DaimlerChrysler Taiwan Company Ltd. commenced operations on January 1, 2002, as a joint venture between the global automobile manufacturer DaimlerChrysler AG and its former Mercedes-Benz general distributor Capital Motors Incorporated. It has consolidated the wholesale operations of its five distinguished brands - Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, smart, Chrysler and Jeep under one umbrella. Each brand has its own dealership and service network while sharing a common back-office resource and management structure.
The world is on the move and DaimlerChrysler aims to keep it that way! As a leading automaker, DaimlerChrysler is aware of its responsibility in this regard. And that means being at the forefront of research activities aimed at safeguarding sustainable mobility. DaimlerChrysler is playing a pioneering role in this area of technology to provide ultimate driving pleasure, riding comfort and most important of all, occupant safety. Also, as the earth's natural resources are limited, DaimlerChrysler focuses its innovative technology on environmental protection by reducing fuel consumption and pollution emissions with the optimization of its internal combustion engines and the development of fuel cells.
In addition to its professional distribution, sales and servicing of fine automobiles DaimlerChrysler Taiwan has a subsidiary, DaimlerChrysler Services Taiwan (DCST), which is dedicated to delivering the highest level of financial services. Its sophisticated financial products include hire purchase, leasing, insurance brokerage as well as insurance premium financing. DCST further strengthens the ability of DaimlerChrysler Taiwan to provide a broader range of automotive products with integrated global resources.
All of these efforts have resulted in positive feedback as evidenced last year when DaimlerChrysler Taiwan was ranked among Taiwan's top 100 service industry enterprises with NT$12.4 billion in revenue according to statistics published by Common Wealth Magazine.
Over the past two years DaimlerChrysler Taiwan has also committed itself to enriching the quality of life in Taiwan. In addition to its specialist activities for car lovers such as the Mercedes-Benz Motorsports Club as well as the Jeep Academy and Jeep Club, DaimlerChrysler Taiwan also spares no effort to sponsor other cultural and sporting events including the highly acclaimed Mercedes-Benz Classical Music Festival, its popular Mercedes-Benz Charity Golf Tournaments as well as its recently introduced Mercedes-Benz Asian Fashion Award and Chrysler Jazz Festival.
"The Shining Silver Star - Classic Car Exhibition" was the highlight of the year. Earlier this year from May 1 to June 15, DaimlerChrysler Taiwan worked closely with the German Cultural Center in Taipei to bring famous German works of art and a historic collection of classic cars to Taiwan by organizing "The Shining Silver Star - Classic Car Exhibition" which coincided with "A Century of German Genius: Masterpieces from Classicism to Early Modernism - Collections of the Berlin State Museum" displayed at the National Palace Museum. During the 45-day exhibition six classic Mercedes-Benz cars from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, shined brightly with the collections of the Berlin State Museum to give Taiwan residents a rare opportunity to experience the brilliance of German achievements in painting, sculpture, technology and of course the automobile.
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