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Historic manufacturing jubilee
Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen produces its 20-millionth
vehicle
Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and •
Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars: “The twenty-million cars from the Mercedes-Benz
plant in Sindelfingen would stretch two and a half times around the world. For
Mercedes-Benz, this jubilee is an historic number. Each of these twenty million
vehicles stands for a satisfied Mercedes-Benz customer – that is a great evidence
of the trust placed in our brand. At the same time, it obliges us to continue in the
same way and not to reduce our efforts.”
Also Mercedes-Benz has reached 20 million Facebook fans, giving it the biggest •
fan community in the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand.
The jubilee car S 500 e is available to fans and employees for special occasions. •
Sindelfingen – The 20-millionth vehicle has left the production line at the
Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. The jubilee car, an S 500 Plug-In Hybrid,
was received by Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of
Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, and by Markus Schäfer, Member
of the Divisional Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and
Supply Chain Management.
“The twenty-million cars from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen would
stretch two and a half times around the world. For Mercedes-Benz, this jubilee is
an historic number. Each of these twenty million vehicles stands for a satisfied
Mercedes-Benz customer – that is a great evidence of the trust placed in our
brand. At the same time, it obliges us to continue in the same way and to not
reduce our efforts,” stated Zetsche.
Mercedes-Benz has also reached the number of 20 million Facebook fans, giving
it the biggest fan community in the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand. “We
thank our loyal customers and fans as well as our employees, who have done a
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Page 2 fantastic job in all those years and continue to do so. Without them, we couldn’t
have achieved this historic jubilee,” continued Zetsche.
In the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars the Sindelfingen plant
is the competence center for upper range and luxury-class vehicles. The plant
celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. After an eventful history, which began
in 1915 with the production of airplanes and airplane engines and continued with
the production of vehicle bodies, Mercedes-Benz started to manufacture
complete cars in Sindelfingen in 1946. The current S-Class and its predecessors
have been built at the Sindelfingen plant since the Mercedes-Benz 220 was
launched in the spring of 1951. The S-Class sedan is the world’s bestselling
luxury sedan.
“We are confident that we will produce the next twenty million cars a lot faster.
By 2020, we will invest a total of 1.5 billion euros in an ultramodern and flexible
production facility here in Sindelfingen. This will allow us to offer our customers
even more options for individualization and to safeguard our top quality,” said
Schäfer. “Our focus continues to be on our workforce – we are reducing the
degree of automation. At the same time, we are applying modern robots that
work hand in hand with our employees without a protective fence, and which
assist them with strenuous tasks.”
In the future, fans and Mercedes-Benz employees will have the opportunity to
shape the ongoing history of the jubilee car: The obsidian black S 500 e will be
used for special occasions. The resulting stories, films and photos will attract
further attention, especially in social media.
Growing hybrid portfolio
The S 500 e has certified fuel consumption of 2.8 liters per 100 kilometers (65
grams of CO2 per kilometer). Systematic hybridization is a fixed element of the
powertrain strategy of Mercedes-Benz. Plug-In Hybrid drive will be the
successful technology for at least the next decade. Hybrid vehicles account for a
growing share of the total unit sales of Mercedes-Benz. In 2017, there will be ten
Plug-In Hybrid models on the market. At present, five Plug-In Hybrids are
available: The S 500 e was launched in late September 2014, followed in March
2015 by the C 350 e as a sedan or a station wagon. These are now supplemented
by the new SUV models: the GLE 500 e 4MATIC and the GLC 350 e 4MATIC.
Legendary automobiles from Sindelfingen
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Page 3 Legendary products have been produced in Sindelfingen for a long time. They
include the Mercedes-Benz 170 with the safety-enhancing new swing axle before
1946 and the so called “Großer Mercedes” which was the preferred conveyance
of several popes and monarchs. The Mercedes-Benz Type K compressor sports
car ushered in the era of elegant and comfortable automobiles. The 260 D was
also produced in Sindelfingen, the first diesel car with a power output of 45
horsepower. The first automobiles completely produced at the Mercedes-Benz
plant in Sindelfingen also include the 170 S Cabriolet A, which was built
between 1949 and 1951. Other legendary cars are the 300 SL “Gullwing,” the
190 SL and the “Ponton”, the first Mercedes-Benz with a self-supporting body.
In the recent past, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG attracted great attention as a
gullwing and a roadster, followed by the Mercedes-AMG GT in 2014.
About the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen employs approximately 26,000 people.
Last year, 367,313 cars of the Mercedes-Benz C-, E-, S-Class and the CLS, the
CLS Shooting Brake, the SLS AMG and the Mercedes-AMG GT rolled off the
production lines. Over 250 vehicles are handed over every day at the
Sindelfingen Mercedes-Benz Customer Center alone.
Contact:
Sofia Stauber, +49 711 17 40598, [email protected]
Matthias Krust, +49 711 17 41928, [email protected]
Further information, picture material and videos are available on the Internet:
Mercedes-Benz has made a film about the production of the 20-millionth car at
the plant, which can be seen for example on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
The idea: Various employees talk about production in past decades. The first
person to speak is a female employee in front of a Mercedes-Benz 170 S
Cabriolet A, which was one of the first automobile models to be produced in
Sindelfingen, between 1949 and 1951. Her great-grandfather also worked at the
Sindelfingen plant and four generations of her family have worked for Mercedes-
Benz. At the end of the short film, Schäfer activates a modern lightweight robot,
which writes the jubilee number “20,000,000” on a number plate. The robot then
passes the number plate to Zetsche. The film closes with the thanks of Daimler’s
Board of Management Chairman to the fans and employees.
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https://www.youtube.com/user/mercedesbenz
https://www.instagram.com/mercedesbenz/?hl=de
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