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I just bought a new C43 sedan and upon looking at the window sticker I was surprised on what I found. I knew that C-class sedans were built in Alabama and looks like I got a German/South African unit. Which is funny as I am from South Africa. Immigrated to the US when I was 8. I was curious as to what others in the US got?!
There seems to have been a shift and a lot of C300 and C43 for North America are now built in South Africa. You can tell from the VIN. If the VIN starts with a W, then it was built in Europe, South Africa or Asia and the 11th position of the VIN specifies the plant. R is for South Africa. USA built C Class sedans have a different VIN that starts with 55S for Mercedes Benz of America. Seems like only the C63 sedans are still built in Alabama. There was a report a while back that Mercedes is moving the C Class sedan production out of the USA in order to free capacity for the SUVs. Americans are mostly buying SUVs and crossovers, at least before the CV19 crisis started.
Last edited by superswiss; 05-08-2020 at 02:24 AM.
05-08-2020, 12:43 AM
