Mercedes-Benz increases sales worldwide by 22 percent in August, posting double-digit growth for the tenth month in a row

• Dr. Joachim Schmidt: "We expect sales to continue to develop favorably in the coming months as well. Worldwide, our goal is to achieve double-digit growth at Mercedes-Benz in full-year 2010."

• Mercedes-Benz bucks the trend in the rapidly contracting German market by boosting sales by 17 percent

• Sales in the BRIC countries grow at a high double-digit rate

• Mercedes-Benz posts growth in all segments

•  World premiere of the second-generation CLS-Class at the Paris Motor Show

Sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles continue to increase. In August, the brand posted double-digit growth for the tenth month in a row. Sales were up by 22 percent, and deliveries to customers around the world amounted to 81,000 units last month (August 2009: 66,200). Since the beginning of the year, Mercedes-Benz has now sold 735,400 passenger cars, an increase of 16 percent from the figure recorded during the same period in 2009.

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