the Mercedes Classic Center has moved from Irvine to a larger facility in Long Beach

Irvine was a bit crowded, I toured it in 2013, anf if you haven't seen the gallery, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/01/welcome-to-inventor-of-automobile-as.html you might like to, as the variety of cars is so impressive

 

“Irvine was 27,000 square feet, but a lot of it was office space and the ceilings were lower,” said the Classic Center’s manager, the affable Mike Kunz. “This place is 41,500 square feet, but we have another 20,000 beyond that wall and 10,000 more in another building.”

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a40919790/mercedes-classic-center-moves-to-long-beach has a gallery on the event where the grand opening occurred, the red carpet and gull wings, but no photos of the inside

the last remaining 1905 American Mercedes, built by Steinway and Sons

I didn't realize that when I took these photos at the Mercedes Benz center in Irvine that is was so unusual

above from the AAA magazine Westways... 

Welcome to the inventor of the automobile, as the sign says. This is the Mercedes Classic Center in Irvine