Mercedes-Benz dealer codes
Did you know that each country has its own dealer code? This code is part of the Auftrags-Nr (translates as order or contract number) on your data card. Australia is 901, it is also common for us to see codes 823 which is Hong Kong and code 839 which is Japan.
The datacard example on the left translates as the 12709th vehicle ordered by Australia in 1988.
Here are the rest of the codes:
Germany
200 Cars ordered for stock
203 Regensburg
204 Bielefeld
205 Luebeck
206 Erfurt
207 Chemnitz
208 Landau
209 Kiel
210 Aachen
211 Baden-Baden
212 Berlin
214 Dortmund
215 Moenchengladbach
216 Duesseldorf
217 Frankfurt
218 Fulda
219 Hamburg
220 Hannover
221 Koeln
222 Wuppertal
223 Darmstadt
224 Leverkusen
225 Mannheim
226 Muenchen
227 Nuernberg
228 Offenbach
229 Stuttgart
230 Schwaebisch Gmuend
231 Koblenz
233 Bremen
234 Emden
235 Wuerzburg
236 Freiburg
237 Braunschweig
238 Rostock
239 Ulm
240 Ravensburg, Singen (see 270)
241 Magdeburg
242 Leipzig
243 Dresden
244 Saarbruecken, Trier (new)
245 Mainz
246 Schweinfurt
247 Reutlingen
248 Kassel
249 Augsburg
250 Duisburg
260 RVL, Hannover
261 Kirstein&Sauer, Bielefeld
262 Lueg, Bochum
263 Schultz, Hamburg
264 Schoemperlen&Gast, Karlsruhe
265 Apell, Kassel
266 Seibert, Saarbruecken
270 Hoelle&Vollmer,Singen (old; new 240)
270 Bundesbahn (German RR, new)
271 Heisz, Konstanz (old)
271 Bundespost (German Mail,new)
272 German Govt.
273 Hess, Trier (old)
273 DBB/DBP Vers. Unt.
275 German Govt.
278 DBAG Employee Lease
279 Henne, Muenchen
281 German Army
282 Leasing
283 DBAG Employee purchase
287 DBAG Employee purchase
289 DBAG Retiree
290 DBAG Retiree
291 DBAG company cars incl. lease
292 Test Cars, Press cars
293 Direct sales
294 NATO
295 Exhibition vehicle, Museums
296 DB Holding employee cars
297 MBAG employee cars
299 Related companies (MTU,...)
360 Konstanz
361 new: 261
362 Lueg, Bochum (see also 262)
363 new: 263
364 S&G, Karlsruhe (see also 264)
365 new: 265
366 Singen
367 Trier; new 244
368 Henne, Muenchen (see also 279)
401 NATO affiliated
402 Tourists (except USA)
403 Foreign diplomats
404 Stock cars for export
Europe except Germany
511 Albania
513 Belgium
515 Bulgaria
516 Armenia
517 Denmark
518 Aserbeidjan
519 Georgia
520 Moldavia
523 Estonia
524 Russia
525 Latvia
526 Ukraine
527 Lithuania
528 Belarus
529 Finland
531 France
533 Andorra
535 Greece
537 Great Britain
539 Ireland
541 Iceland
543 Italy
544 Croatia
545 Yugoslavia old
546 Slovenia
547 Luxemburg
548 Bosnia
549 Malta
550 Macedonia
551 Gibraltar
552 Montenegro
553 Netherlands
554 Yugoslavia rem.
555 Norway
556 Serbia
557 Austria and Liechtenstein
559 Poland
561 Portugal
563 Azores
565 Madeira
567 Romania
569 Sweden
571 Switzerland
575 Sowjet Union
576 Czech Republic
577 Spain
579 Czechoslovakia
580 Slovakia
581 Turkey
583 Hungary
Africa
601 Egypt
603 Gabun
604 Central Africa
605 Ethiopia
607 Algeria
609 Angola
611 Gambia
613 Ghana
614 Upper Volta
615 Guinea (Port.)
616 Republic of Guinea
617 São Tomé
619 Equatorial Guinea
620 Capverdian Islands
622 Chad
623 Camerun
625 Canary Islands
626 Sahara
627 Kenia
629 Uganda
631 Zaire
632 Congo
633 Liberia
634 Ivory Coast
635 Lybia
637 Madagascar
638 Comores
639 Réunion Island
641 Marocco
642 Swaziland
643 Nigeria
644 Niger
645 Spanish North Africa
647 Mozambique
649 Zimbabwe
650 Zambia
651 Malawi
653 Republic of Rwanda
654 Republic of Burundi
661 Mauritius
662 Seychelles
663 Sierra Leone
667 Dschibouti
669 Somalia
673 Sudan
675 Republic of South Africa
676 Botswana
677 Namibia
678 Lesotho
679 Tansania
681 Togo
682 Benin (Dahome)
683 Tunisia
685 Mauretania
686 Senegal
687 Mali
America
701 Canada
702 Canada, Tourists (European Delivery)
703 - 706 USA, Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI, American Samoa etc. (703 was
used only briefly)
707 USA, Tourists (European Delivery)
708 - 718 USA, only used briefly
719 St. Pierre et Miquelon
720 St. Marten, NL Antilles
721 Curacao, NL Antilles
722 Aruba, NL Antilles
723 Costa Rica
725 Dominican Republic
727 Guatemala
729 Haiti
731 Belize
733 Honduras
735 Cuba
737 Mexico
739 Nicaragua
741 Panama (not canal region)
743 Panama (canal region)
747 El Salvador\\ 749 Bahama Islands
751 Barbados
753 Jamaica
754 Grand Cayman Islands
757 Trinidad
761 Grenada
763 Bermuda
765 Guadeloupe
766 Dominican Republic
767 Martinique
768 Santa Lucia
769 St. Vincent
770 Antigua
771 Argentina
773 Bolivia
775 Brazil
777 Chile
779 Ecuador
781 Guyana
783 French Guyana
785 Colombia
787 Paraguay
789 Peru
791 Surinam
793 Uruguay
795 Venezuela
Asia
801 People's Republic of Yemen
803 Afghanistan
805 Bahrain
807 Qatar
809 Bhutan
810 Kasachstan
811 Burma
812 Kirgistan
813 Brunei
814 Tadchikistan
815 Sri Lanka
817 China (Taiwan)
818 Usbekistan
819 Peoples' Republic of China
820 Gaza
821 Cyprus
823 Hongkong
825 India
831 Indonesia
833 Iraq
835 Iran
837 Israel
839 Japan
841 Arabian Republic of Yemen
843 Jordan
845 Cambodia
847 South Korea
848 North Korea
849 Kuwait
851 Laos
853 Lebanon
855 Malaysia
857 Maledives
861 Oman, Sultanat of Muscat
863 Mongolia, Peoples' Republic
865 Nepal
867 Pakistan
868 Bangladesh
869 Phillipines
873 Saudi-Arabia
875 Singapore
877 Syria
878 Abu Dhabi
879 Thailand
880 Dubai
883 Vietnam
Australia
901 Australia
915 New Guinea
919 New Zealand
920 Nauru
921 Kiribati, British Oceania
922 American Oceania
