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The Mercedes-Benz Cars Division

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.

Mercedes-Benz Cars has 17 production sites worldwide. With regard to future mobility, Mercedes-Benz Cars employs sustainable processes for all of its development, production, and service activities. The aim of these measures is the development of fuel-efficient and environment-friendly automobiles without any sacrifices in safety, comfort, and superior driving performance.

Leading Team of Mercedes-Benz Cars

Dr. Dieter Zetsche	Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard	Stephan Engels	Dr. Joachim Schmidt	Dr. Thomas Weber
Chairman of the Board of Management and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars	Member of the Board of Management, Manufacturing and Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars & Mercedes-Benz Vans	Finance and Controlling as well as for Strategic Planning	Sales and Marketing	Member of the Board of Management, responsible for the company’s Research and Development

Mercedes-Benz Cars	2009
Amounts in millions of €

EBIT	(500)
Revenue	41,318
Return on sales	(1.2%)
Investment in property, plant and equipment	1,618
Research and development expenditure thereof capitalized	2,696 913
Production	1,031,562
Unit sales*	1,093,905
Employees (December 31)	93,572

Unit sales*	2009
	in thousands

Mercedes-Benz	975
thereof A-Class / B-Class	215
C/ CLK/ SLK-Class	323
E/ CLS-Class	212
S/SL/ CL-Class/ SLR / Maybach	57
M / R / GL/ GLK/ G-Class	167
smart	114
Mercedes-Benz Cars	1,094
thereof Western Europe	623
thereof Germany	298
NAFTA region	236
thereof USA	203
China	67
Japan	27