Decision: A-Class will be built in Rastatt

  • Date
    15 December 1993
  • Description
    The Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG chooses Rastatt as production site for the new A-Class, scheduled for market launch in 1997. Despite alternatives in France, Britain and the Czech Republic being considered up to the very end, the decision for Rastatt was made after intense negotiations with the Central Works Council and centered on a cost differential and savings of DM 200 million.
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