Daimler: Overcapacity? We Want Some Of That Overcapacity!
July 24th, 2012 7:55 AM
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Whenever the good folks at Daimler hear about European overcapacity, they ask: “Why can’t we have some of it?” Daimler’s compact cars are so popular that the plants in Rastatt, Germany, and Kecskemét , Hungary, are already bursting at the seams, and will even more so once the new A-Class starts shipping in fall.. Therefore, Daimler outsourced A-Class production to Valmet, the Finnish contract manufacturer.
Valmet will produce more than 100,000 units for Daimler from 2013 through 2016, the company said in a statement. This in addition to going to three shift production in Rastatt late in the year. Daimler says it has received more than 40,000 A-Class orders already.
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The moose had the sandwich concept for lunch.
The new A-Class is basically a Renault. I wonder if Daimler solved the rust problems plagueing the 1st and 2nd generation models.
JLR and BMW are both running into similar problems
Can Valmet build 100,000 Mercedes and still crank out those "in-demand" Fiskers?