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摘要

Some alabamians have taken to calling greater Birmingham "little Detroit". A half hour southwest of the city in a once-sleepy town called Vance a new road, Mercedes Drive, leads to the first Mercedes-Benz auto plant built in North America. A striking visitor center crowned with a roof of textured glass features exhibits that detail the history of Daimler-Chrysler AG, as well as the company's hopes for turning Vance into a center of world-class automobile manufacturing. Showcased along with a 1912 vintage Benz car and exhibits on innovations in automaking are displays that offer a few reasons for the company's decision to build its first Mercedes plant in Tuscaloosa County after considering 150 other sites in North America.