Mercedes Benz USA Reports April Sales of 20,271

Year-To-Date Sales Up 1.4 Percent

Montvale, N.J., May 01, 2008

While experiencing a marginal three percent decrease in its April sales (20,271 vs. 20,895), Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) maintained a 1.4 percent increase for the first four months of the year (77,918 vs. 76,880), bringing year-to-date sales to the highest level in the company’s history.

Highlights for the month include growth in the sales volume-leading C-Class model line which posted a significant 33.5 percent gain (6,850 vs. 5,131 units) for the month and a 37.8 percent jump (23,991 vs. 17,413 units) for the year-to-date. Increases were also achieved in two of the Mercedes-Benz SUV model lines for the month. Sales of the popular M-Class rose 8.4 percent (2,582 vs. 2,382 units) for the month and 23.6 percent (12,089 vs. 9,783 units) for the year-to-date. The seven-passenger full-sized GL-Class gained 3.9 percent for the month with 1,938 units sold compared to 1,866 units last April.

Separately, Mercedes-Benz achieved an impressive 78.3 percent (7,261 vs. 4,073 units) jump in sales of its certified pre-owned vehicles through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program for April, boosting its year-to-date certified pre-owned sales to 20,512 units, a 22.3 percent increase over the 16,773 units sold in the same period last year.

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 and achieving 14 consecutive years of sales growth.