February 6 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Silver Star Motors, the official distributor of German automotive corporation Daimler for Bulgaria, said on Thursday that its sales of new Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Bulgaria rose by 25% year-on-year in 2019.
In total, Silver Star sold over 1,800 new and used passenger cars and commercial vehicles last year, it said in a statement.
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Silver Star also registered a 25% rise in used vehicle sales in 2019, the company said.
GLC SUV, GLC Coupe and GLE were among the most popular Mercedes-Benz models on the local market, according to Silver Star.
Silver Star Motors generated sales of 164 million levs ($92.3 million/83.4 million euro) in 2018, closing the year with a net profit of 3.9 million levs. The company was selected to act as Daimler's general distributor in Bulgaria in April 2017.
Silver Star Motors is a wholly-owned unit of UK-based Silver Star Motors Holding.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)