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Description: The Mercedes-Benz M-Class is a mid-size luxury SUV with light off-road capability, first offered in 1997 as a 1998 model, and built in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA. It marked a shift at Mercedes-Benz in becoming a global player; while it had plants outside Germany before, they merely built facsimiles of German models. In contrast, the M-Class was conceived with the American market in mind and built at an American factory. Despite poor quality control, the M-Class became a huge sales success in the United States. In fact, only the C-Class and E-Class sell better in the US. In size, it is slotted below the GL-Class. Worldwide, all M-Class\' are manufactured in Vance, Alabama about 25 minutes from Birmingham. For a short time, between the years 1999 to 2002, the M class was built by Magna Steyr in Graz Austria, for the European market. |
