- Mercedes-Benz Mexico
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Mercedes Benz Mexico S.A. de C.V. is a subsidiary of Daimler AG headquartered in Mexico City. It's commercial vehicle branches, Daimler Vehiculos Comerciales, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Freightliner Vehiculos Comerciales, S. de R.L. de C.V and International Vehiculos Comerciales, S. de R.L. de C.V. are branches of this subsidiary and share production facilities with Mercedes-Benz Mexico. Mercedes-Benz Mexico has four manufacturing facilities in Santiago Tianguistenco[1], (full process manufacture of trucks and SUV's), Monterrey[2], (urban, intercity, touring busses & CKD kit assembly of high performance vehicles), Toluca[3] (full manufacture and SKD kit assembly of sedans and station wagons), and Saltillo[4] (full manufacture of class 7 and 8 trucks). Mercedes Benz Mexico also maintains partial ownership of a Benece-Kaliko plant in San Luis Potosi, where the interiors of global market Mercedes Benz vehicles are manufactured.[5]
Mercedes-Benz Mexico fully manufactures some Mercedes and Daimler vehicles completely from locally built parts (C-Class, E-Class, M-Class, International trucks, Axor, Atego, and Mercedes Busses), manufactures other models in complete knock down kits (CL-Class, CLK-Class, SL-Class, SLK-Class) and manufactures a select number of models in semi knockdown kits which use both imported components and locally sourced Mexican components (S-Class, CLS-Class, R-Class, GL-Class, Sprinter).
Mercedes-Benz Mexico is the sole representative, distributor and manufacturer of the Mercedes, Maybach and Smart brands in Mexico and covers parts of the Central American and South American markets as well. Mexican built Mercedes are manufactured primarily for the Mexican market which has seen growth in demand for luxury vehicles since Mexico's recent economic expansion began in the late 90's but Mexican built Mercedes Benz vehicles are also sold in South America and Central America and Mexican built E-Class, C-Class, M-Class, S-Class vehicles have also infrequently sold in the United States as well, although as of currently (2011) the only Mexican built Mercedes-Benz vehicles available in the United States are the International truck series. In 2009, at Mercedes Benz Mexico's Monterrey plant, the 50,000th Mexican built Mercedes bus rolled off the assembly line. As of 2009 Mercedes Benz Mexico / Daimler Vehiculos Mexico controlled 60% of Mexico's commercial vehicle market.[6]
The Mexican Secretary of Defense (SEDENA) and Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR) also build several Mercedes-Benz models in Semi Knock Down kits (G-Class, Zetros, and Unimog) under license using Mexican and German sourced components.
External links
- ^ http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-8806-1-36890-1-0-0-0-0-0-12075-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html
- ^ http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-8806-1-1117264-1-0-0-0-0-0-92-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html
- ^ http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/DY003574/mercedesbenz-assembly-line
- ^ http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-899449-1-1184628-1-0-0-0-0-0-11701-614240-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html
- ^ http://www.benecke-kaliko.com/pages/news/news-nafta/100623_audit_mexico_en.html
- ^ http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-911857-1-1230187-1-0-0-0-0-0-11701-854946-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html
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