There are many battles ongoing in the car but they all inevitably lead to one goal: Selling the most because they are the ones that win.
The multiplication of models is one of the safest and less expensive ways to get new products to the masses. Case in point: BMW and their X5 and X6. Here are two vehicles that if you were to peel back the sheetmetal, you would not be able to tell the difference between what is left behind.
Mercedes wants to do the same and we think they should.
The other maker from Stuttgart has just begun production of the newest 2012 M-Class and here and now, we are being told to expect what will likely be called the MLC, sometime around 2015.
The M-Class variant will take styling cues from the current BMW X6, in other words, a rear-slopping roofline akin to that of what we used to know as a coupe.
The new vehicle is expected to be produced at Mercedes' U.S. assembly plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This move is part of a $2 billion investment in this plant, which will bring new tooling for the next generations of the R and G-Classes as well as C-Class production.
At the moment, the plant is nearing its present 160,000 annual unit capacity and 2,800 employees. For those that love internal codes, the MLC is known as the C166.
Source: Automotive News
The multiplication of models is one of the safest and less expensive ways to get new products to the masses. Case in point: BMW and their X5 and X6. Here are two vehicles that if you were to peel back the sheetmetal, you would not be able to tell the difference between what is left behind.
Mercedes wants to do the same and we think they should.
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class (Photo: Mercedes-Benz) |
The other maker from Stuttgart has just begun production of the newest 2012 M-Class and here and now, we are being told to expect what will likely be called the MLC, sometime around 2015.
The M-Class variant will take styling cues from the current BMW X6, in other words, a rear-slopping roofline akin to that of what we used to know as a coupe.
The new vehicle is expected to be produced at Mercedes' U.S. assembly plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This move is part of a $2 billion investment in this plant, which will bring new tooling for the next generations of the R and G-Classes as well as C-Class production.
At the moment, the plant is nearing its present 160,000 annual unit capacity and 2,800 employees. For those that love internal codes, the MLC is known as the C166.
Source: Automotive News