After four years in production and sales of 270,000 units, Mercedes-Benz is now presenting the 2009 S-Class. With an even more dynamic design, even more comfort and pathfinding innovations, this extensively updated new series of the world's most successful luxury saloon is reiterating its claim to be the standard for automotive progress. Technological highlights include the world's first series-production hybrid drive system with a lithium-ion battery in the S 400 HYBRID, which makes this flagship Mercedes-Benz model the world's most economical luxury saloon with a petrol engine.
Good reasons for rediscovering city driving can now be found literally on every corner in Ulm. Daimler AG sees to it with car2go – its new mobility concept that makes driving a car as easy as using a mobile phone.
Mercedes-AMG GmbH is celebrating the most successful year in its company history. AMG, the performance brand within Mercedes-Benz Cars, succeeded in increasing unit sales worldwide by 19 per cent, selling 24,200 vehicles (previous year 20,300) and bucking the market trend in extremely difficult conditions. As in previous years, the USA was the strongest market for AMG with a share of 38 per cent of total sales.
With the new E-Class, Mercedes-Benz is presenting the pacemaker in terms of safety, comfort and environmental compatibility in this market segment. The sedan boasts a unique combination of driver assistance systems, such as Attention Assist, Adaptive Main Beam Assist and automatic emergency braking, which is activated when there is acute danger of a collision.
Sales at Mercedes-Benz Cars about as high as in the previous year --- Mercedes-Benz sells 1,121,700 passenger vehicles --- smart boosts deliveries to 134,800 units --- Sales of C-Class and smart at record level --- Mercedes-Benz posts high sales growth in China, Russia, and India.
The E-Class is one of the best selling models in the upper-range segment worldwide --- A total of around 12 million units of the E-Class and its predecessor models have been sold to date --- The epitome of safety, comfort, and quality for more than 60 years.
