Highlights for the month include a 12.4 percent increase (4,776 vs. 4,250 units) in sales for the company's volume-leading Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The retail launch of the all-new 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is scheduled for early August. The high-end luxury Mercedes-Benz CL-Class coupe also recorded impressive gains with a 322.2 percent (266 vs. 63 units) jump in sales compared to June of last year. Other highlights for the month include a 24.9 percent increase for the Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class coupes and cabriolets (1,170 vs. 937 units). Compared to the first-half of 2006, the same period this year marked increases across the Mercedes-Benz portfolio, from the gateway to the brand - the Mercedes-Benz C-Class - which recorded a 20.9 percent gain (27,328 vs. 22,596 units), to the highly acclaimed Mercedes-Benz E-Class which rose 7.4 percent (22,246 vs. 20,720 units). Mercedes-Benz's light truck offerings posted a year-to-date increase of 15.6 percent, from 29,540 SUVs sold in the first six months of 2006 to 34,154 SUVs sold in the same period 2007. Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA marked an 11 percent increase for June sales with 4,703 vehicles sold, bringing year-to-date sales to a total of 26,058 units, an increase of 13.8 percent over the same period in 2006. Mercedes-Benz USA, headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz products in the United States. In 2006, MBUSA achieved an all-time sales record of 248,080 new vehicles, setting the highest sales volume ever in its history and achieving 13 consecutive years of sales growth. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found on the Internet at www.mbusa.com Model June '07 June '06 Monthly % YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Yearly % C-CLASS 4,776 4,250 12.4% 27,328 22,596 20.9% E-CLASS 3,686 4,213 -12.5% 22,246 20,720 7.4% S-CLASS 1,701 2,407 -29.3% 12,549 15,584 -19.5% CL-CLASS 266 63 322.2% 1,699 329 416.4% SL-CLASS 594 866 -31.4% 3,367 4,875 -30.9% CLK-CLASS 1,170 937 24.9% 8,208 9,854 -16.7% SLK-CLASS 968 1,068 -9.4% 4,614 5,939 -22.3% CLS-CLASS 582 715 -18.6% 4,075 5,498 -25.9% R-CLASS 1,305 1,445 -9.7% 6,835 9,672 -29.3% M-CLASS 2,551 2,601 -1.9% 14,935 14,326 4.3% GL-CLASS 1,920 2,201 -12.8% 11,789 5,245 124.8% G-CLASS 70 36 94.4% 595 297 100.3% GRAND TOTAL 19,589 20,802 -5.8% 118,240 114,935 2.9% Source: Mercedes-Benz USA |