Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 5 Millionth SUV Built At Its Tuscaloosa Facility In Alabama

Mercedes-Benz celebrates 5 millionth SUV built at its Tuscaloosa facility in Alabama, United States. 

Mercedes-Benz has been assembling vehicles for all global markets at the Tuscaloosa facility in Alabama since 1996. 

Currently, the GLE, GLS and the sportier GLE Coupe SUVs and the Mercedes-Maybach GLS are produced at the facility. 

The home of SUVs also assembles all-electric EQE SUV, EQS SUV and Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV for all global markets.

Last week, Mercedes-Benz took to its Tuscaloosa facility in Alabama not only to unveil the all-new GLE, GLE Coupe and GLS but also to celebrate the 5-millionth SUV produced at the facility dubbed the “home of SUVs” in 30 years.

The German autogiant has been assembling vehicles for all global markets at the Tuscaloosa facility in Alabama since 1996, from the pioneering M-Class in 1997 to today’s GLS and GLE – the latter, which remains one of the brand’s most successful models.

Currently, the GLE, GLS and the sportier GLE Coupe SUVs (along with their AMG performance variants), the Mercedes-Maybach GLS as well as all-electric EQE SUV, EQS SUV and Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV are assembled at the Tuscaloosa site for all global markets.

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While announcing plans to invest $4 billion in Tuscaloosa facility to add the next-generation GLC to its products, Ola Källenius, the Mercedes-Benz Group CEO, said :

“The new GLE and GLS, alongside the EQE SUV, the EQS SUV and the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, are symbols of our commitment to Alabama. In the future, the localised GLC will further strengthen our U.S. footprint”.

“And for me personally, this place isn’t just part of our company’s history as the first major plant outside Germany – it marks one of the most important chapters of my own Mercedes-Benz journey,” he added.

Boasting around 5,800 highly skilled team member, the plant currently exports roughly 60 percent of its output, making it one of the largest exporters of automobiles from the U.S.

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