Mercedes-Benz will target its forthcoming small premium SUV at the US.
The SUV is likely to be called the GLK. It will launch in 2008 in Europe and 2009 in North America and will be positioned below Mercedes' M-class premium SUV.
"The new SUV is a very interesting car for the US market," said Klaus Maier, Mercedes executive vice president of sales and marketing. Maier was speaking to analysts in Stuttgart September 19.
The US is Mercedes' second-largest market after Germany. The automaker's sales there grew 1.3 percent last year to 224,269 cars and SUVs. It was Mercedes' 12th consecutive year of record sales in the US.
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