Number of luxury car brand dealerships in China as of January 2013, by city tier

The graph depicts the number of luxury car dealerships in China as of January 2013, by city tiers. The tier system is a unique Chinese institution ranking cities throughout the country by population size, development of services, infrastructure and internationality, that also plays an important role in the amount of government investments into the respective area. In January 2013, Mercedes operated 117 dealerships in China's tier 2 cities.