Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...)

cawimmer430 · 03-14-2006, 10:28 AM

I just thought I'd post these old shots from around Spring 2002 when my bestfriend Anton and I checked out the MB Customer Center & Factory in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart.There was a small "museum" and souvenir shop there where we took most of the pictures.

Sadly, picture taking was prohibited inside the factory but the tour was awesome. On that fateful day, we saw how they made the C-Class and C-Class Sportcoupes. This was my second visit to the place, but nonetheless interesting stuff.

Customer Center

C-Class customer picking up his new C-Class (pre-facelift as you can see...)

Anton posing with an R129 500SL that looks just like my dad's, sans the AMG rims.

300SL Roadster in Ivory White: me and Anton were drooling over this thing!

Posing with a hot CL500 and AMG rims and bodykit!

Me posing with my back-then dream car, the C208 CLK!

The R220 SL was the sensation back then. It had basically come out a few weeks or months ago so seeing one here just killed us!

SL Generations

We talked with this dude, he owned the G-Class and just bought himself a CL500! And here he is picking it up himself with a borrowed MB trailer-bed!

In the onsite bus, a brand new R220 SL drove by! Me and Anton were having a heart-attack!

Anyone recognize this? A W211 E-Class right? Big deal. But back then, it wasn't. Back then, this was the brand new E-Class, hardly revealed to the public yet and we saw it here! A few weeks later, my dad phoned me in college to tell me that he had placed an order for a W211 E-Class as our new family car!

Wandering the lots, we spotted this beauty!

Since the factory is nearby, there's also a railway to bring the new products to the seaports for export or dealerships. I spotted a lot of US-spec MB's in that train (you can tell by the orange reflector lamps upfront).

Hope you guys liked them!

Mirage77 · 03-14-2006, 10:47 AM

Thanks for sharing your experience! Harks back to the old days.

cawimmer430 · 03-14-2006, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirage77

Thanks for sharing your experience! Harks back to the old days.

Yep, the good old days.

The Artist · 03-14-2006, 04:17 PM

wow thnx for this .. super nice pics..
love the ivory SL..could kill for a car like that.. magnificent..

yomomwhat · 03-14-2006, 04:55 PM

wow nice pics!!! that place is amazing!!!!!! i have been there twice, last in april 2002 i think, and in the like display of cars near the shop they had the turqoise coloured joystick concept car which had like cctv cameras instead of mirrors etc! its like the best place ever, way better than disneyland florida and california put together! the shop is sweet! the factory tour is insane! lol! and the coolest thing has got to be the drinks machines which have like tachometers on and instead of showing miles they show how many litres of coke the free drinks machines have dispensed lol, so you like get a free drink as you look down on all the people collecting their new car! i bought the video of the factory tour and my new pc has a tv tuner/video capture card so sometime ill connect the video up and capture some still shots! its like the coolest place on earth! and is so big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!! stuttgart itself ownz! lol one big building with a star on sticks out from the rest and like 1 in every 3 cars is a mercedes! its impressive LOOOOL, as you can tell im about excited about sindelfingen as the artist is about zonda lmao if thats possible of course haaaaaaaa

donau · 03-14-2006, 05:09 PM

Nice! Also interesting to get a peek of the surroundings. Never been to the Stuttgart area (I believe Sindelfingen is a little distance southwest? from there). Definitely need to get there to see it one day.

Yaz AMG · 03-14-2006, 08:43 PM

Wow! Thanks a lot for sharing Chris. I've got to check out this place before I die. I see that you seen the W211 E-Class before it was released, did you see any test mules?

I met a German couple who were visiting New York the other day and they told me they're from Stuttgart (she corrected my pronunciation and I still couldn't say it right LOL). I told them I'll go there one day to see the MB plant there. She said she used to work there and it was an awesome place to work at. She highly recommended I visit it one day.

cawimmer430 · 03-17-2006, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Artist

wow thnx for this .. super nice pics..
love the ivory SL..could kill for a car like that.. magnificent..

It was an awesome feeling back then to see the new SL upclose...and of course the old 300SL Roadster...drool!

cawimmer430 · 03-17-2006, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by yomomwhat

wow nice pics!!! that place is amazing!!!!!! i have been there twice, last in april 2002 i think, and in the like display of cars near the shop they had the turqoise coloured joystick concept car which had like cctv cameras instead of mirrors etc! its like the best place ever, way better than disneyland florida and california put together! the shop is sweet! the factory tour is insane! lol! and the coolest thing has got to be the drinks machines which have like tachometers on and instead of showing miles they show how many litres of coke the free drinks machines have dispensed lol, so you like get a free drink as you look down on all the people collecting their new car! i bought the video of the factory tour and my new pc has a tv tuner/video capture card so sometime ill connect the video up and capture some still shots! its like the coolest place on earth! and is so big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!! stuttgart itself ownz! lol one big building with a star on sticks out from the rest and like 1 in every 3 cars is a mercedes! its impressive LOOOOL, as you can tell im about excited about sindelfingen as the artist is about zonda lmao if thats possible of course haaaaaaaa

Excellent memory buddy! They had the F200 Imagination (the joystick car) in that special lime green color there and some various displays about safety (when I visited). I look forward to going there again sometime, and this time with my new camera and 256 MB smart media card, I can take more pictures.

cawimmer430 · 03-17-2006, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by donau

Nice! Also interesting to get a peek of the surroundings. Never been to the Stuttgart area (I believe Sindelfingen is a little distance southwest? from there). Definitely need to get there to see it one day.

I also visited Zuffenhausen, home of PORSCHE. Anton and I toured the museum but couldn't get a factory tour because you had to place these months in advance. I also visited AMG in Affalterbach with my bestfriend and we saw the disguised versions of the:

W211 E55 AMG
C209 CLK55 AMG
W168 A36 Twin

And a lot of S and CL63 AMG (6.3-l V12, 444-hp), a rare edition model! Will post ASAP!

03-14-2006, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
cawimmer430 Contributor Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mühldorf am Inn, Germany Posts: 6,250 Thanks: 2,371 Thanked 1,739 Times in 830 Posts	Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...) I just thought I'd post these old shots from around Spring 2002 when my bestfriend Anton and I checked out the MB Customer Center & Factory in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart.There was a small "museum" and souvenir shop there where we took most of the pictures. Sadly, picture taking was prohibited inside the factory but the tour was awesome. On that fateful day, we saw how they made the C-Class and C-Class Sportcoupes. This was my second visit to the place, but nonetheless interesting stuff. Customer Center C-Class customer picking up his new C-Class (pre-facelift as you can see...) Anton posing with an R129 500SL that looks just like my dad's, sans the AMG rims. 300SL Roadster in Ivory White: me and Anton were drooling over this thing! Posing with a hot CL500 and AMG rims and bodykit! Me posing with my back-then dream car, the C208 CLK! The R220 SL was the sensation back then. It had basically come out a few weeks or months ago so seeing one here just killed us! SL Generations We talked with this dude, he owned the G-Class and just bought himself a CL500! And here he is picking it up himself with a borrowed MB trailer-bed! In the onsite bus, a brand new R220 SL drove by! Me and Anton were having a heart-attack! Anyone recognize this? A W211 E-Class right? Big deal. But back then, it wasn't. Back then, this was the brand new E-Class, hardly revealed to the public yet and we saw it here! A few weeks later, my dad phoned me in college to tell me that he had placed an order for a W211 E-Class as our new family car! Wandering the lots, we spotted this beauty! Since the factory is nearby, there's also a railway to bring the new products to the seaports for export or dealerships. I spotted a lot of US-spec MB's in that train (you can tell by the orange reflector lamps upfront). Hope you guys liked them!

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Mirage77 The Doughnutman. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 5,438 Thanks: 1,473 Thanked 1,225 Times in 722 Posts	Re: Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...) Thanks for sharing your experience! Harks back to the old days.

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yomomwhat Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 292 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...) wow nice pics!!! that place is amazing!!!!!! i have been there twice, last in april 2002 i think, and in the like display of cars near the shop they had the turqoise coloured joystick concept car which had like cctv cameras instead of mirrors etc! its like the best place ever, way better than disneyland florida and california put together! the shop is sweet! the factory tour is insane! lol! and the coolest thing has got to be the drinks machines which have like tachometers on and instead of showing miles they show how many litres of coke the free drinks machines have dispensed lol, so you like get a free drink as you look down on all the people collecting their new car! i bought the video of the factory tour and my new pc has a tv tuner/video capture card so sometime ill connect the video up and capture some still shots! its like the coolest place on earth! and is so big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!! stuttgart itself ownz! lol one big building with a star on sticks out from the rest and like 1 in every 3 cars is a mercedes! its impressive LOOOOL, as you can tell im about excited about sindelfingen as the artist is about zonda lmao if thats possible of course haaaaaaaa

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donau Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 121 Thanked 46 Times in 37 Posts	Re: Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...) Nice! Also interesting to get a peek of the surroundings. Never been to the Stuttgart area (I believe Sindelfingen is a little distance southwest? from there). Definitely need to get there to see it one day.

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Yaz AMG Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 724 Thanks: 16 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Mercedes-Benz Customer Center "Museum" Sindelfingen (sorta...) Wow! Thanks a lot for sharing Chris. I've got to check out this place before I die. I see that you seen the W211 E-Class before it was released, did you see any test mules? I met a German couple who were visiting New York the other day and they told me they're from Stuttgart (she corrected my pronunciation and I still couldn't say it right LOL). I told them I'll go there one day to see the MB plant there. She said she used to work there and it was an awesome place to work at. She highly recommended I visit it one day.