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How many Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Class vehicles were sold in Australia in 1996?

See how many Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Class vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1996 ×Mercedes-Benz Cars ×S-Class ×
Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Classs sold
195
1996
Peak year
1995
303 sales
Share of Mercedes-Benz Cars
4.1%
of all Mercedes-Benz Cars sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1996, Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Class recorded 195 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 4.1% of Mercedes-Benz Cars's sales in 1996. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 303 sales in 1995. That was 35.6% lower than the previous full-year result.

2026 vehicle info

Real 2026 vehicle data for Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Class.
2026 price$251,600 to $346,100
2026 drive-away$266,183 to $365,523
Body typeSedan
PowertrainMild Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Fuel typePremium Unleaded
Drive4x4
TransmissionAutomatic With Manual Mode
Seats5
Fuel use8.8L/100km to 10.6L/100km
Warranty60 months / Unlimited km
Size (L×W×H)5,179mm to 5,289mm × 1,954mm × 1,503mm
Mercedes-Benz Cars S-Class · Matched internally as Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · S-Class).

Sales by year: 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · S-Class

Year-by-year totals for 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · S-Class.
YearTotalvs prev
1996195−35.6%
1995303+19.8%
1994253+1388.2%
199317—
Data Notice

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Purchase data

Mercedes-Benz Cars model context: S-Class

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Mercedes-Benz Cars range for 1996.
Rank in Mercedes-Benz Cars#3
S-Class sales195
Share of Mercedes-Benz Cars4.1%
1
C-Class
2,19846.6%
2
E-Class
2,01842.8%
3
S-Class
1954.1%
4
SL-Class
1793.8%
5
E-Class Cpe/Conv
911.9%
6
S-Class Cpe/Conv
220.5%
7
SLK-Class
130.3%

Key notes: 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · S-Class

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1996: 195
Mercedes-Benz Cars total in 1996: 4,716
Model context uses Mercedes-Benz Cars range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1996/mercedes-benz-cars/s-class
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.