MBUSA December sales fall by more than 32%
Today is said to be the most stressful day of the year, especially for the folks working for MBUSA. Daimler AG said today that its December U.S. vehicle sales declined nearly 24% as demand plummeted for Mercedes vehicles, but also other brands, amid the financial market meltdown. Sales in Mercedes-Benz Car Group fell 32.1% to 18,507 vehicles from 27,269. The biggest percentage drop in December sales came in R-Class models, down 59.8% (not surprised by this one at all).
For the 2008 year, Daimler AG sales fell 1.5% to 249,750 units from 253,433. That also includes an 11.2% decrease in Mercedes-Benz car sales to 225,128 vehicles from 253,433. Sales of the smart fortwo totaled 24,622 vehicles for 2008.
The C-Class is once again the bread and butter for Mercedes, with sales of 72,471 vehicles, a 13.8% increase over last year. Sales of the M-Class also increased by 1.3% for some reason; it seems people are not concerned with the gasoline prices anymore.
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Source: BenzInsider.com - The Official Mercedes-Benz Fan Blog
BenzInsider January 6th 2009
Mercedes-Benz USA’s Sales Drop 32.1 Percent In December 2008
Capping off a horrendous past several months, Mercedes-Benz USA continued their year-end downward spiral in December, with sales at MBUSA totaling 18,507 new units – a decrease of 32.1 percent when compared to December of 2007. As a result, Mercedes-Benz USA’s 2008 sales amounted to a grand total of 225,128 new units – a decrease of 11.2 percent when compared to the prior year. And while normally this is the part where I’d tell you what models performed best last month, to be honest, there weren’t any that did perform well. Every model in the Mercedes lineup noted a double digit sales decrease in December, save one: the G-Glass. With sales of 128 units (ten less than December 2007), it noted a sales decrease of only 7.2 percent. The second model performing slightly less than terribly was the C-Class, with sales dropping 11.7 percent – far better than the R-Class’ 59.8 percent drop.
Source: eMercedesBenz | The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog
eMercedesBenz January 5th 2009
Mercedes-Benz USA’s Sales Drop 32.1 Percent In December 2008
Capping off a horrendous past several months, Mercedes-Benz USA continued their year-end downward spiral in December, with sales at MBUSA totaling 18,507 new units – a decrease of 32.1 percent when compared to December of 2007. As a result, Mercedes-Benz USA’s 2008 sales amounted to a grand total of 225,128 new units – a decrease of 11.2 percent when compared to the prior year. And while normally this is the part where I’d tell you what models performed best last month, to be honest, there weren’t any that did perform well. Every model in the Mercedes lineup noted a double digit sales decrease in December, save one: the G-Glass. With sales of 128 units (ten less than December 2007), it noted a sales decrease of only 7.2 percent. The second model performing slightly less than terribly was the C-Class, with sales dropping 11.7 percent – far better than the R-Class’ 59.8 percent drop.
Source: eMercedesBenz | The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog
eMercedesBenz January 5th 2009
Worlds top four golfers to miss Mercedes-Benz Championship
The most open field in years awaits at the Mercedes-Benz Championship this week as the world’s top four golfers will be missing from the opening event of the 2009 season.World number one Tiger Woods is a non-attendee at the event, which begins in Hawaii on Thursday, as he continues to recover from reconstructive knee surgery.However, [...]
Source: Mercedes-Benz News
