"In the Year of the Horse, let's start as a charging horse," said Hubertus Troska, member of the Board of Management at Daimler AG, and chairman and CEO of Daimler Greater China Ltd.

His enthusiasm is based on strong growth by Daimler and Mercedes-Benz in China last year and ambitious plans for the years ahead.

"We won't change our target of achieving 300,000 units in annual sales by 2015. And we are at full acceleration to reach it."