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As German luxury car brands, Mercedes-Benz and BMW are not only incompatible rivals, but also affectionate brothers. This is not, in this different winter season, Mercedes-Benz and BMW publicly show their love again!

In December, Mercedes-Benz and BMW announced a "handshake" to welcome this unusual Christmas. As a result, Mercedes-Benz parked its first all-electric EQC in BMW World, while BMW's all-electric iX3 stopped in the showroom of Mercedes-Benz in Munich.

BMW officially tweeted that "Christmas is a time of love and peace, and after a challenging year for all of us, we want to celebrate these values with our friend Mercedes-Benz." Maybe you can stop by or enjoy the magic of Santa Claus in the comfortable warmth of your home. "

Mercedes-Benz officials also tweeted, "Santa Claus came earlier this year and lost two unusual gifts." Since 2020 is unusual and challenging for many of us, our friends at BMW and our Mercedes-Benz hope to celebrate the peace and love of the holiday together. "

Many netizens commented: "Audi swore to withdraw from the group chat" and "Audi: who am I? Where am I? " , "Audi burst into tears".

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time BMW and Mercedes-Benz have openly "flirted". In March this year, BMW China officially posted Weibo: "Today is my 104th birthday."... " . Subsequently, Mercedes-Benz officially forwarded Weibo saying: "Happy birthday to you from the bottom of my heart!" In order to win, gallop together! "

There are many similar memories of BMW and Mercedes-Benz. In May 2019, Ditte Dieter Zetsche, who has been at the helm of Daimler for 13 years, officially retired and stepped down as chairman of Daimler's board and global president of Mercedes-Benz. BMW officials specially produced a short film to pay tribute to Zetsche, which ostensibly pays tribute to the retired Dr. Zetsche. At the end of the film, there is a very interesting scene-Mercedes-Benz CEO retires and can finally drive a BMW!

Instead of attracting retaliation from Mercedes-Benz, the two companies expressed their gratitude to each other. BMW's official Chinese Weibo post said "Mercedes-Benz life, BMW companion" on Weibo, while Mercedes-Benz official retweeted Weibo saying "BMW companion, Mercedes-Benz life".

In the first three quarters of this year, Mercedes-Benz led the first camp of the domestic luxury car market with sales of 569700 vehicles, followed by BMW and Audi with 559700 and 512100 respectively. Among them, Mercedes-Benz and BMW both achieved positive sales growth, with year-on-year increases of 8.3% and 6.4%, respectively.

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