According to information from AutoWeek, the GLK will be manufactured in DaimlerChrysler's plant in Bremen, northern Germany. The likely platform will be shared with the next generation C-class with styling expected to follow the lines of the recently launched GL large SUV.
Originally, production was slated to a DC plant in Brazil but the German workers agreed to cut production costs by 100 million euros to win the contract. You may remember that DC’s Juiz de Fora plant in Brazil was scheduled to construct the small ForMore SUV for DC’s Smart car brand but that project was canned due to substantial losses from the small-car brand.