Mercedes-Benz Australia Leads Australia And The World

MULGRAVE, AUSTRALIA – February 2, 2011: Last night during a senior management meeting in Stuttgart , Mercedes-Benz Cars for MBAuP was announced as the winner of the Global Market of the Year for 2010 by Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, member, Board of Management, Daimler AG.

Speaking from Stuttgart after accepting the award, Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Horst von Sanden said "This is an unequivocable recognition of the dedication and professionalism of the team at Mercedes-Benz Cars and our Dealer partners. We grew our market share by almost double the total market growth and we finished the year as the premier prestige brand in Australia with 18,464 sales. We are extremely proud to be recognised for this unique honour, but the real winners are the almost 18,500 customers who last year purchased one of our vehicles and we thank them for making this success possible."