Mercedes-Benz Closes End Of 2024 With Positive Trends In The US Despite Selling SL Drops

Mercedes-AMG SL 43. (Doc. Mercedes-Benz AG)

JAKARTA - Mercedes-Benz closed 2024 with a positive achievement by obtaining sales results of 324,528 units last year in the United States (US), an increase of up to 9 percent compared to the previous one.

In this achievement, the SUV model is the prima donna for customers in the country. Meanwhile, several sedan and coup models have decreased. The highlight is the drop in sports models such as SL by 56 percent.

Reported by Motor1, Thursday, January 9, the roadster-style model has only been sold for 1,608 units throughout its year. It is not surprising considering that the market for the car is relatively small.

However, other high-performance products such as AMG GT experienced a positive trend. The manufacturer claims its sales reached 3,491 units throughout 2024, an increase of 77 percent compared to the previous year.

In the US market, Mercedes-Benz sells SL 63 S E Performance and SL 43 Roadster types in the SL-Class ranks. The car is pegged at prices ranging from US$112,000 (Rp1.815 billion) to the most expensive amounting to US$200.000 (Rp3.242 billion).

The SL 43 Roadster variant offers the performance of a 2.0 liter 4-cylinder engine with a turbocharged engine that excites up to 375 hp and 480 Nm torque. Thus, this allows him to run from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds at a maximum speed of 275 km/hour.

Meanwhile, SL 63 S E Performance has a 4.0 liter wild engine V8 biturbo combined with a Plug-In Hybrid system, giving it a combined power of up to 603 hp and 800 Nm torque driven all-wheel drive (AWD).

With this powerful engine, the car can speed up from 0 to 100 km/hour in 2.9 seconds with the highest speed reaching 317 km/hour.

SL-Class is also available for the Indonesian market through Indonesia's Indomobil Distribution Inchcape distributor at prices ranging from IDR 3.250 billion.