Mercedes-Benz Needs Five Years to Beat Thai Sales Record.

From: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) (via Knight-Ridder/TribuneBusiness News) | Date: July 31, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Yuthana Praiwan

Jul. 31--DaimlerChrysler (Thailand) expects it will take at least five years before local sales of Mercedes-Benz cars double to 10,000 units, the record set before the 1997 economic crisis.

Karl Heckhausen, the company's president and chief executive, said the company had set a target to reach 10,000 units two years ago, but sales this year were projected at 5,085 vehicles, up 24 percent from 4,097 last year.

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