NBK Automobiles has signed a deal with Budget Car & Van rental to supply its fleet with award-winning C-Class and S-Class vehicles.

Both the C-Class and S-Class are segment-leading vehicles with the S-Class for some years being the favourite luxury sedan not only in Qatar but across the whole of the Middle East region.

"Our customers expect Budget Car & Van Rental to offer market leading products and services whilst maintaining the unbeatable quality and value that Budget offers,” said Tim Jeffreys, General Manager of Budget Rent-a-Car in Qatar. “The Mercedes-Benz range of vehicles allows us to fulfill these needs perfectly. We feel that Mercedes-Benz will offer an excellent long term partnership for Budget Car & Van rental.”

Commenting on the new partnership, Mr. Talal Abdullah, Senior Sales Manager at NBK Automobiles Mercedes-Benz, said: “Our fleet customers are finding that Mercedes-Benz vehicles perfectly fit their requirement in terms of luxury with low running costs and high residuals.
We are already supplying a number or car rental companies in Qatar and hope this deal with Budget will be a catalyst for further business in the car rental segment,” he added.

Mr. Ayman A. Mohamad-Ali, General Manager at NBK Automobiles Mercedes-Benz also added that “NBK Auto, which celebrated 50 years as a Mercedes-Benz partner in 2006, has been the best performing distributor for the region’s leading luxury brand in the Middle East & Levant for the last few years with significant increases in deliveries”.

Budget Rent-a-Car has plans to further expand its fleet of Mercedes-Benz vehicles this year.

“We are delighted with the 'C', 'E' & 'S' Class vehicles we have bought so far and are very much looking forward to adding the New E class to our fleet in 2009,” said Mr. Jeffreys.