Doctor Z Expects Mercedes Sales to rise above 2005 Expectation

PARIS (AFX) - DaimlerChrysler AG chief executive Dieter Zetsche told journalists at the Paris Car Show that full-year unit sales at the Mercedes Car Group are expected to exceed last year's total.

'Both efficiency and quality have improved in equal measure, as our customers are acknowledging,' Zetsche said in a statement.

'From January to August 2006 our worldwide unit sales increased by around eleven percent compared to the same period last year.'