Mercedes celebrates its 100th birthday. The company, which has its own company museum in Stuttgart, experiences according to the most read German Bild newspaper basically free fall. Even in 2024, the company’s profit was 10.4 billion euros. In 2025, it was only 5.3 billion euros. The decrease in profit occurred, among other things, as a result of the customs policy of the administration of US President Donald Trump. However, the Bild newspaper server also pointed out that savings of more than 3.5 billion euros in the passenger car division had, however, mitigated some of the negative factors.
Sales also fell by nine percent to 132.2 billion euros. According to available information, operating profit before taxation fell by a full 57 percent. To 5.82 billion euros. Mercedes-Benz Chairman of the Board Ola Källenius stated that the company is ready for 2026 and will flexibly make the changes that need to be made.
In total, the group sold approximately 2.16 million cars and vans. Of these, just over 1.8 million were passenger cars, a drop of nine percent. The biggest problems were manifested in China, where sales fell by 19 percent.
By 2027, Mercedes-Benz aims to reduce production costs by ten percent, as well as fixed costs. The company also plans to save on material. According to Reuters assured investors that the company’s priority now would be growth and better profits.
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date:2026-02-12 12:02:00