Posted 05/18/2018 11: 39: 23CET
STUTTGART (GERMANY), 18 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Mercedes-Benz automotive company has started production of the new G-Class at the Magma Steyr factory in Graz, Austria, where this model has been produced since 1979, the company announced in a statement.
As Mercedes-Benz points out, the proximity between the subsidiary of the company, also based in Graz, with the Magna plant facilitates numerous synergies thanks to the “good functioning” of the “high degree” of interconnection between development, engineering, prototype workshop, testing and serial production.
“With the change in model, the new G-Class underwent the biggest transformation in its history of 39. At the same time, we have retained the familiar and popular features of the design icon and further optimized the G-Class in terms of comfort and the robustness of driving “, assured the director of the Product Group ‘Off-Road’ of Mercedes-Benz, Gunnar Güthenke.
For its part, the new G-Class is being manufactured “predominantly” by hand. In addition, as the firm points out, the employees, some of whom have produced the G-Class from the beginning, pay “great attention” to the “known” quality of Mercedes-Benz.
“The new G-Class is raising the standard in all relevant areas, and our ‘best service’ series is therefore perfectly equipped to continue its success story,” said the Head of Development at Mercedes-Benz, Ola Källenius.