According to Mercedes Benz, sales are up 13 percent for the month of September, 2007. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) officially reported their best September on record with total sales figures of 22,459 new vehicles. This is an increase of 13 percent over last September, September 2006. So far this year, Mercedes Benz USA has sold 180,265 units, a 1.8 percent increase over the same period in 2006.

Sales of the new 2008 C- Class boosted the volume-leading model line by 42.8 percent (6,052 vs. 4,238 units). Notable sales figures highlights for the month include a 14 percent jump in car sales (15,867 vs. 13,913) which was achieved by significant increases not only by the C-Class, but also the E-Class (up 21.4 percent), the Mercedes CLK coupes and the Mercedes Benz convertibles (up 29.5 percent), as well as the CL-Class coupe (up 575.6 percent).

Sales for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the luxury light truck segment — M- Class, R-Class, GL-Class and G-Class — continue to demonstrate impressive gains with a combined 10.6 percent increase over last September and a 12.3 percent increase over the first nine months of last year (53,178 v. 47,354 units).

Through the Mercedes Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, MBUSA sold 4,390 vehicles in September 2007, which is an increase of 2 percent over September 2006. This brings the year-to-date sales figure total to 39,253 units, a 9.7 percent increase over year-to-date 2006.

Here are the official sales figures as reported by Mercedes Benz:

Model        Sept '07  Sept '06  Monthly %   YTD 2007  YTD 2006  Yearly %
C-CLASS       6,052      4,238     42.8%       42,236   36,771   14.9%
E-CLASS       4,993      4,112     21.4%       34,184   33,266    2.8%
S-CLASS       1,964      2,357    -16.7%       19,501   22,601  -13.7%
CL-CLASS        277         41    575.6%        2,672      476  461.3%
SL-CLASS        384        557    -31.1%        4,787    6,913  -30.8%
CLK-CLASS     1,247        963     29.5%       11,628   12,841   -9.4%
SLK-CLASS       396        702    -43.6%        6,067    8,623  -29.6%
CLS-CLASS       554        943    -41.3%        6,012    8,156  -26.3%
R-CLASS       1,018      1,276    -20.2%        9,917   14,131  -29.8%
M-CLASS       2,948      2,706      8.9%       23,960   21,790   10.0%
GL-CLASS      2,541      1,937     31.2%       18,498   10,939   69.1%
G-CLASS          85         41    107.3%          803      494   62.6%
GRAND TOTAL  22,459     19,873     13.0%      180,265  177,001    1.8%

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