Beijing Benz

Beijing Benz
Beijing Benz
Simplified Chinese	北京奔驰
Traditional Chinese	北京奔馳
Literal meaning	Beijing Benz
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Bēnchí
Wade–Giles	Pei3-ching1 Pen1-ch'ih2
IPA	[pèɪ̯tɕíŋ pəntʂʰɨ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Bākgīng Bānchìh
Jyutping	Bak1 ging1 ban1 ci4

Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd.
	Headquarters in Daxing District, Beijing
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	August 8, 2005
Headquarters	Beijing, 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

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.^[2]^[3]

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).^[4] It was the first Chinese auto-making joint venture with a Western partner.^[5] 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.

^ Corporate profile Archived 2019-09-03 at the Wayback Machine on BBAC
^ "Daimler Northeast Asia". Mercedes-Benz China. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ "2009 Annual Report, 2. Significant acquisitions and dispositions of interests in companies and of other assets and liabilities". Daimler AG. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ "Beijing Jeep founding date included in BAIC car index". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
^ Xue, Yueyuan Selina; Wei, Wei; Greeven, Mark J. (26 January 2024). "China's automotive odyssey: From joint ventures to global EV dominance". Institute for Management Development. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

[1] Corporate profile Archived 2019-09-03 at the Wayback Machine on BBAC

[2] "Daimler Northeast Asia". Mercedes-Benz China. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

[dameofficial-3] "2009 Annual Report, 2. Significant acquisitions and dispositions of interests in companies and of other assets and liabilities". Daimler AG. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

[4] "Beijing Jeep founding date included in BAIC car index". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

[5] Xue, Yueyuan Selina; Wei, Wei; Greeven, Mark J. (26 January 2024). "China's automotive odyssey: From joint ventures to global EV dominance". Institute for Management Development. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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