Mercedes-Benz Reports August 2008 Sales of 18,507

Year-To-Date Sales of 158,519 Continue to Outpace 2007

MONTVALE, N.J., Sept. 3, 2008 - Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported August sales of 18,507 new vehicles, an 11.8 percent decrease compared to August 2007. On a year-to-date basis, MBUSA continued to outpace its 2007 performance with sales of 158,519 new vehicles (versus 157,806).

Demand for the company's volume-leading C-Class boosted that model line's sales performance by 53.1 percent (6,990 vs. 4,565) for the month. On a year-to-date basis, the C-Class posted a gain of 39.8 percent (50,593 in 2008 vs. 36,184 in 2007). While down for the month of August (2,430 vs. 3,062), the popular M-Class sport utility vehicles continued to hold their gain on a year-to-date basis with a 7.2 percent increase (22,517 in 2008 vs. 21,012 in 2007).

Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA marked a 46.8 percent increase in August sales with 6,440 vehicles sold compared to 4,388 in August 2007, bringing year-to-date sales to a total of 42,973 units, an increase of 23.3 percent over the same period in 2007.

Mercedes-Benz USA, headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz products in the United States. In 2007, MBUSA achieved an all-time sales record of 253,433 new vehicles, setting the highest sales volume ever in its history.

  Model      August '08  August '07  Monthly %  YTD 2008  YTD 2007  Yearly %

  C-CLASS         6,990       4,565      53.1%    50,593    36,184     39.8%

  E-CLASS         2,681       3,718     -27.9%    27,782    29,191     -4.8%

  S-CLASS         1,700       2,467     -31.1%    12,916    17,537    -26.4%

  CL-CLASS          232         352     -34.1%     1,955     2,395    -18.4%

  SL-CLASS          477         485      -1.6%     4,379     4,403     -0.5%

  CLK-CLASS         613       1,372     -55.3%     7,778    10,381    -25.1%

  SLK-CLASS         356         526     -32.3%     3,864     5,671    -31.9%

  CLS-CLASS         313         713     -56.1%     4,493     5,458    -17.7%

  R-CLASS           469       1,033     -54.6%     6,003     8,899    -32.5%

  M-CLASS         2,430       3,062     -20.6%    22,517    21,012      7.2%

  GL-CLASS        2,184       2,615     -16.5%    15,623    15,957     -2.1%

  G-CLASS            62          72     -13.9%       616       718    -14.2%

  GRAND
   TOTAL         18,507      20,980     -11.8%   158,519   157,806      0.5%