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(UPDATE: Mercedes-Benz has just issued a new press release containing different sales figures for the M, GL and R-Class models)
While the luxury German carmaker experienced a 3% decrease in its U.S. April sales (20,271 vs. 20,895 last April), Mercedes reported a 1.4% increase for the first four months of the year with 77,918 units sold (Q1 2007: 76,880), which is a new record high.
Surprisingly and despite all the talk about gas-guzzling SUVs, Merc’s M-Class saw its sales increase significantly over the past period. In particular, the M-Class’ sales rose 8.4% (2,582 vs. 2,382 units) for the month and 23.6% (12,089 vs. 9,783 units) for the first four months of 2008. The seven-passenger GL-Class gained 3.9% for the month with 1,938 units sold, but year-to-date sales were slightly down (-2.8%) at 7,619 units. The new C-Class managed to post a significant 33.5% gain (6,850 vs. 5,131 units) for the month and a 37.8% jump (23,991 vs. 17,413 units) in its January-April sales. -Continued
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Helped among other things by its updated line-up and soaring gas prices which tend to benefit carmakers that produce smaller models, Subaru USA managed to report April sales of 16,771 units which is an all-time record for the specific month. The Japanese...
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Mercedes USA Reports Record Year-To-Date Sales Helped by M- and C-Class
(UPDATE: Mercedes-Benz has just issued a new press release containing different sales figures for the M, GL and R-Class models)While the luxury German carmaker experienced a 3% decrease in its U.S. April sales (20,271 vs. 20,895 last April), Mercedes reported a 1.4% increase for the first four months of the year with 77,918 units sold (Q1 2007: 76,880), which is a new record high.
Surprisingly and despite all the talk about gas-guzzling SUVs, Merc’s M-Class saw its sales increase significantly over the past period. In particular, the M-Class’ sales rose 8.4% (2,582 vs. 2,382 units) for the month and 23.6% (12,089 vs. 9,783 units) for the first four months of 2008. The seven-passenger GL-Class gained 3.9% for the month with 1,938 units sold, but year-to-date sales were slightly down (-2.8%) at 7,619 units. The new C-Class managed to post a significant 33.5% gain (6,850 vs. 5,131 units) for the month and a 37.8% jump (23,991 vs. 17,413 units) in its January-April sales. -Continued
On the other hand, the rest of Merc’s line-up saw its sales drop during the first four months of the year: E-Class -18,6% (11,774 vs 14,458); S-Class -24.6% (6,571 vs 8,713); CL -3.7% (1,073 vs 1,114); SL -21.3% (1,651 vs 2,098); CLK -17.4% (4,534 vs 5,490); SLK -19.5% (2,049 vs 2,546); CLS -5.1% (2,678 vs 2,822); G-Class -23.6% (347 vs 454) and R-Class -14.7% (3,542 vs 4,151).
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The first month of 2009 also brought bad news for Toyota that saw its U.S. sales fall to 117,287 vehicles, a decrease of 34.4 percent from last January. The Toyota division that includes the Scion brand, posted sales of 102,565 units, a decrease of 34.9...
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December proved to be a poor month for Mercedes-Benz that reported U.S. sales of 18,507 vehicles, a 32.1 percent decrease over the same month last year. The German automaker's total 2008 volume was 225,128 units, an 11.2 percent decline compared to...
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For nearly two decades, SUVs and pickup trucks were the backbone of the American auto industry. But now, no thanks to record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, that seems to be changing. According to Autodata’s figures, while April sales of...
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Helped among other things by its updated line-up and soaring gas prices which tend to benefit carmakers that produce smaller models, Subaru USA managed to report April sales of 16,771 units which is an all-time record for the specific month. The Japanese...