Mercedes-Benz USA Reports Best August Sales Ever Up 1.8%

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported its highest August on record with sales of 20,980 new vehicles, an increase of 1.8 percent over August 2006. This brings MBUSA's year-to-date sales to 157,806 units, ahead of last year's 157,128.

With significant increases in both the M-Class (up 32.4 percent) and the GL-Class (up 38.1 percent), August sales of Mercedes-Benz SUVs as a group (M-, GL-, R-, and G-Classes) increased 13.4 percent.

Other highlights for the month include a jump in Mercedes' high-end models (S-, SL-, and CL-Classes) which as a group rose 3.4 percent. In particular, sales of the CL-Class high- end luxury coupe jumped 551.9 percent (352 vs. 54 units), while the high-end luxury S-Class sedan increased by 1.6 percent from 2,427 units to 2,467 units. Sales of CLK coupes and cabriolets rose 29.3 percent (1,372 vs. 1,061 units).

Year-to-date, the C-Class, the gateway to the Mercedes-Benz brand, grew 11.2 percent (36,184 vs. 32,533 units). The all-new 2008 C-Class, which began arriving at Mercedes-Benz dealerships in August, consists of C300 Sport and Luxury models and the C350 sport sedan. The C-Class starts at $31,975 (including destination charges). 4MATIC all-wheel-drive will be available on the C300 this month.

Highlights for the first eight months of the year also included a 12.5 percent increase in Mercedes-Benz SUVs as a group (46,586 vs. 41,394 units), due to impressive jumps for the GL-Class (77.3 percent), the G-Class (58.5 percent), and the M-Class (10.1 percent). The flagship CL-Class coupes also showed impressive gains with an increase of 450.6 percent (2,395 vs. 435 units).

Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA marked a four percent increase for August sales with 4,388 vehicles sold, bringing year-to-date sales to 34,863 units, an increase of 10.7 percent over the same period in 2006.

BenzW124 - 9/4/2007 4:33:16 PM

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An S65 AMG is what I dessire. IN comparions, nobody desiers a Lexus Infiniti or Audi. THATS prestige

Tonee - 9/4/2007 5:32:29 PM

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Wow! Congrats Mercedes! BTW my dream Mercedes is an S65 AMG its definitely worth $189K.

LuxuryFan - 9/4/2007 9:12:33 PM

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Nothing exudes "grace" and "prestige" more than a lime green 1991 190e with an oversized, aftermarket tri-pointed star (preferrably gold) in the grille. The presence of several boxes of Franzia wine in both the back seat and trunk heightens then sense of "affluence".

JUGNU - 9/5/2007 8:05:47 AM

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So only C Class is responsibly for this small increase of 1.8%.Not abig thing

JUGNU

kpaxx - 9/5/2007 8:42:10 AM

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Still good sales considering it is an outgoing model! Even if MB gives financial incentives the sales of the old C are still spectacular.

jt716 - 9/5/2007 2:58:59 PM

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Mercedes-Benz is back from their stuggle with quality. I love Benz. P.S. My uncle has a 2000 S500 he paid like $90,000 and now hes selling it for a minimum of $25,000. He was telling us he paid like $5000 to fix something but i dont know what it is. Well thank god merc is out of their quality struggle. I still love both 2006 and 2007 S-classes if i had a choice I wud go for both!!:D The GL is a rlly sexy SUV nothing looks better! The LX looks like a bootleg Lincoln Navigator at the rear with an inflated LS in the front!