Mercedes continues planned expansion

The collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and its dealer partners has produced great success in China this year.

In 2013, Mercedes is opening 75 new outlets in 36 new cities, nearly half of which will be in third- or fourth-tier cities.

At the end of 2013, Mercedes will have a distribution network of 337 dealer outlets in total, covering 151 cities in China.

"Today, the opening of this Lei Shing Hong Auto Center marks another milestone for us in China," said Gan Khian Seng, managing director of LSH Group.

"We are back in Shanghai, where our partnership with Mercedes-Benz in China first took root and where the budding friendship with our customers was first forged.

"We are back in Shanghai to recommit ourselves to the promises we made to our customers and business partners 20 years ago."