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Today, Mercedes-Benz President Zetsche officially retired, and BMW officially released a video to pay tribute to Zetsche, which moved many people.

Ditte Dieter Zetsche, 66, who has been in charge of Daimler for 13 years, stepped down as chairman of Daimler's board and global president of Mercedes-Benz at its annual general meeting today. Separately, Daimler's supervisory board decided to appoint Ola Kllenius, 49-year-old research and development director and board member of the Daimler group, as the new president for a five-year term.

To this end, BMW, a long-time competitor, officially released such a video to see off the president of Daimler-Benz. The deep friendship between the two global luxury carmakers can be seen at the end of the video.

Of course, in the video about Zetsche's last day at Mercedes-Benz headquarters, in addition to receiving applause from all the staff, BMW mischievously interposed with such a scene: after stepping down as president of Mercedes-Benz, Zetsche went for a ride in a BMW.

The protagonist in the video is not the real Dr. Zetsche. BMW has found a very similar actor. On his last day at Mercedes-Benz headquarters, Zetsche received applause from all the staff, took off his badge and waved goodbye to Mercedes-Benz employees, and then sat on a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and left the headquarters with a slightly sad picture. The most creative thing about the BMW video is that when Zetsche got home, he drove a BMW i8 out of the garage, "Free at last (finally free)."

Intercept netizens' comments:

"I can finally drive a BMW!"

"driving a BMW and taking a Mercedes-Benz, it's true!"

"Audi wiped his headlamp silently, swearing."

"without Audi, Audi quit the studio."

"to respect your opponent is to respect yourself."

"if there is competition, there will be continuous progress, not only a real opponent, but also a true confidant."

Since then, Zetsche drew a successful conclusion to his trip to Daimler. In February 2006, Zetsche officially took over the post of president of Mercedes-Benz, saving Mercedes-Benz from the quagmire, with the potential to regain the position of the boss of luxury cars. Until 2017, Mercedes-Benz finally reached the top, regained the first place, and its profitability was growing. In 2018, Daimler Group's total car sales increased 2.4% to 3.4 million, of which Mercedes-Benz brand passenger cars exceeded 2.3 million, continuing to be the world's highest-selling luxury car brand.

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