With the start of 2012, we here at Knopf Automotive can't help but look back at the last year and be amazed at the incredible success of the Mercedes-Benz brand. The iconic German automaker financed and leased a wide range of vehicles in 2011, but they were, perhaps, most successful in the Sport Utility Vehicle/Crossover Utility Vehicle market.

For those of you who are unaware, that encompasses models like the Mercedes-Benz R-Class, Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, Mercedes-Benz M-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLK Class... Oh, and their competition too, of course. It was hard to consider the competition, however, because Mercedes-Benz experienced and incredible 24.3-percent increase in sales, which left many a competing luxury auto in the dust.

"With the launch of our first sport utility vehicle - the G-Class - more than 30 years ago, we entered a segment in which we are now very successful with a total of five models," explains Joachim Schmidt, head of Sales and Marketing at Mercedes-Benz. "The SUVs today are an important pillar of...[our] growth and have regularly posted a new sales record in every month  since July 2010."¹

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Source: ¹ http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mercedes-benz-sells-over-2-million-suvs-41550.html