Fueled by the success of Mercedes’ compact family, the Kecskemét plant in Hungary has celebrated the production of the 250,000th vehicle since it opened two and a half years ago.
The youngest Mercedes-Benz plant in the world today built its 250,000th vehicle, a right-hand drive, polar silver CLA 45 AMG which will be shipped to a customer in Japan.
“250,000 vehicles made at the Kecskemét plant with the typical Mercedes top quality- that is something that our entire team can rightly be proud of. All of our employees have made a personal contribution to this achievement, which marks another important milestone for us as the youngest Mercedes-Benz plant,” said Thomas Geier, Director of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Kecskemét.
The Hungarian plant plays an important role in the success of Mercedes’ compact car family as it is the only plant in the world that builds the CLA four-door. The B-Class MPV has also been produced in Kecskemét since March 2012, as well as in Mercedes’ main plant for compact vehicles in Rastatt, Germany.
In the first eight months of this year, almost 290,000 customers opted for a compact Mercedes-Benz, be it A-Class, B-Class, CLA-Class or GLA-Class. Since its market launch in Europe in April 2013, Mercedes-Benz has delivered more than 100,000 CLAs to customers all over the world, with the four-door coupe being a big success in its single most important market, the USA. Every fourth vehicle of the model series is driven by an American customer.
Since may 2014, the Kecskemét plant has been operating in three shifts, just like the Rastatt plant. The Hungarian plant will also produce Mercedes’ fifth compact model, the CLA Shooting Brake, scheduled to arrive on the market in 2015.
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