Mercedes-Benz Cars Reach All-Time High with Sales of 1,362,908 Units in 2011

• Dr. Dieter Zetsche:

• "We're very satisfied with our sales development. In 2011 we sold more vehicles than ever before."

• "In 2012 we will consequently continue our product offensive and launch additional attractive vehicles on the market, which will give us a further boost."

• Record sales in China and many other markets; outstanding development in the U.S.

• Mercedes-Benz remains strongest premium brand in Germany

• C-Class sedan is the top seller in its segment

• smart sales pass the 100,000 mark

Stuttgart – In 2011 Mercedes-Benz Cars sold more vehicles than ever before in a single year. A total of 1,362,908 vehicles of the brands Mercedes-Benz, smart and Maybach have been delivered to customers – around 77,000 units more than in the previous record set in 2007 (1,285,900 units).

2011 was also the best sales year in the history of the brand Mercedes-Benz Cars. With 1,260,912 units sold and an increase of 8.0% compared to the prior year the previous sales record of 2007 (1,185,200 units) was clearly exceeded. Since the beginning of the year sales of the brand with the star have been up every month. Particularly successful was the sales development in the fourth quarter. 341,624 delivered units made it the best-selling quarter in the company's history. In December alone, worldwide deliveries rose by 15.1% to 124,387 vehicles despite the very good result achieved already in December 2010. Thus last month, more vehicles were sold than ever before in this period.

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