Beijing Benz
Headquarters in Daxing District, Beijing | |
| Company type | Joint venture |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | August 8, 2005 |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | China |
Key people | Arno van der Merwe (CEO) |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Owner | BAIC Motor (51%) Mercedes-Benz Group (49%) |
Number of employees | 20,000 total |
| Website | bbac.com.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京奔驰 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京奔馳 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Beijing Benz | ||||||||||||||||
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Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Beijing, China, and a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Mercedes-Benz Group.
It was initially established in January 1984 as a joint venture with BAIC Motor of Beijing, China, and American Motors Corporation (AMC) of Michigan, USA; therefore named Beijing Jeep Corporation (Chinese: 北京吉普汽车有限公司). It was the first Chinese auto-making joint venture with a Western partner. The joint venture was unaffected by Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, Chrysler's merger with German automaker Daimler-Benz AG in 1998, and continued after DaimlerChrysler Corporation sold its Chrysler division to Cerberus in 2007.