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We are SML

A small, eight-strong team of enthusiasts, experts, experts and creators. That’s all it takes to achieve a lot together. How do we achieve this? On the one hand through professional expertise and skill, but also through customer proximity and empathy. You always have the right and competent contact person at your side for each of our business areas. Our customers appreciate the very personal contact with us. We are honest, transparent, solution-orientated and motivated.

  • “We are grateful for the trust placed in us,
  • because it cannot be taken for granted,
  • to give his automotive treasures “out of his hands”.
  • That’s why we look after your vehicles with the same dedication and humility
  • Just as if they were our own.”
Thomas Hientz, Management

Our guidelines

Passion

We have anchored our guiding principle directly in our company slogan “Passion for legends”. Why? So that we are all reminded of it every day. Exclusive vehicles require a special level of dedication in all areas. Whether it’s paint preparation, care or trading. Only if we and the entire team are passionate about our work will we achieve the results we want and that you rightly expect from us. For us, looking after our customers’ vehicles is more than just a job. It is a mission to give our best every day!

Expertise and professionalism

Of course, passion alone is not enough. Only those who understand their craft can play at the top. That is why our competent team, with its many years of experience, is at your disposal at all times. Especially in the field of preparation and care of exclusive vehicles, techniques and products have developed enormously in recent years. We guarantee that we are always “up to date” through regular training, investment in our state-of-the-art technology and our own creativity. Our company building provides us with a highly professional environment in all respects.

Trust and transparency

Sustainable customer satisfaction can only be achieved through a high degree of trust and transparency. When you hand over your vehicle to us for servicing, we automatically receive an advance of trust from you. We are aware of this and therefore do everything we can to return this trust to you. Transparency in communication with our customers is the basic prerequisite for this. We do not hide anything from you. During lengthy vehicle handling processes, unforeseen issues can always arise from time to time. In this case, we take our duty to inform you very seriously. You can contact us at any time to find out about progress.

Comprehensive support and 5-star service

We take time for your concerns! That is our certain “extra” in service and exclusivity. No matter what concern or problem you and your vehicle have – we make sure that you feel that you are in good hands with us and, of course, that you are. We even take the time for a classic vehicle appraisal to prepare a non-binding offer and provide you with comprehensive and transparent advice. We take your wishes seriously and do everything we can to realise them. Amenities such as a free shuttle service to your front door, airport transfers etc. are a matter of course for us.

Discretion

Many of the vehicles entrusted to us require a high degree of discretion. And with their owners anyway. That’s why we always keep a low profile when you want to protect your privacy. We have developed our SML CarSafe for very special vehicles. Only permanent employees of the SML CarGroup have access to the storage facilities. This means you can be sure at all times that your vehicle will not appear on the Internet at any time. It goes without saying that we keep our customers’ names and data under lock and key.

Humility

We are grateful every day for the work we are able to do for you. In this world, many things can no longer be taken for granted. Especially not being able to work with legends of automotive history of all makes and model years every day. Being able to do this not only makes us proud, but also humble. We are aware that it is a privilege to be able to look after your vehicles with us. That’s why our job never becomes normal; it remains something special. And that’s a good thing, so that we always stay motivated and focussed. Always with the aim of giving you 100% satisfaction at all times – and if possible, even more!

Social commitment

Help and support, wherever it is needed in the world. Commitment to social projects has been an important pillar of our corporate philosophy from the very beginning. We regularly support aid organisations, associations, children’s and youth charities and other social institutions. Partly through financial donations, partly through donations in kind or in the form of jointly defined projects. We always keep our eyes and ears open to see where help is urgently needed and take action. Sometimes even with our own manpower. This is not a marketing strategy for us. We do this out of the deepest conviction and to help people who have completely different, much greater worries than some of us can imagine.

Regional activities and community

We try to live out our connection to the region in many ways. Wherever possible, we try to involve and promote associations, service providers, businesses and people from the region. This is not only sustainable and efficient, but also brings us all closer together as a community and contributes to harmonious coexistence. This is why we support organisations and institutions in the region in particular, organise community and family events and are constantly coming up with new creative ideas and campaigns. Our clear message: we are not elitist, but down-to-earth, family-orientated and open-minded.

Our company history

The SML CarGroup can now look back on more than 10 years of company history. Over the past few years, the company has developed from a small reconditioning business to a full-service provider in the high-end sector and currently combines six business areas under one roof. True to the motto “standing still is going backwards”, new concepts are constantly being developed, sustainable co-operations established and strategic future fields opened up. But one thing is certain: the SML CarGroup will always remain a family business!

Click through our brief company history below and get to know us better!

SML CarWellness Logo
2009

Company foundation

Owner Simon-Markus Loh founded his company in 2009 under the name SML CarWellness GmbH in Steinheim-Höpfigheim near Ludwigsburg as a valeting centre for all vehicle makes and years.

Right from the start, great importance was attached to a high level of vehicle preparation. No matter what type of vehicle it was.

CarWellness erstes Gebäude
2010

The first years

The SML CarWellness GmbH business started in this double garage in Höpfigheim. With simple means, but great enthusiasm and passion, the company quickly made a name for itself in the region and soon enjoyed a good reputation.

Die SMLC app
2013

Striving for innovation

We have been innovative pioneers from the very beginning. In 2013, for example, we were one of the first companies in our segment to develop a customer app.

We and our team have also continued to develop ourselves and our team in the field of vehicle valeting techniques, resulting in an ever-growing customer base.

Bugatti imd ein Merzedes
2014

Classic cars and luxury sports cars

Thanks to our high-quality work, it wasn’t long before more and more collectors and owners of classic cars, modern classics and luxury automobiles became aware of us and entrusted us with their gems.

A milestone in the development of SML CarWellness GmbH.

Transporter
2015

Increasing the range of services

Due to the increased demand in the area of exclusive and higher-priced vehicles, customer requirements naturally became more and more pronounced. A first step towards a wider range of services in order to be able to offer customers as much as possible from a single source was the acquisition of a small fleet of trailers and vans in order to be able to safely transport the vehicles awaiting reconditioning or already reconditioned vehicles to and from the customer.

Merzedes G-klasse 6x6
2016

Building a collection

Parallel to the increasing demand, we began to build up our own collection of rare and exclusive vehicles that could demonstrate a certain stability of value or increase in value. In this way, we not only gained a great deal of expertise in this area, but also set the course for the expansion of our company into a full-service provider, which would also include trading in exclusive vehicles in the future.

Umzug in das neue Gebäude
2017

Construction of the new company headquarters

Then in 2017 came the major reorganisation. With the construction of the new company headquarters in Eberdingen-Hochdorf, the course was set for the future. For many months, a revised company concept was developed together with architects, agencies and craftsmen. SML CarWellness GmbH was to be given a new face from then on.

Eröffnung des neuen Gebäudes
2018

Opening of the SML CarGroup

The new company headquarters in Hochdorf were inaugurated with a lavish opening event in September 2018. At the same time, the company was renamed SML CarGroup GmbH. The previous SML CarWellness continues to operate as an existing brand under the umbrella of SML CarGroup and continues to include the high-quality preparation of exclusive vehicles. Together with the other business segments SML CarSale, SML CarResort, SML CarSafe, SML CarLocation and SML CarClub, SML CarGroup now offers several business segments under one roof.

A total of 22,500 visitors attended the inauguration over two days. One of the highlights of the weekend was the free concert by Matthias Schweighöfer.

Auszeichung Retro Classics Stuttgart
2019

First League

With the tailwind of the realignment, the new range of services was immediately accepted and publicised. In 2019, we took part in RETRO CLASSICS Stuttgart, the world’s largest trade fair for driving culture, for the first time and immediately won the award for the best trade fair concept and the best vehicle at the fair. An award that naturally brought us a lot of attention and reputation in the scene.

Oldtimer
2020

Premium service

We are now established on the market as a premium service provider for high-quality vehicles and are grateful every day for the trust that our customers place in us. Our core business is still high-quality reconditioning in our state-of-the-art workshop, because we never forget where we come from.

With the facilities available to us at our well-equipped headquarters in Hochdorf, we succeed in satisfying our customers day after day. We are grateful for the many vehicles that we are now able to look after.

Auto Unterboden abkleben
2022

DINITROL service station

As an official DINITROL® service centre, we now offer professional bodywork protection, including cavity sealing and underbody protection. In our modern, well-equipped workshop, we have our own workstation with ideal conditions for this. We also carry out dry ice blasting of the underbody directly in-house.

With this addition to our services, we are able to offer customers an even broader range of vehicle value retention services.

alter Motoblock
2023

Master car workshop

Since September 2023, the SML CarGroup has been registered with the Stuttgart Chamber of Crafts. By incorporating our own master car mechanic’s workshop, we can now offer our customers many more services in the technical field. These include customer services and service work, repairs and individual conversions.

In addition, we are now a member of the Stuttgart Region Motor Vehicle Guild and have been certified as a “specialist company for historic vehicles” due to our technical workshop equipment and expertise.

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Would you like to become part of our team?

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We look forward to receiving your unsolicited application at any time. We also train young apprentices in the field of automotive mechatronics with an additional qualification in vintage and classic car technology every year. Get in touch with us!

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