Mercedes-Benz USA Reports Best June Sales Ever With 14 Percent Increase

MBUSA First Half-Year Sales Volume Up 16.5 Percent

MONTVALE, N.J., July 3 -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported its highest June on record with sales of 20,802 new vehicles, an increase of 14 percent over last June. This brings MBUSA's year-to-date total to 114,935 new vehicles sold for the best half- year sales in the company's history.

Highlights for the month include an 81 percent increase for the flagship S-Class model line (2,407 v. 1,330 units). Roadsters also proved to be popular this month with a 23.4 percent increase over June 2005 for the SL-Class and SLK-Class combined (1,934 v. 1,567).

The Mercedes-Benz portfolio of luxury light trucks -- M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and G-Class -- continue to demonstrate impressive gains with a significant 74.6 percent increase over June 2005 and a 97.9 percent increase over year-to-date 2005 (29,540 v. 14,926).

Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA sold 4,237 vehicles in June, bringing annual sales for the year to a total of 22,893 units, an increase of 11.7 percent over June 2005.

In 2005, MBUSA achieved its twelfth consecutive year of sales growth by setting the highest sales volume in its history with 224,421 new vehicle sales. Headquartered in Montvale, N.J., MBUSA is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz products in the United States. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found on the Internet at www.mbusa.com.

  Model          June '06  June '05  Monthly %  YTD 2006  YTD 2005  Yearly %

  C-CLASS           4,250     4,605      -7.7%    22,596    25,929    -12.9%

  E-CLASS           4,213     4,205       0.2%    20,720    20,434      1.4%

  S-CLASS           2,407     1,330      81.0%    15,584     7,632    104.2%

  CL-CLASS             63        84     -25.0%       329       673    -51.1%

  SL-CLASS            866       671      29.1%     4,875     4,884     -0.2%

  CLK-CLASS           937     1,654     -43.3%     9,854     9,912     -0.6%

  SLK-CLASS         1,068       896      19.2%     5,939     5,795      2.5%

  CLS-CLASS           715     1,199     -40.4%     5,498     8,449    -34.9%

  R-CLASS           1,445       n/a        n/a     9,672       n/a       n/a

  M-CLASS           2,601     3,516     -26.0%    14,326    14,290      0.3%

  GL-CLASS          2,201       n/a        n/a     5,245       n/a       n/a

  G-CLASS              36        82     -56.1%       297       636    -53.3%

  GRAND TOTAL      20,802    18,242      14.0%   114,935    98,634     16.5%