Mercedes-Benz USA is reporting that for the month of August 2009, sales were off 7.5 percent with 17,112 units sold – MBUSA’s best performance so far this year. As a result, sales at Mercedes-Benz USA now total 158,519 new units through the first eight months of the year, down 25.3 percent compared to 2008’s eight month YTD total.
As for the models making headlines, the volume leader for the month was the new 2010 E-Class, with sales of the sedan jumping 74.2 percent to 4,671 units sold. Taking the second and third place volume positions, the C-Class and M-Class sold 4,253 units and 2,577 units, respectively, while the month’s biggest loser was the R-Class – a model whose sales dropped a staggering 91.7 percent to 39 units (compared to 469 units a year ago).
