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Mercedes-Benz Cars with Four Percent Sales Increase for year to end of September leads the pack.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars with Four Percent Sales Increase for year to end of September leads the pack.

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122,200 Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach passenger vehicles sold in September
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25,000 orders already placed for the new GLK even before its official market launch
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smart once again sets sales record in September

Stuttgart, Germany, October 07, 2008
In a continuing very difficult market environment in Western Europe, Japan and the U.S., the Mercedes-Benz Cars division still performed well. In total, the division has increased sales by four percent since the beginning of the year.
A total of 979,800 Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles were sold over the first nine months of the year (Jan.-Sept. 2007: 942,300). Deliveries in September totaled 122,200 passenger vehicles (September 2007: 124,600, minus two percent).
The Mercedes-Benz brand sold 110,700 vehicles worldwide in September (September 2007: 114,100, minus three percent). From January to September, 877,800 units were delivered to customers thus increasing sales by one percent compared to the same period last year (Jan.-Sept. 2007: 872,700).
The smart brand once again posted a significant sales increase in September, with 11,500 customers opting for the smart fortwo worldwide (Sept. 2007: 10,500). With an increase of ten percent, sales of the two-seater reached a new record level. Deliveries of the smart fortwo through September rose by 53 percent to 101,900 units (Jan.-Sept. 2007: 66,400).
“Along with the new-generation smart fortwo electric drive, we also presented the first hybrid production car from Mercedes-Benz in September,” says Dr. Klaus Maier, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars. “The S 400 BlueHYBRID consumes only 7.9 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, which makes it the most fuel efficient gasoline-powered luxury sedan in the world and also marks a further milestone on our Road to the Future.” The S 400 BlueHYBRID will go on sale in April 2009.
Sales in the C-Class segment continued to develop very well in September: Deliveries of the station wagon model more than tripled to the record level of 8,100 units (September 2007: 2,300). Customers are also very enthusiastic about the new CLC sports coupe. Sales of the CLCalmost doubled in September to 3,100 units (September 2007: 1,600). All in all, sales of the Mercedes-Benz models in the C-Class segment rose seven percent to 44,100 units in September (September 2007: 41,300).
A- and B-Class models recorded a combined sales increase of eight percent last month, to 28,100 vehicles (September 2007: 26,000). The new GLK-Class compact SUV is already generating a huge amount of interest among customers even before its official market launch on October 18. 25,000 orders for the model had already been placed worldwide by the end of September.
High demand for updated models enabled Mercedes-Benz to increase sales on its home German market by six percent last month, to 30,300 passenger vehicles (September 2007: 28,700). Deliveries in France grew by 27 percent to 5,100 units (September 2007: 4,000), mainly due to the full availability of the new A- and B-Class as well as the high demand for the C-Class models.
Mercedes-Benz also continues to grow rapidly in China, where sales of the brand with the star rose 61 percent in September to 4,400 units (September 2007: 2,700). Sales in the Asia/Pacific region as a whole increased by six Percent to 15,300 units (September 2007: 14,300). Mercedes-Benz sold 18,800 vehicles in the U.S. last month, a decrease of 16 percent from the 22,500 units delivered in September 2007. Read Article

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merce63amg - 10/8/2008 9:55:46 AM

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merc is up 4%
BMW is up 1.7%
Audi is up 2.9%

They are all doing very well. only Two percent difference between the higest and lowest.

BMW 1.11 million vehicles
MB 979,800 vehicles
Audi 762,280 vehicles

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Heyhuub - 10/8/2008 11:34:14 AM

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Let's count all the 116i/118i/316i/318i/520i and A-class/B-class/C180's while we're at it.

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Audiphile - 10/8/2008 2:39:41 PM

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Fellow bloggers,

I propose the following solution to the problem known as amazinBimmer. Let's deprive this troll of what he craves - attention!

Don't reply to his postings.
Don't boost or deboost his postings.
Don't mention him in any of our own postings.
In other words - Ignore him! Shun him! Pretend he doesn't exist!

When he is deprived of attention, he will go away!

What say you?

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Star - 10/8/2008 2:56:22 PM

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Audiphile(the user name shows no bias...lol),

so what you are asking is for everybody to ignore a BMW fan but pay attention to the demented ramblings of an Audi fanatic like yourself? No, thanks.

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0to60 - 10/8/2008 3:06:56 PM

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Audiphile, you left out star.

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Audiphile - 10/9/2008 1:01:21 AM

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Star,

There is a difference between being a BMW fan whose enthusiasm is based on fact and reason, and being a BMW fan who is a brainwashed, babbling idiot. amazinBimmer is in the latter category.

I challenge you to find any "demented rambling" in my postings. I currently own an Audi, and am quite happy with it, but I have owned two BMWs and a Mercedes in the past, and I was happy with them as well. I have also criticized some Audi models like the A6 and the Q7.

My enthusiasm for a particular car is tempered with logic and objectivity. Can you say the same for your postings?

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Audiphile - 10/9/2008 1:06:07 AM

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0 to 60,

LOL - you're right, I did leave out Star. I have not followed his blog entries as much as I have amazinBlowhard. However, if his postings are consistently as bad as his last one, maybe he deserves to be ignored and shunned as well.

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StarSearch - 10/9/2008 4:23:34 PM

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Audiphile, Star aka QuantumMatrix is a shining example of fanboy idiocy at it's highest level.

Please don't ask why they haven't been banned, it baffles the mind.

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QuantumMatrix - 10/11/2008 6:21:05 PM

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StarSearch,

almost as much as it baffles the mind as to why you aka teknik, auto001, starr and possibly 0to60 haven't been banned.

Most people know that Star and I have vastly differing opinion on most subjects except when it comes to you and your multiple personality disorder.

You should create a new profile name entitled "AllaboutEVE".

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Audiphile - 10/8/2008 2:33:17 PM

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I agree. The BMW headquarters is much nicer. I haven't seen the entire building, but what I've seen of the Audi Headquarters looks pretty cool.

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StarSearch - 10/9/2008 4:25:22 PM

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yeah, and so are Crown Vics, what's your point, that RWD = superior and only for the rich?

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GermanNut - 10/8/2008 5:42:33 PM

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13th straight year of sales increases for Audi. Wow! Audi is only trailing Mercedes by a small margin.

Better educated customers, wealthier customers and great cars like the Audi R8 and you have BMW being forced to team with MB to stave off the economies of scale produced by the Volkswagen (actually now Porsche) controlled monster.

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GermanNut - 10/8/2008 5:47:21 PM

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More expensive to make is exactly why BMW is being forced to merge with Mercedes-Benz. Audi is able to make cars for much less and sell them for much less (even though Audi's customers are wealthier than BMW's).

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StarSearch - 10/9/2008 4:26:43 PM

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GN, please don't use facts and common sense here, it's like kryptonite with these a$$bags.

M53R - 10/11/2008 2:23:54 AMView My AgentSpace

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VW ring any bells?

huu76 - 10/8/2008 8:31:34 PM

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2/3's of their cars are entry level and lower. I guess the C isn't so bad but its more value packed so not as profitable.

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QuantumMatrix - 10/8/2008 10:27:55 PM

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Another Ricer loser comment..

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StarSearch - 10/9/2008 4:28:00 PM

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what other races or nationalities do you also hate? Oh wait, "ricer" isn't a derogatory term for Asians now, right?

QuantumMatrix - 10/11/2008 6:25:27 PM

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And I guess you calling others on here fags isn't homophobic either is it..

You are the biggest hippocrit on this site.

woood - 10/9/2008 12:40:55 AM

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This tag proves that the financial crisis does not affect the rich.

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