don’t have anything like the number of variants of the S Class we’ll see in the next year or two.

When the order book opened for the new S Class, the only models available were the S350 BlueTec SE, the S400 Hybrid and the S500. We’ve subsequently seen the S63 arrive and the S65 is about to be revealed, but iut won’t be until next year that the S Class Coupe and all its variants – including a convertible – start to arrive, and the Pullman versions are still to come too.

With a start like this, it seems likely the new S Class will quickly become the best-selling luxury car – as well as, arguably, the best luxury car – as new variants continue to contribute to sales numbers.

By Cars UK