German luxury car maker Daimler on July 21, said the company will invest heavily to upgrade its U.S. Alabama Tuszka Roosa (Tuscaloosa) car assembly plant, the investment will be used to expand manufacturing capacity and a new Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUV's production.

    Daimler Automotive Group, said the company Tuszka Roosa plant total $ 2 billion investment plan has been launched, the investment for the Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUV, the new generation of Mercedes-Benz GL-Class and C-level in the plant production, and plant manufacturing capacity improved. But Daimler did not disclose the 20 billion investment in a specific timetable.

    Daimler Motor Company CEO and Chairman Dieter Zetsche (DieterZetsche) said: "The future of the huge investment will allow the factory to continue to create brilliant Tuszka Roosa, which is the Mercedes-Benz cars in the first manufacturing plant outside Germany."

    It is understood that the Daimler factory in the United States Tuszka Roosa was established in 1995 and put into operation in 1997. In 2010, automobile production factories Tuszka Roosa 12.5 million, employs 2800.