Smart sales in USA

[mvukovich]

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) ** German car maker Daimler AG said Tuesday that unit sales at it's Mercedes-Benz Cars division totaled 96,600 vehicles in February 2008, an increase of 18% from the figure recorded for the same month last year, 82,000 units, setting a new benchmark.
In addition, deliveries of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles over the first two months of the year rose 17% to the record level of 187,000 units, compared to 159,700 in the first two months of 2007.
The Mercedes-Benz brand also set a record in February by posting a sales increase of 13% to 87,800 units worldwide compared to 78,000 in February 2007.
The response to the new smart fortwo in existing markets has been outstanding, and further growth of the smart brand has also been helped by the launch of the two-seater in the U.S.
Deliveries of the smart fortwo worldwide more than doubled in February to 8,800 units, compared with 3,400 in February 2007. Since the model was introduced in mid January, a total of 1,800 customers in the U.S. have taken delivery of the smart fortwo from one of the about 70 dealerships.

[JPaul]

Originally Posted by mvukovich

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) Deliveries of the smart fortwo worldwide more than doubled in February to 8,800 units, compared with 3,400 in February 2007. Since the model was introduced in mid January, a total of 1,800 customers in the U.S. have taken delivery of the smart fortwo from one of the about 70 dealerships.

This is exactly the kind of positive news I'm (we are?) looking for.
It is fair to say that above those 1.800 fulfilled orders, at least 420 extra cars made the trip to end up either in the dealerships showrooms or as demos (one of each model, 6 per dealer, times 70 dealerships).
Can we therefor plan on seeing at least 2.200 cars a month arriving in the near future? I hope so. And those are conservative figures.

[strider63]

Originally Posted by mvukovich

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) ** ....... Since the model was introduced in mid January, a total of 1,800 customers in the U.S. have taken delivery of the smart fortwo from one of the about 70 dealerships.

Just 1,800 delivered so far?

[Karl Roth]

The Jan-Mar worldwide sales numbers for:
#2 General Motors 2.26 million units sold...
#1 Toyota 2.348 million units sold...
So 1,800 cars is how many minutes of production for the big boys, see how special our little car is
karl
the numbers are fromhttp://www.carpages.ca

[LinuxGuy]

I think it is more likely that the 1800 number includes the 400 or so showroom and demo cars for the Dealer's. The RoundRock dealer in Texas (a few miles North of Austin) has only received and placed 20 cards since January.

[rrrucke]

Thanks for sharing this information. It's so nice to be included in the first wave. Here's to wishing all the other early insiders get their smart asap.