The Alabama-built Mercedes-Benz M-Class sport utility turned in a strong U.S. sales performance in December, with results that rose 21 percent over the year-ago period, the German automaker said today.


Mercedes says U.S. sales of the M-Class SUV, made only at the automaker s plant in Vance, surged in December. Mercedes sold 3,343 M-Class SUVs last month, compared to 2,761 in December 2008. But declines continued for the company s other two vehicles made in Vance. Last month s sales of the GL-Class full-sized sport utility were 1,894, an 11.5 percent decline from a year ago, while sales of the R-Class crossover plummeted 68 percent to 171.


Annual sales for all three vehicles were down from 2008, after a rough year for the industry overall. Total 2009 sales of the M-Class were 25,799, a 25 percent drop from the previous year. GL-Class sales fell 35.6 percent to 15,012, while R-Class sales dropped 63.5 percent to 2,825. Mercedes  overall U.S. sales for December rose 8.2 percent from December 2008, while its 2009 total declined 15.3 percent from the prior year.


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