Petegtsv10

5ilver-5urfer

Coupe in Germany, Sedan in Alabama.

Not sure if there are other plants producing them. Maybe.

Forest Jim

Mine was built in South Africa C43 2019 Sedan. I'm in Australia.

Tirgoman

Depends in what market you live. In US the C43 sedans are built in Alabama and not sure about coupe but previous reply says Germany. It's an international business.

superswiss

All C-Class sedans for the North American market are produced in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There's also a plant in East London, South Africa and once in a while a sedan for the North American market comes from there. Coupes and Cabs are all made in Bremen, Germany, as well as some sedans for the European market.

Here's a good PDF with all of Mercedes' production locations and where what is made.

https://facts.daimler.com/fileadmin/...s_PDF_VIEW.pdf

zibby43

zibby43

MarcusDubya77

You can check your VIN to find the country in which it was built. This is a tiny bit outdated, but you can google "VIN decoder country of origin Mercedes" and get something similar.
http://www.mbscottsdale.com/blog/mer...vin-breakdown/

3.Pointed.Czar

These Alabama comments kinda have me spooked! Can anyone comment on the build quality of the C43 coupes( which are made in Germany)? Currently waiting for my factory order.

Dieseldan9

iTrader: (1)

most people say on here the coupes have a higher build quality than the sedans.

ebailey

My 2019 c43 coupe was built in Bremen Germany, I'm, in NY. It's fully loaded and is probably one of the best cars I have ever owned.

AMG C43 3LV6

My 2018 C43 Coupe is from Germany, has everything except for the perfume and the cool air for the seats because I have sports seats.

rustybear3

I still say you can't beat German built overall.

AMG C43 3LV6

I have compared a c class sedan with the coupe and there is a difference in the feel and quality.

Not sure how or why? Arent all the parts made in Germany, but sedan assembled in SA ?

Lazz83

Yup, mine to!!! and fast as a *********a

One man, one pig

Capt Slo

Why??? One person is saying his car is crap whereas multiple people have said their cars are nearly flawless. I could care less where my car is built, it's not as if the US plant is sub-par to the German plant.

GuardianVA

The transmission and engine are all German parts, assembled in Germany. The sedan is less than 50% total parts from Germany (46 or 48% as best I recall).

I do have some concern about where the car is assembled. There are local and cultural differences as it relates to quality work, attention to detail, and and overall work ethic. Call it stereotyping if you want, but there are some general truths about how workers from one country to the next and one culture to the next actually go about their jobs.

EdC43AMG

The East London Factory, produces de right hand drive units and also for certain EU markets Sedan version, and some Asian markets I think.

For instance for the Spanish market the sedan it's produced in East London, then by ship arrives to north west of Spain, Vigo city harbour and then distributed to any spanish dealer from there.

I think last year, East London, begun to produce also the C63 AMG.

Regards

GuardianVA

Really? Nothing biased or bigoted, it's simply the reality. It's been researched and there are peer-reviewed studies that confirm that work ethic is not equal across cultures (one such example http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/10678.pdf) .... If the truth scares you, that's your personal problem.

zibby43

superswiss

However one feels about this and I share these concerns based on personal experience etc. even if you leave out the humans who assemble the cars and assume they are properly trained by the Bremen factory, under which guidance the USA and East London plants work, there are outside factors that can affect quality. A car plant needs a vast supply chain around it and is subject to different environmental regulations depending on the region. The supply chain is different and subject to their own quality differences. Then there are environmental regulations that can affect things. For example the paint and clear coat used at US factories is different from Germany. The paint used in German factories uses a different solvent formula, which can't be used in the USA due to environmental regulations. I'm not a paint expert to say which one is better, but I've been told by body shops that the paint they use is not as good as the German factory paint. The clear coat used in the USA is also different. It is harder and therefore more prone to cracking upon impact while the German clear coat is softer absorbing some impacts. FWIW, there's a thread over in the C63 forum, where some sedan owners complain about paint quality. I don't think I've seen similar complaints from coupe owners. In the same thread some owners have posted that their shop foremen revealed to them that they are seeing more build quality issues with the sedans. Now that could also be because there are more sedans sold than coupes and cabs combined and therefore more problematic sedans in circulation than coupes.

GuardianVA

You're just a special kind of stupid aren't you? That was just one, and it is peer-reviewed and cited (maybe look up what that means, you obviously don't know). The very concept has been studied repeatedly, and there are numerous published studies and articles out there by sociologists and psychologists (Katz, Kaplan, Hass, Mertz, etc.) Of course, don't let science or research hurt your precious little feelings about how you wish the world was. I'm not even going to try and be nice; you are just a moron who adds nothing to the various threads you post-***** in. You tried to inpugn some sort of bias or bigotry to me based on what I said and given that you know absolutely jack sh*t about me personally, I'm more than a little annoyed at your insinuation. I'm not gonna sit here and debate research with you. If honest, academically validated truth "scares" you and somehow, someone who merely references it "scares" you, then maybe you should avoid human contact and stay secluded in your parent's basement, because the world will be a very, very scary place for you indeed. Go be a keyboard SJW somewhere else. /done

Capt Slo

I've had two cars lemon law'd in the last ten years, both German cars, a US built W205 and a German built VW R32.

I'll be taking delivery of my third W205 tomorrow, the first one was bought back because the sport suspension I ordered (and was charged for) was not installed on the car. The second car was flawless in three + years of ownership, I guess we'll see how the next compares.

Petegtsv10

As the OP, I really didn't see my thread going in this direction.....

zibby43

Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. So you had an issue with a US-built W205 as well.