Mercedes-Benz Vans Global Deliveries : 2025-2026 (Q1-Q3)

Mercedes-Benz Vans is a very important part of the company. It's unusual for a premium marque to also have a commercial vehicle (CV) wing, but it works.

Vans were up 6% in Q3, but -0.5% for nine months of the year. It's down 27% campared to twelve months of 2025. Still, that's a positive Q3 result.

Data & photos source: Mercedes-Benz (Sprinter & Vito).

Models: Commercial vans were up 3.4% but passenger car vans down 19.5%. The Sprinter CV is the only van variant that is up.

Europe (including Germany) has 71% of total sales and is up 4%. North America is also up (+7.1% YTD). Asia has fallen quite dramatically, especially China. Are they leaving the Chinese market? Apparently not at this stage. 

Electric van deliveries came to 25,800 up 28%. This is an area M-B is and will prioritise. 

Data & photos source: Mercedes-Benz (Sprinter & Vito).

Mercedes-Benz Cars Global Deliveries : 2025-2026 (Q1-Q3)

After a 9% fall in 2025, 2026 is currently down 7%. Not unexpected as it seems to be the norm for the industry, even at the premium end. China is the main reason as the market contracts, especially for foreign brands. 

Data & photo source: Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz divides its sales into three categories: Core, Entry and Top End, all of which lost ground.

Regions: Traditionally strong regions of Europe and North America are doing well. The fly in the ointment is Asia. China is still an important market, but is less so with each passing year. The Rest was also down (10%) but accounts for just 5% of global deliveries.

Electric: Counting full electric and hybrid cars, 270,700 deliveries were made up to the end of Q3. EVs are up 40% and PHEVs (hybrids) are down 34%. Combined, that's a 2.3% fall in volume. I'm surprised with PHEV deliveries dropping so much. They are now well below EVs.

EVs now make up 13% of total passenger car sales, up from 9%. Hybrids are down to 8%. 

Toyota Brand Sales : 2024-26 (Q1-Q3)

The Toyota brand delivers nearly ten million vehicles a year. That's a staggering amount. Toyota's reputation for reliability is the main reason. 

Deliveries were down 2% in 2024 but up 4% in 2025. So far in 2026, the nine month comparision is down 3%. The regional chart below will clarify. 

With the pressure from China having an impact in many countries, how much that is affecting Toyota is hard to quantify. It seems less than some other brands. 

Data source: Toyota Group.
Photos: Toyota NZ.

Regions: This includes Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino (Jan-Mar). Hino is now part of a merger with Fuso, Toyota holding a 25% share of that. 

Here we see some interesting insights emerging. Toyota has suffered in China, like everyone else. Deliveries are -19% to just over 1,056,000. That took Asia down to -9.3%. The turmoil in the Middle East is also a problem, with deliveries there off 27.2%. Oceania is down 12.7%, supply issues my be a factor there. 

Africa is going well (+8.6%), as is the home market (+5.5%). Europe and North America are stable. So all up, a good result.