A-Class
July 1990: Third Mercedes-Benz assembly plant built at Rastatt
Sonntag, 18.Juli 2010It was an auspicious moment, when on18 July 1990 Werner Niefer, the then Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG, ceremonially broke the ground for a new assembly plant at Rastatt. This would be the company’s third passenger car production facility in Germany, after Sindelfingen and Bremen.
The Rastatt plant was officially opened in [...]
Compact model milestone: Mercedes-Benz A- and B-Class: 2.5 millionth compact vehicle delivered
Mittwoch, 24.März 2010Mercedes-Benz delivered its 2.5 millionth compact vehicle to a customer in March 2010. “We’ve set the standards for premium compact vehicles with the A- and B-Class, and we plan to further exploit our outstanding position in this segment in the future,” said Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Head of Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars.
“We want to [...]
Start of Construction: Ground-breaking ceremony for new Mercedes-Benz plant in Hungary
Freitag, 16.Oktober 2009The foundation stone for a new Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicle plant in Kecskemét, Hungary was laid in an official ceremony held earlier today.
In the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Rainer Schmückle, Chief Operating Officer of Mercedes-Benz Cars, and the project head for the new plant Michael Frieß, this marked the start of construction work [...]
Production milestones at Rastatt plant: Mercedes-Benz delivers 500,000th B-Class and 750,000th A-Class
Freitag, 26.Juni 2009Mercedes-Benz is celebrating two production milestones at its Rastatt plant: the 750,000th new-generation A-Class and the 500,000th B-Class will be delivered in June. The respective vehicles, a lotus blue A 180 CDI with a parking assistance system and a horizon blue B 180 NGT with natural-gas drive are destined for customers in Germany and Great [...]
A-Klasse Special Edition 2009
Donnerstag, 30.April 2009As reported a few days ago, welcomes Mercedes-Benz the spring with a new special
model of the A-Class. With design features reserved only for this edition, plus extensive, high-grade appointments, the Special Edition 2009 is not only eye-catching. It also combines the well-proven basic virtues of this compact Mercedes-Benz model with more than a touch of [...]