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%).
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Management Team of Mercedes-Benz Cars |
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Dr. Dieter Zetsche |
Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard |
Dr. Thomas Weber |
Dr. Joachim Schmidt |
Stefan Engels |
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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
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Mercedes-Benz Cars |
2010 |
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Amounts in millions of € |
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EBIT |
4,656 |
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Revenue |
53,426 |
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Investment in property, plant and equipment |
2,457 |
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Research and development expenditure |
3,130 |
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Employees (Dec. 31) |
2010 |
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Total |
96,281 |
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Germany |
84,986 |
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United States |
3,028 |
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Rest of World |
8,267 |
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Sales |
2010 |
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(units)1 |
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Mercedes-Benz |
1,178,300 |
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A-Class, B-Class |
222,400 |
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C-, CLK-, SLK-Class |
341,900 |
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E-, CLS-Class |
330,800 |
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S-, CL-, SL-Class, SLR, Maybach |
80,400 |
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M-, R-, G-, GL-, GLK-Class |
202,800 |
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smart |
94,300 |
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Mercedes-Benz Cars1 |
1,276,800 |
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Western Europe |
635,800 |
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thereof Germany |
292,900 |
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NAFTA |
256,400 |
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thereof United States |
220,500 |
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Asia/Pacific |
281,300 |
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thereof China |
160,000 |
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thereof Japan |
31,200 |
1 Includes Mitsubishi vehicles manufactured and/or sold in South Africa.