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Saturday 3 September 2016

USA SALES AUGUST - Mercedes has a record month with sales up 0.1%, Commercial sales were up significantly as well.

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported record August sales of 28,404 vehicles, increasing 0.1% from the 28,373 vehicles sold during the same month last year. 
Mercedes-Benz Vans also reported best-ever August sales with 3,152 units, up 39.5% and smart reported 353 units, bringing MBUSA grand total to 31,909 vehicles for the month, up 2.1% from last year. 

On a year-to-date basis, Mercedes-Benz retails totaled 219,704. Adding year-to-date-sales of 22,186 for Vans and 3,439 for smart, MBUSA posted a grand total of 245,329 units in August, increasing 0.7% from the previous year.
"We are on track for a strong finish to the third quarter, fueled by a best-ever result for August," said Dietmar Exler, president and CEO of MBUSA. "Demand remains high for our SUVs and dream cars such as the new SL and S-Class Cabriolet, and we expect to build upon this momentum in the coming months."
Mercedes-Benz volume leaders in August included the C-Class, E-Class (including the CLS) and GLC model lines. The C-Class took the lead at 6,125, followed by the E-Class at 5,069. The GLC, rounded out the top three with 4,715 units sold.
Mercedes-AMG high-performance models sold 1,621 units in August, up 17.5% from last year (1,380), with a total of 14,131 units sold year-to-date (up 69.1 %).
Separately, Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) models recorded sales of 11,773 vehicles in August, an increase of 20.1% from last year (9,804). On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 82,636 vehicles, an increase of 5.5%.

USA SALES AUGUST - HYUNDAI/GENESIS the two brands between them stay stagnant over the over the month.

Riding the wave of hot CUV sales, Hyundai Motor America delivered its best August ever with sales up fractionally over one year ago while the company’s luxury division kicked off sales of its new Genesis G80 mid-luxury sedan.


Hyundai Division posts sales of 70,518 units

“Strong performances by our family of CUVs led us to our best August ever,” said Derrick Hatami, vice president of national sales for Hyundai Motor America. “It’s a similar story to the past couple of months we see continuing as the summer draws to a close.”


Santa Fe (up 69 percent), Santa Fe Sport (up 21 percent), and Tucson (up 15 percent) led the way.

Genesis Division posts sales of 1,497 units

For the first time, the company is reporting sales of the new Genesis luxury brand. As such, sales of the G80 mid-luxury sedan and, shortly, the all-new G90 luxury sedan, will be reported individually. “

It’s exciting to see our first G80s being delivered to customers and we’re very happy with the reception it’s receiving,” said Erwin Raphael, general manager of Genesis in the U.S. market. 

“And I expect we’ll see the first G90s getting to our dealers later this month, another milestone moment for our nascent brand.”



SALES BY BRAND


AUG/2016
AUG/2015
CY/2016
CY/2015
HYUNDAI
70,518
72,012
519,581
514,175
GENESIS
 1,497
0
1,497
0
TOTAL
72,015
72,012
521,078
514,175


MODELS

CARLINE
AUG/2016
AUG/2015
CY/2016
CY/2015
ACCENT
8,329
4,733
54,705
44,985
SONATA
14,888
21,818
139,932
141,556
ELANTRA
20,733
22,405
137,668
173,238
SANTA FE
15,176
11,255
86,948
77,648
AZERA
398
291
3,356
4,358
TUCSON
7,608
6,609
58,000
33,151
VELOSTER
1,986
2,276
16,917
15,537
GENESIS
1,317
2,440
20,818
22,184
EQUUS
83
185
1,237
1,518
G80
1,497
0
1,497
0