Mercedes Up 1% In May, While Chrysler Rises 4% For Same Period

DaimlerChrysler AG, the third largest U.S. auto maker, today reported total group sales of 221,164 passenger vehicles in the U.S. for May 2007, a 4 percent increase compared to May 2006. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted.

Chrysler Group, consisting of the Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge brands, posted sales of 199,393 vehicles in the U.S., an increase of 4 percent. In May, total Dodge brand sales were up 3 percent and total Jeep brand sales increased 20 percent. Vehicles with significant impact for the month include the all-new compact SUV Jeep Patriot increasing sales 55 percent month-over- month, and the continually successful Jeep Wrangler rising 114 percent year- over-year. Following its most aggressive product launch in company history of 10 all-new vehicles in 2006, Chrysler Group continues its product offensive with the launch of eight all-new vehicles in 2007.

MBUSA recorded its highest May on record with sales of 21,771 units, an increase of 1 percent over the 21,621 vehicles sold in May 2006. May sales bring MBUSA's year-to-date sales to 98,651, a 5 percent increase over sales over the same period in 2006, demonstrating the best year-to-date for Mercedes-Benz.

Detailed vehicle sales information for MBUSA and Chrysler Group will be announced later today in separate press releases issued by the groups. May 2007 had 26 selling days and May 2006 had 25 selling days.

AdmiralT20 - 6/1/2007 2:42:46 PM

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Thanks for sharing this with us.

mblover - 6/1/2007 3:11:48 PM

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Reason MB is only up 1%. Everyone is waiting on the new c class. It is going to relly boost some numbers when they arrive in August

Monk - 6/2/2007 10:17:30 PM

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what the heck are you talking about xeroKOOL
the new 2008 c-class is a significant improvement over the last one - much more standard options, better trims etc and it's still around 30K base!
mercedes is now getting on track to take a MUCH bigger share of the small luxury car sector and overall, their own lineup
BMW 3s will still maintain the majority however-they're my favorite sport sedan
i still love the s-class though

AdmiralT20 - 6/1/2007 3:37:12 PM

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Thanks XeroxKOOL for the details

S4cabriofoxone - 6/1/2007 5:49:27 PM

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What the hell is this? Why are Chrysler sales still included?

moparman64 - 6/25/2007 7:05:57 AM

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i hope one day mercedes wont exist!!!LOL.