Breaking News: Mercedes Car Group Increases Worldwide Sales By 5 Percent To Record 110,800 Vehicles

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 6th, 2006 At 10:00 AM CST

Coming off the tremendous 21 percent November sales increase by their  
U.S. division, the Mercedes Car Group today has announced that  
globally, sales for the month of November increased five percent to a  
record 110,800 new units.  To date, sales of the Mercedes-Benz,  
Maybach and smart brands have also achieved a five percent increase,  
with the group noting combined sales of 1,147,600 new units - the  
highest eleven month sales total in the company's history.

As for what attributed to the gain, as you already know, sales of the  
Mercedes-Benz brand in the U.S. were tremendous, with MBUSA's sales  
rising 21 percent to 22,100 passenger cars. In Western Europe, sales  
of Mercedes-Benz models were also impressive, with the sector noting  
a 7 percent rise in vehicle deliveries to 62,300 new units.  This  
increase was primarily due to success in the German market, where the  
company's passenger car sales rose as much as 21 percent to 34,100  
new vehicles.

Unfortunately, sales of the smart brand continued to struggle, with  
the mini car noting a 24.2 percent decrease in sales to 8,900 units.  
This of course is expected due to the current smart approaching the  
end of its life cycle; but with the next smart debuting in April of  
next year, we don't have too much longer to wait before sales finally  
begin their ascent once again.

To learn more about the Mercedes Car Group's worldwide sales figures  
including the stats for specific sales regions, visit  
www.eMercedesBenz.com for the full press release.