Record year for AMG

Our high-Perfomance-brand AMG, celebrated the best year in its history in 2008, with unit sales rising by 19% to 24,200 vehicles. Despite an extremely challenging environment, AMG grew in nearly all of its markets, thereby further consolidating its leading position among high-performance automobile brands. China and Brazil are among the most important growth markets for AMG. The brand was also able to buck the trend in its German home market by selling more cars in 2008, whereby the new C 63 AMG and the completely revised SL 63 AMG made a major contribution to this success.