Good January 08 for R class Sales

far2000 · **Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 02-03-2008, 05:53 PM

Model January '08 January '07 Monthly % 2008 2007 Yearly

R-CLASS 1,005 838 19.9% 1,005 838 19.9%

Wow, 20 percent increase in sales...could this b the turnaround merc were looking for, its only 1 month, but if we can see a bigger increase over the months the R class can really turn around its embarassment...

i wonder brought out bigger sales, is it the new rear wheel drive model available with cheaper pricin...?

anyways, can always hpe 4 da best..hope merc dnt make the next 1 uglier if this starts sellin welll...

EnI · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 02-03-2008, 06:30 PM

Not a spectacular number. Very in line with the previous months.

R-class US sales 2007:

Jan: 838
Feb: 875
Mar: 1,225
Apr: 1,213
May: 1,379
Jun: 1,305
Jul: 1,031
Aug: 1,033
Sep: 1,018
Oct: 688
Nov: 1,086
Dec: 1,340

Jan 2008: 1,005

cawimmer430 · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 02-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Interesting.

Guess people have finally caught on to the car. It's not a bad car and the styling is subjective. What I like about the R-Class is the interior space, comfort and feeling of safety it gives you. A perfect long distance cruising vehicle. I guess people see that too in this car.

Merc1 · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 02-03-2008, 10:51 PM

I wouldnt get excited about this guys. MB must have had a lot of trunk money on these last month. People don't all of a sudden turn on to a vehicle that has been around for a while. Cheap leases, fac to dealer incentive or something else is responsible. My dealer doesn't stock more than 1 or 2 of them at a time now. Rows of E/C/S-Classes, and MLs and GLs, but no Rs.

M

Family Guy · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-16-2008, 07:48 AM

It's still a good start. 19.9% up from Last Year is a lot.

Hope the run continues

Merc1 · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-16-2008, 03:04 PM

I'm going to ask a salesman at the local dealer to see what is going on with the R. Must be a whole lot of trunk money on them right now.

M

Centurion · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-16-2008, 03:10 PM

I wonder what MB are planning to do with it, will the the car reincarnate into a BMW PAS type of thing?? or will they just discontinue it??

warot · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-16-2008, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luwalira

I wonder what MB are planning to do with it, will the the car reincarnate into a BMW PAS type of thing?? or will they just discontinue it??

I remember reading somewhere that they have "learned" from the R "failure". I don't mind the concept, but the way it was executed was not to my taste

Merc1 · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-17-2008, 04:29 AM

I expect Mercedes to stick with the R, but the re-design will be fairly dramatic.

M

Centurion · **Re: Good January 08 for R class Sales -** 03-17-2008, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merc1

I expect Mercedes to stick with the R, but the re-design will be fairly dramatic.

M

That won't help much, the problem with the R-class isn't design. Mercedes simply misread the market, the demand for MPV is pretty much dead everybody buy SUVs instead. Even MPVs from Honda, Toyota and Chrysler are selling poorly compared with how they did before the market got saturated with SUV. That is one of the reason why BMW are working on a PAS, an MPV but shaped in a new and more exciting way.