October 2010: Mercedes Benz

[Drew Dowdell]

Mercedes-Benz Reports October 2010 Sales of 19,076 - Up 20% YTD

MONTVALE, NJ - November 2, 2010: Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported October sales of 19,076 vehicles, an increase of 4.9% for the month and up 20.1% on a year-to-date basis.

Impressive gains continued in both the Mercedes-Benz passenger car and light-truck categories. The strongest performer for the month was the 9th generation E-Class with sales of 5,568, bringing the year-to-date total to 50,298 (up 53.3%). The popular and sporty C-Class followed with sales of 3,771 and the versatile M-Class SUV rounded out the top three volume performers with sales of 2,826 for the month.

Sales at the high end continued strong with sales of the flagship S-Class up 60.4%. Also showing strong gains for the month were the CLS coupe up 47.5% and the spacious R-Class crossover up 52%. The company also sold 59 of the newly launched supercar - the SLS AMG - bringing its year-to-date sales to 415.

On a year-to-date basis, the company sold 184,431 new vehicles, an increase of 20.1 % over last year.

Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program, MBUSA sold 7,120 vehicles in October, up 31.05 % compared to October 2009 sales of 5,433 vehicles. Year-to-date sales for the MBCPO program were 68,088 -- a 9.5 % increase over 2009 year-to-date sales (62,161 vehicles) during the same timeframe.

MERCEDES-BENZ USA

Sales -- October 2010

Mercedes-Benz Passenger

Vehicles

Oct-10

Oct-09

Monthly %

YTD 2010

YTD 2009

Yearly %

C-CLASS

3,771

4,122

-8.5%

49,931

43,556

14.6%

E-CLASS

5,568

6,071

-8.3%

50,298

32,811

53.3%

S-CLASS

1,787

1,114

60.4%

11,512

8,920

29.1%

CL-CLASS

84

66

27.3%

769

1,118

-31.2%

SL-CLASS

207

409

-49.4%

2,044

3,516

-41.9%

SLS AMG

59

-

-

415

-

-

CLK-CLASS

1

232

-99.6%

585

6,674

-91.2%

SLK-CLASS

134

116

15.5%

1,756

2,319

-24.3%

CLS-CLASS

261

177

47.5%

1,645

2,336

-29.6%

R-CLASS

260

171

52.0%

2,466

2,509

-1.7%

M-CLASS

2,826

2,370

19.2%

22,445

19,777

13.5%

G-CLASS

112

86

30.2%

721

521

38.4%

GL-CLASS

1,887

1,426

32.3%

15,821

11,701

35.2%

GLK-CLASS

1,394

1,833

-23.9%

17,672

17,848

-1.0%

TOTAL

18,351

18,193

0.9%

178,080

153,606

15.9%

*SPRINTER

725

-

-

6,351

-

-

MBUSA Combined

Total

Oct-10

Oct-09

Monthly %

YTD 2010

YTD 2009

Yearly %

GRAND TOTAL

19,076

18,193

4.9%

184,431

153,606

20.1%

*Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner Sprinter Vans are sold and marketed in the U.S. by Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler Vans USA, respectively.