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Buy a Benz Ni-
and tour the facto

MERCEDES-BENZ of North
America (MBNA) has launched an
innovative U.S. factory delivery
program for its M-Class Sport Utility
Vehicte.

Customers who order an M-Class through an
authorized Mercedes-Benz of North America
Centre can take delivery at the Tuscaloosa,
Alabama factory where it is built, and also have
the option of taking a short vacation there at the
same time.

Those who choose factory delivery are treat-
ed to a tour of the Mercedes-Benz muscum and
visitor centre — which includes the only vintage
Mercedes collection outside Gerniany; a private
tour of the M-Class factory and an off-road test
track demonstration with a certified driver.

The final stop is the delivery centre where
new owners are presenied with their M-Class,
including a bumper-to-bumper walk around of
the vehicle.

“The Alabama M-Class factory delivery pro-
gram is yet another example of how Mercedes-
Benz is ailoring the buying process to the needs
of our clients,” MBNA president and CEO Mike
Jackson said.

“Our European Delivery program, by com-

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parison, has not only been phenomenally suc-
cessful since its begir:ning in 1964, but has con-
tributed to building long-term Mercedes rela-
tionships and we are happy to offer the same ser-
vice for our M-Class clierits.”

In addition to just picking-up their M-Class
trom the factory, customers can pick from two
optional vacation packages offered in conjunc-
tion with the factory delivery program.

The Explore Alabama Package is four-day
tour that includes the U.S. Space & Rocket
Center in Huntsville, Cheaha State Park, Little
River Canyon and Monrgomery — the state
capitol.

The second is the Robert Trent Jones Golf

Trail Package where clients can play some of the
lushesr year-round golf courses in the U.S.,
including the Oxmoore Valley in Birmingham,
the Grand National in Auburn/Opelika and the
Cambrian Ridge in Greenville, Alabama.

“We are proud of our plant, and continue to
have considerable interest from the public in
touring our facility and secing how we build
quality and integrity into every M-Class,” said
MBUSI president and CEO Bill Taylor. “We are
excited about the beginning of our factory deliv-
ery program and the opportunity to host our M-
Class owners.”

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