Daimler AG Announces a 7.4 Percent Boost in Sales for Mercedes-Benz and smart Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz USA has announced their August sales of 19,674 vehicles, a boost of 15% for the month, with a 22.2% increase on a yearly basis. These sales include a total of 18,826 passenger cars, light truck vehicles and 848 Sprinter vans.

Notable gains remained in both Mercedes-Benz passenger car and light truck classifications. The most substantial performer for the month was the elegant and sporty C-Class, having a sales total of 6,100 (boost of 43.4%). The 9th generation E-Class followed suit by having a sales total of 5,882 for the month (up 25.9%), which resulted in a year to date total of 39,122 (up 70.6%). The all-around vehicle M-Class SUV rounded out the top 3 sales volume performers having a total sales of 2,474 for the month.

Also indicating high gains in August is the roomy R-Class crossover (up 389.7%) and the compelling G-Class SUV (up 62.2%). Mercedes-Benz also sold 56 of its recently released supercar, the SLS AMG, resulting with a year to date sales of 321. On a year to date level, the German company has sold 144,689 new vehicles, a sales boost of 22.2% in contrast to 2009.

Based on the data, smart USA recorded a 448 sales in August 2010. During that month, smart USA released report that the smart drive app and smart drive kit for the iPhone is already up in the market. The smart drive app and the kit converts the iPhone into a consolidated information and multimedia system for smart owners.

The Mercedes-Benz engineered smart fortwo presently has the tiniest exterior footprint of any vehicle, only measuring a mere 8.8 feet. Though internally, the smart fortwo has a roomy head and legroom, more capacious than the majority of small sedans in the market. The smart also boasts of being the most fuel-efficient gasoline powered engine in America, having an EPA-estimate of 41 mpg when running on the highway. It also has an excellent safety ratings, and all the 95 percent of smart’s parts are fully recyclable.

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436.9 kilometers per hour on the Autobahn, circa 1938

Records are made to be broken, and out of conflict comes unity. Thus is the case between rivals Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union with the creation of the 1934 W25 Grand Prix race car. Perhaps the following transcript will explain it best:

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Alfred Neubauer: ” It is October. A wet, cold wind blowing over the highway at Gyón, south of Budapest. We fear this wet, this wind. We still want to win world records.”

At the wheel of the record car sits Rudolf Caracciola. “Rudy travels. And – he drives for the first time in his life over 300 kilometers per hour. Faster, more than ever a man is driven on a street in an ordinary car. Caracciola driving records. This is his biggest victory of the year.”

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Race driver Rudolf Caracciola was able to harness his car’s 430 hp by obtaining records for the Class C (1-Liter) category—317.5kph over 1 km and 316.6kph over 1 mile. Clearly, back in those days, such speeds were already tantamount to suicide. If you’re an avid fan of Formula One, you’ll know how dangerous such speeds can become, as shown by fatalities the sport has drawn.

Caracciola was also able to set a 188.6kph world record over 1 mile from a standing start. He also broke the Avus international class record of Class C above 5 km in 1934 by running at 311.98kph.

Speeds aside, his Caracciola’s achievements owes a lot to the W25, which served as the basis for his record-breaking car.

More records soon followed, such as the 432.7kph record on the Autobahn with the later W125 in 1938. Caracciola pulled this off from a flying start and achieved a top speed of 436.9kph. This drove Caracciola’s rival, Auto Union’s Bernd Rosemeyer, to attempt a similar run which ended in his death.

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MBUSA registering tremendous growth

Mercedes-Benz USA breaks record sales reporting 20,122 Mercedes-Benz and Smart units sold for the month of August, beating last year’s figures by 7.4%. This translates to a 15-percent increase for the month, with a 22.2% year-to-date growth. Included in this figure is 18,826 passenger cars, light truck vehicles and 848 Springer vans sold, showing the continued success of both passenger car and light truck categories.

No doubt, the C-Class is the strongest contender for this month, having sold 6,100 units for a whopping 43.4% sales growth. Next in line is the 9th generation E-Class with 5,882 units sold in August and garnering a 25.9% increase. This puts the year-to-date total of the E-Class to 39,112 units, growing an astounding 70.6%. Finally, the versatile M-Class SUV takes the third spot with 2,473 units sold in August.

Not to be left out is the magnanimously spacious R-Class crossover which is up by an unbelievable 389.7% while closely following the growth ladder is the G-Glass SUV with a 62.2% sales increase. Of course, the SLS AMG supercar further raked in the big dollars with 56 units sold in August. This puts the SLS AMG’s year-to-date sales at 321.

Year-to-date figure for Mercedes-Benz USA now stands at 144,689 vehicles, figuring to a 22.2% increase compared to 2009.

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Mercedes-Benz Modernizes Its Mbrace App with ‘Concierge’ Service

Mercedes-Benz and its associates at Hughes Telematics have presented a modernized model of its app for the iPhone, the 2.0 comes along with a latest line of location-based services.

Together with the usual line of safety and convenience options, which include locking and unlocking doors, finding the Benz in a parking lot, the latest app now contains Mercedes-Benz’ Concierge services which comes with multitude of features  including driving directions, traffic updates, movie times, restaurant listings and then feeds them directly into the navigation system. The Roadside Assistance program has also underwent a modification and Mbrace Plus subscribers can download it directly from iTunes app store.

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Canada sales are up for both Mercedes-Benz and SMART

Sales are up everywhere for Germany’s premium car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, not only in Europe and the US, but in Canada as well. The company’s base in the country reports a ground-breaking 2,427 total number of units, both Mercedes-Benz and SMART sales, for the month of August. This translates to a hefty 7.4% growth and a 3,054 unit, or 17.3%, increase in sales year-to-date.

This year, Mercedes-Benz Canada has sold 20,725 vehicles so far. In August alone, the company sold 2,093 passenger cars and luxury light trucks, beating last year’s August sales by 5.1%. Since the same period last year, the company has grown its total sales volume of passenger car and luxury light trucks by 13.2% or 1,297 units and 20.5% or 1,252 units respectively. 18,488 vehicles have been delivered year-to-date, bumping up the combined passenger car and luxury light truck sales growth to 16.0% or 2,549 units.

Of course, credits are divided amongst the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, C-Class, E-Class, GLK-Class, M-Class and R-Class ranges for the company’s spectacular growth for August. Orders keep coming in for the GLK-Class, registering a 44.7% growth compared to August last year, while the E-Class is performing very well with a 65.7% month-versus-month growth throughout its entire range, namely the Sedan, Coupe, Wagon and Cabriolet.

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