According to Mercedes-Benz, sales are up 13 percent for the month of September, 2007. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) officially reported their best September on record with total sales figures of 22,459 new vehicles. This is an increase of 13 percent over last September, September 2006. So far this year, Mercedes Benz USA has sold 180,265 units, a 1.8 percent increase over the same period in 2006.
Sales of the new 2008 C- Class boosted the volume-leading model line by 42.8 percent (6,052 vs. 4,238 units). Notable sales figures highlights for the month include a 14 percent jump in car sales (15,867 vs. 13,913) which was achieved by significant increases not only by the C-Class, but also the E-Class (up 21.4 percent), the Mercedes CLK coupes and the Mercedes Benz convertibles (up 29.5 percent), as well as the CL-Class coupe (up 575.6 percent).
Sales for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the luxury light truck segment — M- Class, R-Class, GL-Class and G-Class — continue to demonstrate impressive gains with a combined 10.6 percent increase over last September and a 12.3 percent increase over the first nine months of last year (53,178 v. 47,354 units).
Through the Mercedes Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA sold 4,390 vehicles in September 2007, which is an increase of 2 percent over September 2006. This brings the year-to-date sales figure total to 39,253 units, a 9.7 percent increase over year-to-date 2006.
Here are the official sales figures as reported by Mercedes Benz:
Model Sept '07 Sept '06 Monthly % YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Yearly %
C-CLASS 6,052 4,238 42.8% 42,236 36,771 14.9%
E-CLASS 4,993 4,112 21.4% 34,184 33,266 2.8%
S-CLASS 1,964 2,357 -16.7% 19,501 22,601 -13.7%
CL-CLASS 277 41 575.6% 2,672 476 461.3%
SL-CLASS 384 557 -31.1% 4,787 6,913 -30.8%
CLK-CLASS 1,247 963 29.5% 11,628 12,841 -9.4%
SLK-CLASS 396 702 -43.6% 6,067 8,623 -29.6%
CLS-CLASS 554 943 -41.3% 6,012 8,156 -26.3%
R-CLASS 1,018 1,276 -20.2% 9,917 14,131 -29.8%
M-CLASS 2,948 2,706 8.9% 23,960 21,790 10.0%
GL-CLASS 2,541 1,937 31.2% 18,498 10,939 69.1%
G-CLASS 85 41 107.3% 803 494 62.6%
GRAND TOTAL 22,459 19,873 13.0% 180,265 177,001 1.8%
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