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Mercedes Benz USA Reports Best May Sales Ever

CLS demand grew 19 times 1 photo
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Mercedes Benz USA saw a 24.4 percent increase in May 2012 compared to a year. An increase of 43 percent for the smart division and 43.7 percent for the Sprinter vans added up to the best sales for the firth month of the year.
During last month, a total of 22,515 cars were delivered, while for the year to date 106,364 new vehicles were shipped out to customers, up 17.8 percent. Combined sales of Mercedes-Benz cars, smart and Sprinter for the month totaled 25,259, making this the company's highest May ever for the automaker.

Boosting car sales were the C-, E- and M-Class models. Demand for the top-selling SUV was up an amazing 66% to 3,198 M-Class units, while the C-Class also amounted to a decent 6,649, up 34.7%.

But it’s the CLS four-door coupe and the SLK roadster that saw the biggest gains, 1,855.3% and 542.9% over May 2011 respectively.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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