u.s. international type division of mercedes benz industry automotive founded 1993 headquarters vance alabama united states area served united states key people jason hoff president products mercedes benz gls class mercedes benz gle class mercedes benz c class number of employees 4 000 2008 parent daimler ag website http www.mbusi.com front entrance to the mercedes benz visitor and training center in 2010 . mercedes benz u.s. international mbusi is a mercedes benz automobile manufacturing plant near vance alabama . it is located about 34 miles 55 km west of birmingham and about 19 miles 31 km east of downtown tuscaloosa . the factory was announced in 1993 1 and produced its first vehicle an ml320 in february 1997 . 2 from its inception to 1999 the president and ceo of mbusi was andreas renschler . when he was promoted to head of global executive management development for daimlerchrysler he was succeeded by bill taylor . taylor resigned effective june 2009 and was succeeded by ola kaellenius who was succeeded by markus schaefer in july 2010 . daimler announced in december 2009 that it will move production of the mercedes benz c class to its vance plant with production beginning in 2014 . the plant is located on 1 000 acres of land donated by the state of alabama . the land was donated as part of the bid by alabama to win the contract with mercedes . the plant includes multiple test tracks on road and off road . contents 1 mercedes benz visitor center 2 current vehicles manufactured 3 former vehicles manufactured 4 see also 5 references 6 external links mercedes benz visitor center edit located on the property is the mercedez benz visitor center which includes a museum showcasing cars throughout mercedes benz history . cars within this collection are rotated out as needed . as of november 2014 there is a formula one car originally driven by michael schumacher located inside . guests can reserve ahead for plant tours . admission to the visitor s center is free plant tours are 5.00 usd current vehicles manufactured edit mercedes benz gls class 2006 present mercedes benz c class w205 2014 present former vehicles manufactured edit mercedes benz m class 1997 2015 mercedes benz r class 2005 2015 see also edit germans in alabama references edit heine max september 28 1993 . looks like mercedes will select vance site . the tuscaloosa news . tuscaloosa al. p. 1 . retrieved june 20 2010 . heine max february 19 1997 . local mercedes model doesn t go unnoticed . the tuscaloosa news . tuscaloosa al. p. 8b . retrieved june 20 2010 . external links edit mercedes benz u.s. international mbusi mercedes benz visitor center wikimedia commons has media related to mercedes benz u.s. international . coordinates 33 10 52 n 87 15 24 w 33.181111 n 87.256667 w 33.181111 ; 87.256667 this article relating to an automotive factory or manufacturer facility is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mercedes benz u.s. international & oldid 743415356 categories industrial buildings completed in 1997mercedes benzmotor vehicle assembly plants in alabamabuildings and structures in tuscaloosa county alabamacompanies based in tuscaloosa alabamavisitor attractions in tuscaloosa county alabamaautomotive factory stubshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013commons category with page title same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view