• “After a successful first half of the year, the second half has now also begun extremely well with a high growth rate. Starting this fall, a range of attractive new models will provide us with additional momentum.”
  

• “We are optimistic about the second half of the year, and we want sales at Mercedes-Benz to grow at a double-digit rate in full-year 2010.”

Sales at Mercedes-Benz continue to improve, rising by 17 percent in July. This marked the ninth month in a row that sales have increased at a double-digit rate. Global deliveries to customers amounted to 97,700 units last month (July 2009: 83,500). As a result, sales now total 654,400 units since the beginning of the year (January-July 2009: 566,600), representing an increase of 16 percent.
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Mercedes-Benz made great gains in many automotive markets in July. The brand had its best month ever in China (incl. Hong Kong), where it sold 14,600 passenger vehicles (July 2009: 4,800), an increase of 205 percent compared to the same month last year.