Mercedes-Benz C-Class

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5 production runs · 27 variants · 12 registers with powertrain counts · 3 sources

Also known as C-Klasse.

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Mercedes-Benz C-Class on record.

Germany: 2025–2026; New registrations per year. Our data starts in October 2025.
Netherlands: 1979–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1993–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Argentina Australia Canada Finland Germany Ireland Israel Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history, variants & sources

5 production runs · 27 variants · 12 registers with powertrain counts · 3 sources

Researched from the manufacturer's own pages and Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

Germany: New registrations per year

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Germany
2025	5,489
2026	16,529

Netherlands
1979	1
1989	2
1993	122
1994	326
1995	345
1996	233
1997	263
1998	490
1999	359
2000	660
2001	1,232
2002	1,305
2003	1,831
2004	2,213
2005	1,830
2006	1,570
2007	2,839
2008	4,225
2009	2,935
2010	3,157
2011	3,821
2012	3,394
2013	1,835
2014	4,375
2015	7,512
2016	5,559
2017	5,029
2018	4,227
2019	3,509
2020	2,414
2021	1,971
2022	3,489
2023	2,344
2024	1,369
2025	1,204
2026	708

Finland
1993	33
1994	101
1995	172
1996	159
1997	198
1998	216
1999	196
2000	261
2001	453
2002	416
2003	899
2004	1,023
2005	1,114
2006	957
2007	1,299
2008	2,328
2009	1,540
2010	2,108
2011	2,742
2012	2,452
2013	2,103
2014	2,520
2015	3,049
2016	3,128
2017	3,038
2018	3,396
2019	3,817
2020	3,385
2021	2,466
2022	1,593
2023	1,414
2024	872
2025	640
2026	240

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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