Mercedes-Benz's global passenger car deliveries were affected relatively lightly by 2022's headwinds such as the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 measures and supply chain bottlenecks.
The automaker's worldwide passenger car sales fell just 1 percent to 2.05 million last year, Mercedes said on Tuesday.
The only key region to see a year-on-year fall in sales was China, with a 1 percent drop. Europe and North America saw 1 percent and 3 percent growth, respectively.
In Mercedes' other global markets, volume plunged 27 percent, largely due to the carmaker suspending operations in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Entry-level vehicles, the lowest price segment, fell 10 percent in 2022, primarily due to supply chain bottlenecks. Full-electric variants of the A- and B-Class made up 10 percent of all sales, Mercedes said, double the percentage in 2021.
Sales of Mercedes' full-electric cars grew 124 percent in 2022 to 117,800.
CEO Ola Kallenius is focusing on higher-margin cars such as the Maybach, and de-emphasizing "entry luxury" A- and B-Class models.
Demand for the high-end Maybach vehicles was particularly strong, with 2022 sales up 37 percent year-on-year driven by higher sales in China, Japan, Korea and the Middle East.
Fourth-quarter sales rose 17 percent as logistics and parts bottlenecks eased.
