The Mercedes Car Group sold 82,000 vehicles worldwide in February 2007, compared to 83,800 units sold in the same month last year. For the first two months of the year, sales amounted to 159,700 vehicles (156,500 units). Mercedes-Benz sold 78,000 passenger vehicles in February worldwide, posting an increase of three percent compared to the same month last year (76,100 units). The number of vehicles delivered to customers in the first two months of 2007 rose by eight percent to the total of 151,500 units (same period last year: 140,600 units).