December’s Global Light Vehicle selling rate fell for the fourth consecutive month to 82.7 million units/year, despite flat YoY raw monthly registrations. The total sales figure for 2022, 81 million vehicles, came in slightly below that of 2021 (-0.6%) due to heightened market disruptions, according to the latest data punished by the respected LMC* consultancy.
China’s market was a major culprit with its sluggish end to 2022 . In China December raw sales were down almost 12% year-over-year (YoY), which LMC attributed to increased disruption and uncertainty with the abrupt ending to the zero-Covid policy. North America and Europe showed positive YoY growth for December, although both remained below their 2021 sales, -7% and -11% respectively.
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Becoming One of Us – Mercedes-Benz Recruiting Globally
Mercedes-Benz said today it is starting a new international campaign to sell itself as an attractive employer. It’s the latest example of shifting employer attitudes in the changing automotive job market as Global Warming, EVs and social attitudes and relations gain prominence. Sweeping changes are needed at moribund automakers and political parties, among other institutions.
Here Mercedes-Benz voices its conviction that the success of the company “depends to a large extent on employees realizing their full potential in their work – with their technical expertise, pioneering spirit and uniqueness.” In short Together for excellence.” (autoinformed.com on: Chief Marketing Officer Suzy Deering Abruptly Flees Ford Blue; Ford Motor Structure Threatens Viability. Vast Reorg Coming; Mercedes-Benz Starting Global E-Learning for Employees; Mercedes-Benz and Unions Agree on EV Production Plans) Continue reading →