Mercedes-Benz USA Records Best September Sales

Original Press Release

Mercedes-Benz Sales Up 13 Percent for the Month

MONTVALE, N.J., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today

reported its best September on record with sales of 22,459 new vehicles, an

increase of 13 percent over last September. This brings MBUSA's

year-to-date sales to 180,265, a 1.8 percent increase over the same period

in 2006.

During its first full month on the market, sales of the all-new 2008 C-

Class boosted the volume-leading model line by 42.8 percent (6,052 vs.

4,238 units). Highlights for the month include a 14 percent jump in car

sales (15,867 vs. 13,913) which was achieved in part by significant

increases by not only the C-Class, but also the highly acclaimed E-Class

(up 21.4 percent), the fun-to-drive CLK coupes and convertibles (up 29.5

percent), and the top-of- the-line 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).

Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program,

MBUSA sold 4,390 vehicles in September, an increase of 2 percent over

September 2006, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,253 units, a 9.7

percent increase over year-to-date 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

http://www.mbusa.com.

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%

For such a hot trend to follow, the CLS has all the staying power of pogs.

6416 > 6042

CTS FTW!

The new C-Class commercials are so lame.

S, SL and CLS getting hammered?