Mercedes-Benz Cars

The products supplied by the Mercedes-Benz Cars division range from the high quality small cars of the smart brand to the premium automobiles of the Mercedes-Benz brand and to the Maybach luxury sedans.

The main country of manufacture is Germany, but the division also has production facilities in the United States, China, France, South Africa, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Worldwide, Mercedes-Benz Cars has 17 production sites at present. In order to extend our product range in the compact-car segment, we are currently constructing a new plant in Hungary, which is scheduled to go into operation in 2012.

The most important markets for Mercedes-Benz Cars in 2010 were Germany with 23% of unit sales, the other markets of Western Europe (27%), the United States (17%) and China (13%).

Management Team of Mercedes-Benz Cars
Dr. Dieter Zetsche	Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard	Dr. Thomas Weber	Dr. Joachim Schmidt	Stefan Engels
Chairman of the Board of Management Daimler AG / Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars	Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Production and Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars & Mercedes-Benz Vans	Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development	Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars	Finance and Controlling Mercedes-Benz Cars, Van & Corporate

  

Mercedes-Benz Cars	2010
	Amounts in millions of €
EBIT	4,656
Revenue	53,426
Investment in property, plant and equipment	2,457
Research and development expenditure	3,130

 

Employees (Dec. 31)	2010
Total	96,281
Germany	84,986
United States	3,028
Rest of World	8,267

 

Sales	2010
	(units)1
Mercedes-Benz	1,178,300
A-Class, B-Class	222,400
C-, CLK-, SLK-Class	341,900
E-, CLS-Class	330,800
S-, CL-, SL-Class, SLR, Maybach	80,400
M-, R-, G-, GL-, GLK-Class	202,800
smart	94,300
Mercedes-Benz Cars1	1,276,800
Western Europe	635,800
thereof Germany	292,900
NAFTA	256,400
thereof United States	220,500
Asia/Pacific	281,300
thereof China	160,000
thereof Japan	31,200

¹ Includes Mitsubishi vehicles manufactured and/or sold in South Africa.