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 Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc., Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., estimated 
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it will sell about as many cars in 1990 as the 75,000 
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they expect flat sales next year 
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even though they see the U.S. luxury-car market expanding slightly.
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 Erich Krampe, president of the U.S. sales arm of West German auto maker Daimler Benz AG, predicted 
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luxury-car sales will rise to 840,000 in 1990 from 830,000 this year 
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primarily because of the new Japanese makes.
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 will come in the $35,000-to-$50,000 price range,
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 where Mercedes has a 35% U.S. market share.
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 Mercedes sold 82,348 cars in 1988.
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 Mr. Krampe also said
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 that Mercedes plans to bring out new models every year through the mid-1990s 
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and it will shorten its product development cycle to eight years from 10 or 12 years 
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to compete more effectively with Toyota Motor Corp. 's Lexus, Nissan Motor Co. 's Infiniti and Honda Motor Co. 's Acura luxury-car divisions.
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