Beijing, May 10, 2010 – At this year's recently held annual "Family Dinner" in Beijing, representatives from Mercedes-Benz dealers throughout the country gathered together to celebrate a successful year of achievements in 2009. A special award ceremony was conducted during the evening, honoring 11 Mercedes-Benz authorized dealers in China. Three dealers were named "Best Dealer" for their excellence in financial measures, new vehicle sales, spare parts supply and services, and customer satisfaction in sales and after-sales. "Best Sales Satisfaction" and "Best After-Sales Customer Satisfaction" were bestowed to six dealers that achieved outstanding scores in Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) and Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) respectively. Finally, the three leading dealers in standard and audit won "Best in Standard and Audit."

Customary of Mercedes-Benz's highest standards, all of the automaker's dealerships are held to the strictest and utmost benchmark in the industry to ensure that they provide customers with the best service. Aside from adhering to the highest industry standards, these dealers are also assessed by a comprehensive scorecard from Daimler AG, which evaluates the dealers in a variety of aspects. As such, the service that these dealers provided has been widely recognized and praised by customers in China.

"Firstly I would like to express my most sincere congratulations and appreciation to our dealers. It is through the strong partnership between Mercedes-Benz and our dealers that we have been able to achieve exceptional business growth in this market, especially in the first quarter when our performance in China witnessed a growth rate of 112% year-on-year and became the third largest market for Mercedes-Benz worldwide," said Mr. Klaus Maier, President & CEO of Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd. "Looking forward, we will continue to relentlessly increase our cooperation with an ever-growing dealership network, as well as enhance our management system to maintain our successful momentum with even higher quality products and service."

Mercedes-Benz has been developing together with the fast-growing China auto market, and it continues to extend its dealership presence across the nation to facilitate the ever-increasing demands of Chinese customers. "Currently, we have established 148 outlets in more than 70 cities nationwide, " said Mr. Christian Schroeter, Vice President Network Development for Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd. At the same time, in order to ensure that all of our customers are able to experience the standard services from all over the world, we also offer the most extensive internationally certified training in order to enhance the skills of its frontline staff, as well as its overall performance."