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Mercedes-Benz Cars

  2008 2007 08/07
Amounts in millions of €     % change
       
EBIT 2,117 4,753 -55
Revenue 47,772 52,430 -9
Return on sales 4.4% 9.1% .
Investment in property, plant and equipment 2,246 1,910 +18
Research and development expenditure 2,944 2,733 +10
of which capitalized 1,060 705 +50
Production 1,338,245 1,300,089 +3
Unit sales 1,273,013 1,293,184 -2
Employees (December 31) 97,303 97,526 -0

Unit sales in 2008 1

  1,000 08/07
  units % change
     
Mercedes-Benz 1,126 -5
thereof A/B-Class 250 -9
C/CLK/SLK-Class 448 +16
E/CLS-Class 173 -25
S/CL/SL-Class/SLR/Maybach 93 -13
M/R/GL/GLK/G-Class 161 -11
smart 139 +35
Mercedes-Benz Cars2 1,273 -2
thereof Western Europe 733 -6
thereof Germany 332 -3
NAFTA 282 +2
thereof United States 251 -0
Asia/Pacific 159 +14
thereof Japan 37 -20
1 Group sales (including leased vehicles)
2 The figure for 2008 includes 8,200 Mitsubishi vehicles manufactured and/or sold in South Africa.