The Mercedes-Benz Clase R will be manufactured by AM General starting this summer

Mercedes-Benz has announced an agreement with the American company AM General so that, within a few months, they will take charge of producing the current Clase R.

This move is motivated by the increase in demand for this type of vehicle across the pond over the past few months.

Currently, the Clase R of Mercedes is manufactured, exclusively for the whole world, at the company’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alongside it, other models of the brand, such as the ML or the GL, are also built there. Until now, the numbers worked out for Mercedes, which was able to meet the demand for these vehicles with this plant alone, without excessively lengthening delivery times.

However, the situation began to reverse a few months ago, and demand for the vehicles produced at this plant has started to climb, which has led Mercedes to look for alternative solutions. The answer to this situation has been found together with AM General, which will now take charge of manufacturing all Clase R models, moving production to Mishawaka, Indiana.

It is worth noting that AM General was, at the time, in charge of producing the HUMVEE, the military vehicle par excellence of the American army. Now, the same people who built one of the toughest and most rugged vehicles in the history of the automotive industry will be responsible for assembling a whole Mercedes. The Clase R has never had it easy. It is clear that it has not been one of the most successful models in the modern history of Mercedes, held back by a design that failed to convince almost anyone back in 2006, when it went on sale. Although sales figures have not been encouraging, Mercedes still continues to produce this model, which received a facelift in 2010 that made it more attractive.

Source | AM General