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And the most satisfying car brand for Germans is…

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Are you happy with your Mercedes-Benz? Well, according to a study by the highly-renowned J.D. Power and Associates Index on the Satisfaction of Car Buyers, you are. It’s amazing how research companies can read your mind, isn’t it?

According to their large-scale survey, the car brand with which people—well, Germans mostly—are most satisfied is none other than Daimler’s brainchild. A lot of their success it seems stems from the popularity of the C-Class and the CLK, which also won in their respective categories under the same survey. What all this means is that Mercedes-Benz owners such as yourself are the most satisfied motorists in all of Germany.

The survey was done with the premise that ‘customers know best’ when it comes to which car brand truly satisfies their needs—whether be it for transport or simply ownership. It’s actually the second time around that this particular survey was conducted, and involved 16,330 drivers in the whole of Germany who had to tap on their experiences in driving German automobiles. But they first had to pass a screen test to make sure they were worthy contributors to the study. The requirements for survey participants included two years worth of experience driving their own car, and should have had at least 34,000 kilometers on the odometer. And they had to judge their responses based on their car’s quality, reliability, attractiveness, and service and maintenance costs.

Well, it looks like Mercedes-Benz has done a pretty outstanding job so far with their cars AND their clients.

MB South Africa wins JD Powers’ Gold Plant Quality Award 2 years straight

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Never falling short of international awards, Mercedes-Benz has just received another prestigious trophy for their MBSA production plant down in East London. The plant, which manufactures the C-Class for both the local market and export to the US, has actually won the same award once before. The award, bestowed by none other than JD Power and Associates, is actually based on their US Initial Quality Study, or IQS for short.

Mercedes-Benz has won the award by beating its own previous record. The MBSA plant won the 2009 IQS Gold Plant Quality Award last year for manufacturing vehicles for US export that had the fewest defects and malfunctions among all the plants in the whole of Europe and Africa. This year, MBSA won the award for beating each and every single manufacturer that produces vehicles for the US market—registering only 28 defects per 100 vehicles made.

MBSA President and CEO Dr. Hansgeorg Niefer received the award crediting much of their success to the ‘brilliant quality’ of their employees and processes. Meanwhile, EMEA Operations Vice President Brian Walters of JD Power and Associates acknowledges the winning story of the MBSA plant, attributing the achievement as the result of the company’s extremely strict quality management processes.

Mercedes-Benz hooks top spots in AUTO BILD magazine poll; SLS AMG is Germany’s most attractive

580sls autobild Mercedes Benz hooks top spots in AUTO BILD magazine poll; SLS AMG is Germanys most attractive

It’s unanimous. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is Germany’s most attractive car, according to a poll by AUTO BILD magazine. Daimler AG’s super car received the most votes, beating its sister, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet to the top spot. Meanwhile, it was the Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style that won for the concept cars category.

For five years running, AUTO BILD, Germany’s best-selling car magazine, ran a poll for which car appealed the most to their readers. Around 103 new cars were candidates for a total of five award categories, out of which the SLS AMG, E-Class Cabriolet and F 800 Style became highlights. Only last year, it was Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class Saloon that won as the most visually appealing car, while the E-Class Coupe took top spot in yet another category.

Mercedes-Benz Chief Designer, Prof. Gorden Wagener proudly explains that their vehicles carry a lot of confidence thanks to their unbelievable sophistication and sportiness. Wagener believes the trio of MB’s that won the highest votes will no doubt influence future trends towards design in Mercedes-Benz as well as in its rival brands BMW and Audi which are fellow German manufacturers as well. Such recognition spells out Mercedes-Benz’s standing in the German premium car market.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class earns this year’s Top Safety Award

hyundaigenesisx large Mercedes Benz E Class earns this years Top Safety AwardBoth large luxury cars Hyundai Genesis and the Mercedes E Class were awarded the 2010 top safety pick awards by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This award distinguishes top vehicles that gets the best rating of good for front, side, rollover and rear crash protection. It also needs to have an electronic stability control which is one of the many features of both cars. Hyundai officials are very happy as they were recently awarded with the top safety pick for their luxury sedan. What made the occasion more thrilling is that they shared the award with their much expensive rival, the Mercedes E Class.

While the Genesis cost a lot less than the Mercedes E Class, this is the first time the E Class model earned the top safety award. Earlier this year, minor modifications were done to the padding in the front door to increase their protection when a side impact crash occurs. According to the Insurance Institute Highway Safety, the Genesis, who underwent some structural changes this year has also enhanced its roof for more protection in rollover crashes. The recent top safety pick award applies to Genesis models that were made since January 2010, and also the award that pertains to the E Class model are the cars that were built since March 2010.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class wins the “Our Car 2010″ Award

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When it came to choosing “Unser Auto 2010″, which translates to “Our Car 2010″, the readers of more than 120 regional weekly newspapers in the newly formed German states, which prior to the unification was called East Germany, voted the E­-Class the most popular German car. In so doing, they confirmed the result of the polls held by Germany’s leading motoring magazines to canvass opinion at national level.

For the 11th time, the readers of weekly newspapers in Germany’s eastern states were called on to cast their votes for “Unser Auto”, one of the categories being “the most popular German-built car”. The top new models launched in the course of the past year were up for election – from compact small cars to medium-size models and sports cars all the way up to luxurious premium saloons. Among the German participants, it was the E­-Class Saloon that took first place. This choice confirmed the result of the polls which leading German motoring magazines, such as auto, motor & sport, ADACmotorwelt, Auto Bild and Auto Zeitung as well as the online service autoscout24.

If you’ve been reading our stories here, then you’ve probably noticed that the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class has won a number of awards over the past few months. We also noted this in a post a few weeks ago, where we highlighted all the awards that it had received over the course of this past year.

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