Corporate Profile

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global motor manufacturer, Daimler AG, with a history of over 60 years in South Africa as a committed corporate citizen.

Unique in the sheer scale of its comprehensive vehicle offering in SA, MBSA is a supplier of both premium passenger cars and versatile commercial vehicles. A strong tradition of innovation, coupled with a drive for superior customer service allows the company to tailor-make mobility solutions for individual and fleet customers through its extended value chain:

• Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA): passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturing, sales and marketing;
• Sandown Motor Holdings (SMH): vehicle retail;
• Mercedes-Benz Financial Services (MBFSSA): vehicle finance and insurance;
• Daimler Fleet Management (DFM): fleet management.
• Atlantis Foundries: forge and foundry for large vehicle aggregates

At its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in East London, the company manufactures the Mercedes-Benz C-Class model for the local and US markets. It also produces Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles and buses, FUSO trucks, and Freightliner trucks.

MBSA’s headquarters, marketing and support divisions are located in Zwartkop, Gauteng, from where the Mercedes-Benz, smart, Freightliner, Western Star and FUSO products are marketed and financed.

Unswerving in its quest for diversity and transformation, MBSA instills the values of Passion, Respect, Integrity and Discipline into everything it does.

The company’s commitment to striking a balance between economic, ecological and social issues is reflected in its Level 4 Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE status).  Here the group of companies has consolidated its leadership in the automotive industry – as certified by Empowerlogic. The table below reflects the significant improvement in the group’s BBBEE contributor levels over the last four years: