Mercedes-Benz USA Reports 17,304 New Vehicle Sales in February

MONTVALE, N.J., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported its February sales of 17,304 new vehicles, a marginal decrease from February 2006 (MBUSA's highest February on record). This brings MBUSA's year-to-date total to 34,373 new vehicles, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period in 2006.

Passenger car sales totaled 11,890 units, with the company's volume model lines C- and E-Class leading the pack for a combined 30.9 percent increase over February 2006 (6,921 v. 5,286). Highlights for the month also included a 12.8 percent increase in volume for the M-Class family of luxury light trucks (2,431 v. 2,155) and a 212.7 percent increase in sales of the unique luxury SUV G-Class (172 v. 55).

Sales for Mercedes vehicles in the luxury light truck segment continue to exhibit a strong performance as a group with a 15.7 percent increase over February 2006.

Separately, the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned vehicle program reported sales of 3,910 units, an increase of 13 percent compared to last February, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,519 units, a 15.2 percent increase over the same period in 2006.

Mercedes-Benz USA, headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. In 2006, MBUSA achieved an all-time sales record of 248,080 new vehicles, setting the highest sales volume ever in its history and achieving 13 consecutive years of sales growth. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found on the Internet at http://www.mbusa.com/ and http://www.maybachusa.com/.

                              MERCEDES-BENZ
                         Sales -- February 2007

 Model    February '07 February '06 Monthly %  YTD 2007  YTD 2006  Yearly %

 C-CLASS      3,868        2,976       30.0%     7,796     6,074     28.4%

 E-CLASS      3,053        2,310       32.2%     6,428     4,775     34.6%

 S-CLASS      2,128        3,360      -36.7%     4,206     4,283     -1.8%

 CL-CLASS       231           45      413.3%       489       113    332.7%

 SL-CLASS       356          542      -34.3%       725     1,070    -32.2%

 CLK-CLASS    1,255        1,911      -34.3%     2,282     3,037    -24.9%

 SLK-CLASS      386          701      -44.9%       782     1,320    -40.8%

 CLS-CLASS      613          832      -26.3%     1,240     1,733    -28.4%

 R-CLASS        875        2,469      -64.6%     1,713     3,155    -45.7%

 M-CLASS      2,431        2,155       12.8%     4,782     4,117     16.2%

 GL-CLASS     1,936          n/a         n/a     3,751       n/a       n/a

 G-CLASS        172           55      212.7%       179       148     20.9%

 GRAND TOTAL 17,304       17,356       -0.3%    34,373   29,825      15.2%