About us
The late Colonel David Dobie, a veteran of World War 2, started D.T Dobie in 1949. The company started out with the Mercedes-Benz franchise for East Africa, which included both saloon cars and also heavy commercial vehicles

In 1964 our organisation was awarded the sole franchise distributorship of Nissan passenger and light commercial vehicles in Kenya. In 2001, through our franchise holding in DaimlerChrysler, we were awarded the Jeep franchise for Kenya. In 2007, we acquired the Renault brand for saloons and light commercial vehicles.

The company was in the year 2000 acquired by CFAO, a French company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Pinault Printemps–Redoute (PPR) group. PPR are a world-renowned organisation in specialised distributorship with a market value currently estimated to be in excess of US$ 25 billion

CFAO is the leader in vehicle distribution in Africa and the French overseas departments and territories. They are present in 30 African markets and D.T Dobie benefits from their international management and technical experience in different markets and also their financial

Our organisation enjoys unmatched after sales service facilities and has an unrivalled service network consisting of branches in Mombasa and Nakuru, dealers and service centres countrywide.

In Nairobi, our newly opened Express Service Centre located at our Lusaka road premises provides you the customer with quick quality service at a reasonable price.

We also have a Body shop located on Lusaka Road which provides high quality workmanship for your damaged vehicles. Over the last few years in keeping with worldwide technological advancements, our organisation has invested heavily in Hi-tech equipment and on-going training of our personnel.

D. T Dobie was presented with the DaimlerChrylser award from the DaimlerChrysler Regional office in South Africa for best General Distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006. This was the second time it had received this award which is presented after every two years.

In 2007, D.T Dobie, Mercedes Benz brand, was honoured with the Superbrands award for its market dominance, acceptability and goodwill thereby acclaiming the company as the exemplary custodians of the franchise