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Mercedes-Benz Sales Plummet 13.9% in July
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today
reported sales of 18,586 new vehicles for July, bringing the company's
year- to-date total to 136,826 units, a 0.2 percent increase compared to
the same period last year and marking the best year-to-date sales volume in
its history.
With significant boosts in sales for both the S-Class and CL-Class
(12.9 percent and 561.5 percent increases respectively), highlights for
July sales include a 12 percent increase in sales of Mercedes-Benz high-end
vehicles (S-, SL-, and CL-Classes) as a group. SUVs also showed growth,
with the company's highly acclaimed M-Class model line's 23 percent
increase (3,015 vs. 2,446 units) for the month.
Compared to the first seven months of 2006, the same period this year
marked increases from the volume-leading C-Class with its 13.4 percent gain
(31,619 vs. 27,881 units) to the exclusive CL-Class luxury coupe's 436.2
percent increase (2,043 vs. 381 units). As a group, Mercedes-Benz's light
truck offerings posted a year-to-date increase of 12.4 percent (39,804 vs.
35,413 SUVs), including a seven percent jump for the M-Class and 87.7
percent growth for the seven-passenger full-sized GL-Class.
Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program,
MBUSA marked a 1.1 percent increase for July sales with 4,417 vehicles
sold, bringing year-to-date sales to a total of 30,475 units, an increase
of 11.8 percent over the same period in 2006.