Mercedes-Benz

==Production==

===Factories===
Other than in its native birthplace, Germany, Mercedes-Benz vehicles are or have been partly manufactured or assembled in:
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|[[Algeria]]||Africa||Manufactures buses and trucks in cooperation with [[SNVI]] ([[Mercedes-Benz Actros|Actros]], [[Mercedes-Benz Zetros|Zetros]], [[Unimog]], and [[Mercedes-Benz G-Class|G-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter|Sprinter]]).
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|[[Argentina]]||South America||Manufactures buses, trucks, the [[Mercedes-Benz Vito|Vito]] and the [[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter|Sprinter]] van. This is the first Mercedes-Benz factory outside of Germany. Built in 1951.<ref>[http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-8817-1-1341613-1-0-0-0-0-0-9506-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html Buenos Aires, Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.A.]. Daimler. Retrieved on 16 July 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708071411/http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-8817-1-1341613-1-0-0-0-0-0-9506-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |date=8 July 2012 }}</ref>
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|Australia ||[[Australia (continent)|Australia]]||Various models were assembled at the [[Australian Motor Industries]] facility in [[Port Melbourne]] from 1959 to 1965.<ref>[http://www.mbspares.com.au/Gallery/An-Australian-Mercedes-Benz.aspx An Australian Mercedes-Benz? – www.mbspares.com.au] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229171931/https://www.mbspares.com.au/Gallery/An-Australian-Mercedes-Benz.aspx |date=29 December 2017 }} Retrieved on 29 December 2017</ref>
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|[[Austria]]||Europe||[[Mercedes-Benz G-Class|G-Class]]<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3012/is_10_179/ai_57513425 | archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090628135229/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3012/is_10_179/ai_57513425 | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 June 2009 | work=Automotive Industries | title=Going, Going, Graz | first=Norman | last=Martin | year=1999}}</ref>
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|[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]||Europe||
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|Brazil||South America||Manufactures trucks and buses. Established in 1956. The [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class|A-Class (W168)]] was produced from 1999 to 2005 and the [[Mercedes-Benz C-Class|C-Class]] was produced until 2010 as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daimlerchrysler.com.br/empresa/informacoes_corporativas/frminfcorpbrasil.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090130015611/http://daimlerchrysler.com.br/empresa/informacoes_corporativas/frminfcorpbrasil.htm | title = Informações Corporativas: DaimlerChrysler no Brasil | trans-title = Corporate Information: DaimlerChrysler in Brazil | language = pt | publisher=DaimlerChrysler | archive-date= 30 January 2009}}</ref>
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|Canada||North America|| Fuel cell plant in [[Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby]], British Columbia, opened 2012.
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|[[Colombia]]||South America|| Assembly of [[Mercedes-Benz buses|buses]], Established in [[Soacha]] 2012 and [[Funza]] 2015
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|China||Asia||[[Beijing Benz]], manufactures [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class|A-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz C-Class|C-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class|E-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class|GLA]], [[Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class|GLB]], [[Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class|GLC]] and [[Mercedes-Benz EQC|EQC]] for mainland China market.
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|[[Denmark]]||Europe||Bohnstedt-Petersen A/S assembled the models [[Mercedes-Benz 130|130]] and [[Mercedes-Benz W136|W136]] between 1935 and 1955, although no production took place during the [[Second World War]]. Between 1955 and 1966 the models [[Mercedes-Benz W120/W121|W120, W121]] and [[Mercedes-Benz W110|W110]], together with the van [[Mercedes-Benz L 319|L319]] and a number of trucks and buses, were assembled by the company in [[Hillerød]]. Assembly of special variants of Mercedes-Benz trucks continued until 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://veteranbilklub.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/VT474-lo.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203174453/https://veteranbilklub.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/VT474-lo.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Egypt]]||Africa||Via [[Egyptian German Automotive Company]] [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class|E-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz C-Class|C-Class]] and [[Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class|GLK]]
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|[[Finland]]||Europe||[[Valmet Automotive]], New [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class|A-series (W176)]] is manufactured in [[Uusikaupunki]] since late 2013, being the first Mercedes-Benz passenger car ever built in that country.
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|[[Hungary]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mercedes-attacks-bmw-from-hungary-with-new-facility/2012/03/29/gIQAub6LiS_video.html |title=Mercedes Attacks BMW From Hungary With New Facility |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-date=22 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722092212/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mercedes-attacks-bmw-from-hungary-with-new-facility/2012/03/29/gIQAub6LiS_video.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>||Europe||Manufacturing plant in [[Kecskemét]], making [[Mercedes-Benz B-Class|B-Class]] and [[Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class|CLA]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gyar.mercedes-benz.hu/hauptseite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324100217/http://gyar.mercedes-benz.hu/hauptseite |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-03-24 |title=Mercedes Benz Manufacturing Hungary, Kecskemét |access-date=24 March 2017 }}</ref>
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|[[Jordan]]||Asia||Bus company factory, Elba House, Amman.
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|India||Asia||Pune ([[Mercedes-Benz C-Class|C-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class|E-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz S-Class|S-Class]], [[Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class|GLA]], [[Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class|GLE]] and some AMG models).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/daimler-plans-78-million-mercedes-benz-india-plant-expansion-to-add-sales.html |title=Daimler plans 79 million Mercedes-Benz plant expansion |publisher=Bloomburg |access-date=27 June 2012 |archive-date=5 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105142020/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/daimler-plans-78-million-mercedes-benz-india-plant-expansion-to-add-sales.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Chennai ([[Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.]]) [[Mercedes-Benz buses|Buses]], [[List of Mercedes-Benz trucks|Trucks]] & Engine Manufacturing unit, Bangalore (R&D), [[Jamshedpur]] with [[Tata Motors]] at [[Tata Motors]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mercedes-Benz completes 25 years of production in India|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2019/nov/29/mercedes-benz-completes-25-years-of-production-in-india-2068663.html|access-date=2021-08-08|website=The New Indian Express|date=29 November 2019 }}</ref>
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|[[Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercedes-benz.co.id/ |title=Mercedes-Benz Indonesia – Passenger Cars homepage |publisher=Mercedes-benz.co.id |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=6 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206021101/http://www.mercedes-benz.co.id/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>||Asia||Assembly of Axor, A, C, E, GLA, GLC, GLE, GLS, S class vehicles and select entry level AMG models. Manufactures coach buses. 
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|[[Iran]]<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://en.mehrnews.com/news/113715/IKCO-Daimler-sign-agreement | publisher=MEHR news agency | title=IKCO, Daimler sign agreement | date=19 January 2016 | access-date=28 August 2016 | archive-date=2 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402153031/https://en.mehrnews.com/news/113715/IKCO-Daimler-sign-agreement | url-status=dead }}</ref>||Asia||
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|[[Malaysia]]||Asia||Assembly of C, E and S class vehicles by [[DRB-HICOM]].
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|Mexico||North America||Mercedes-Benz Mexico fully manufactures some Mercedes and Daimler vehicles completely from locally built parts (C-Class, E-Class, M-Class, International trucks, [[Mercedes-Benz Axor|Axor]], [[Mercedes-Benz Atego|Atego]], and Mercedes Buses), manufactures other models in complete knock down kits (CL-Class, CLK-Class, SL-Class, SLK-Class) and manufactures a select number of models in semi knockdown kits which use both imported components and locally sourced Mexican components (S-Class, CLS-Class, R-Class, GL-Class, Sprinter).
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|[[Nigeria]]|| Africa||Assembly of buses, trucks, utility motors and the Sprinter van<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anammco.com.ng |title=Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd |publisher=Anammco.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402161558/http://www.anammco.com.ng/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|Russia||[[Eurasia]]||Joint venture Mercedes-Benz Car Trucks Vostok in [[Naberezhnye Chelny]] (jointly [[Kamaz]]). Available in trucks [[Mercedes-Benz Actros|Actros]], [[Mercedes-Benz Axor|Axor]], multi-purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks [[Mercedes-Benz Unimog|Unimog]]. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Classic is also produced in Russia.
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|[[Serbia]]||Europe||[[Fabrika automobila Priboj|FAP]] produces Mercedes-Benz trucks under license.
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|Spain||Europe||Factory at [[Vitoria-Gasteiz]] Mercedes-Benz Vito, Viano and V-Class have been built there.
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|South Africa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southafrica.info/doing_business/economy/key_sectors/automotive-overview.htm |title=South Africa's automotive industry |publisher=SouthAfrica.info |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415165710/http://www.southafrica.info/doing_business/economy/key_sectors/automotive-overview.htm |archive-date=15 April 2010 }}</ref>||Africa||The assembly plant is located in East London, in the Eastern Cape province, where both right and left hand versions of the C-class are built.
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|    [[South Korea]]||Asia||Mercedes-Benz [[Ssangyong Musso|Musso]] and [[Mercedes-Benz MB100|MB100]]; [[Ssangyong Rexton]] Mercedes-Benz models manufactured by [[SsangYong Motor Company]].
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|[[Taiwan]]
||Asia
||Assembly of [[Mercedes-Benz Actros|Actros]] by the Shung Ye Group<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://qesot.com/cars/en/brand/138/
| title=Mercedes-Benz Models
| website=www.qesot.com
}}</ref>
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|[[Thailand]]||Asia||[[Knock-down kit|Completely Knocked Down (CKD)]] production of A, GLA, C, E, S Classes and [[Knock-down kit|Semi-Knocked Down (SKD)]] production of C-coupe, GLC, GLC-coupe, GLE and CLS.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/news/1428391/mercedes-benz-readies-phev-batteries |title=Mercedes-Benz readies PHEV batteries |newspaper=Bangkok Post |access-date=1 August 2018 }}</ref> Additionally, local production of [[Mercedes-AMG]] such as C43, E53 and CLS53 have been integrated to the existing production lines<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mercedes-Benz ready to rev up EV assembly|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/1625538/mercedes-benz-ready-to-rev-up-ev-assembly|access-date=2020-10-05|newspaper=Bangkok Post}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> making it unofficially regarded as the largest Mercedes-Benz factory by number of classes produced under a single roof. The factory is operated by contract manufacture the Thonburi Group under supervision of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing (Thailand).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thonburi.com/thonburigroup_en.php |title=Thonburi Group:Serving the Thai market for more than six decades |access-date=15 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927024615/http://www.thonburi.com/thonburigroup_en.php |archive-date=27 September 2009 }}</ref> 
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|    [[Turkey]]           ||Eurasia            || Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedes-benz.com.tr|title=Mercedes-Benz Türk – Otomobiller|work=mercedes-benz.com.tr|access-date=16 February 2007|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512134813/https://www.mercedes-benz.com.tr/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some of Mercedes-Benz busses like "Travego" and "Tourismo" were built at Hoşdere plant. Apart from manufacturing, R-D and aftersales were also available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mercedes-Benz Otobüs: Home |url=https://www.mercedes-benz-bus.com/tr_TR/home.html |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.mercedes-benz-bus.com |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mercedes-Benz Türk |url=https://www.mercedesbenzturk.com.tr/Our-Products/Bus/Sales/Brochures-and-Downloads |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.mercedesbenzturk.com.tr}}</ref>
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|   United Kingdom                ||    Europe      ||  The [[Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren|SLR]] sports car was built at the [[McLaren Technology Centre]] in [[Woking]]. [[Brackley]], Northamptonshire, is home to the [[Mercedes Grand Prix]] factory, and [[Brixworth]], Northamptonshire is the location of [[Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines]]
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|   United States       ||   North America      || The Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class Sport Utility, the full-sized GL-Class Luxury Sport Utility and the [[Mercedes-Benz C-Class]] vehicles are all built at the [[Mercedes-Benz U.S. International]] production facility near [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]], Alabama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mbusi.com/pages/products_home.asp |title=MBUSI Products/Models |publisher=Mbusi.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822135742/http://www.mbusi.com/pages/products_home.asp |archive-date=22 August 2010 }}</ref> Trucks (6,000 per year in the early eighties) were once assembled in [[Hampton, Virginia]].<ref name=Baldwin>{{citation | last = Baldwin | first = Nick | title = The Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles (#40) | publisher = Frederick Warne | year = 1981 | page = 119 | location = London | isbn = 0-7232-1619-3}}</ref>
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|     [[Vietnam]]                 || Asia || Assembly of E-Class, C-Class, S-Class, GLK-Class and Sprinter. Established in 1995.<ref name=vietnam_production>{{cite web
| url         = http://www.mercedes-benz.com.vn/content/vietnam/mpc/mpc_vietnam_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/passengercars_world/About_the_company_Mercedes-Benz.0001.html
| title       = Mercedes-Benz Vietnam Company Overview
| year        = 2010
| work=mercedes-benz.com.vn
| publisher=Daimler AG
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101226044723/http://www.mercedes-benz.com.vn/content/vietnam/mpc/mpc_vietnam_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/passengercars_world/About_the_company_Mercedes-Benz.0001.html
| archive-date = 26 December 2010
| url-status  = dead
| quote       = Established in 1995...Mercedes-Benz Vietnam....supplies both passenger cars and commercial vehicles to the market.
}}</ref>
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===Quality rankings===
[[File:Concesionario de Mercedes-Benz, Múnich, Alemania, 2013-03-30, DD 21.JPG|thumb|Mercedes-Benz dealer in Munich, Germany]]

Mercedes-Benz normally has a strong reputation for quality and durability. Some objective measures looking at passenger vehicles, such as [[J. D. Power]] surveys, demonstrated a downturn in reputation in these criteria in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By mid-2005, Mercedes temporarily returned to the industry average for initial quality, a measure of problems after the first 90 days of ownership, according to J. D. Power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |title=Business Week, November 2006 |work=BusinessWeek |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628204212/http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In J. D. Power's Initial Quality Study for the first quarter of 2007, Mercedes showed dramatic improvement by climbing from 25th to 5th place and earning several awards for its newer models.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |title=J. D. Power and Associates Reports: Ford Motor Company Captures Most Awards in 2007 Initial Quality Study |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126103600/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |archive-date=26 November 2009 }}</ref> For 2008, Mercedes-Benz's initial quality rating improved by yet another mark, to 4th place.<ref name=2008jdpower>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |title=2008 Initial Quality Study &#124; J. D. Power and Associates |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125120931/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |archive-date=25 November 2009 }}</ref>  On top of this accolade, it also received the [[Platinum Plant Quality Award]] for their Mercedes branded Sindelfingen, Germany body assembly plant.<ref name=2008jdpower/>  J. D. Power's 2011 US Initial Quality and Vehicle Dependability Studies both ranked Mercedes-Benz vehicles above average in build quality and reliability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |title=2011 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) |publisher=JDpower.com |date=June 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731162017/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |archive-date=31 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |title=2011 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study |publisher=JDpower.com |date=March 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810001012/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> In J. D. Power's United Kingdom Survey in 2011, Mercedes cars were rated above average.<ref>[http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096/ JD Power Survey 2011 – The results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106205451/http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096 |date=6 January 2012}}, J. D. Power Survey 2011, 27 May 2011</ref> Additionally, [[iSeeCars.com]] study for [[Reuters]] in 2014 found Mercedes to have the lowest vehicle recall rate out of competitors.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 Mercedes-Benz has lowest vehicle recall rate in U.S.: study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183303/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 |date=1 October 2015}}, Reuters, 27 March 2014</ref>