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The C-coupes are all built at the Sindelfingen Plant near Stuttgart, the SL is built at the Bremen plant in Northern Germany (some C-class sedans and wagons, as well as the CLK and SLKs are built at Bremen as well).

Cheers, BT

Details of the Sindelfingen Plant (this is the largest MB factory in Germany)

Location
Sindelfingen, Germany

plant area
1,890,000 sq. m (area under roof 1,090,000 sq. m)

Employment
40,843

products
Mercedes-Benz passenger cars: C-class sedans, C-class sportscoupé, E-class sedan, E-class station wagon, S-class, CL-coupé

yearly production
115,500 C-class sedans
59,000 C-class sportscoupé
185,000 E-class sedans
39,000 E-class station wagon
87,000 S-class
3,500 CL-coupé

plant history
1915 founded by the Daimler Motor Company, production of planes and plane engines

1919 first body cars produced

1936 volume production of the first diesel car in the world (260D)

1948 concentration of passenger cars at the sindelfingen plant

1954 production start of the 300SL (gullwing)

1963 production start of the 600

Mike T.

cheers