Daily Archives: December 1, 2009

Mercedes Benz History Dec 09

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10–18 December 1924 – 85 years ago: The 15/70/100 hp and 24/100/140 hp Mercedes models made their debut at the Berlin Motor Show. The two supercharged cars were the latest top-of-the-range models in the sales programme.

10 December 1934 – 75 years ago: 311.98 km/h was the new speed record set over five kilometres with a flying start on the Avus racetrack in Berlin by Rudolf Caracciola driving the record-breaking Mercedes-Benz W 25.

24 December 1949 – 60 years ago: Production of the first Mercedes-Benz omnibus – an O 3500 – in Mannheim after the Second World War.

6 December 1954 – 55 years ago: Mercedes-Benz presented the O 321 H omnibus, whose semi-integral design marked a fundamental turning point in Mercedes-Benz omnibus construction.

December 1984 – 25 years ago: Delivery of the first of the new O 405 standard line buses.

20 December 1994 – 15 years ago: The decision on where to locate smart production fell in favour of Hambach-Saargemünd plant.

Mercedes Sales November 09

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MONTVALE, N.J. – Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported November sales of 16,797 vehicles, a 19.1% improvement over November 2008.

The all-new, 9th generation E-Class, continued to show strong demand with sales of 4,824 for November 2009, up 113.1% over November 2008.  The other volume leaders for the month were the C-Class and M-Class with sales of 4,022, and 2,679 respectively.

On a year-to-date basis, the company sold 170,403 new vehicles, narrowing the gap versus last year to 17.4%.
Separately, through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program, MBUSA sold 4,627 vehicles in November; a 12.9 percent decrease compared to November 2008 sales of 5,312 vehicles.  Year-to-date sales for the MBCPO program are 66,788, a 15 percent increase over 2008 year-to-date sales of 58,065 vehicles.