Passenger car sales totaled 11,890 units, with the company's volume model lines Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Mercedes-Benz E-Class leading the pack for a combined 30.9 percent increase over February 2006 (6,921 v. 5,286). Highlights for the month also included a 12.8 percent increase in volume for the Mercedes-Benz M-Class family of luxury light trucks (2,431 v. 2,155) and a 212.7 percent increase in sales of the unique luxury SUV Mercedes-Benz G-Class (172 v. 55). Sales for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the luxury light truck segment continue to exhibit a strong performance as a group with a 15.7 percent increase over February 2006. Separately, the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned vehicle program reported sales of 3,910 units, an increase of 13 percent compared to last February, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,519 units, a 15.2 percent increase 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 and Maybach 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 http://www.mbusa.com/ and http://www.maybachusa.com/ . MERCEDES-BENZ Sales -- February 2007 Model February '07 February '06 Monthly % YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Yearly % C-CLASS 3,868 2,976 30.0% 7,796 6,074 28.4% E-CLASS 3,053 2,310 32.2% 6,428 4,775 34.6% S-CLASS 2,128 3,360 -36.7% 4,206 4,283 -1.8% CL-CLASS 231 45 413.3% 489 113 332.7% SL-CLASS 356 542 -34.3% 725 1,070 -32.2% CLK-CLASS 1,255 1,911 -34.3% 2,282 3,037 -24.9% SLK-CLASS 386 701 -44.9% 782 1,320 -40.8% CLS-CLASS 613 832 -26.3% 1,240 1,733 -28.4% R-CLASS 875 2,469 -64.6% 1,713 3,155 -45.7% M-CLASS 2,431 2,155 12.8% 4,782 4,117 16.2% GL-CLASS 1,936 n/a n/a 3,751 n/a n/a G-CLASS 172 55 212.7% 179 148 20.9% GRAND TOTAL 17,304 17,356 -0.3% 34,373 29,825 15.2% Source: Mercedes-Benz USA |