Two Millionth Car Completed by Mercedes in Kecskemét

The two millionth car was completed at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Kecskemét in October, a blue, five-seater EQB with pure electric drive, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd. told MTI on Thursday.

According to the information, the plant is currently producing Mercedes-Benz A-Class models, the CLA Coupé and Shooting Brake models, as well as Mercedes-Benz EQBs. Last year, more than 174,000 vehicles rolled off the Kecskemét production lines.

The company has been named the Most Attractive Automotive Employer of 2024 in the Randstad Awards, and has also been ranked as a podium winner in the Most Attractive Employer of the Year ten times in the last eleven years, according to a press release.

Production of Mercedes-Benz compact models started in Kecskemét in 2012, in a joint production network with the vehicle plant in Rastatt in southern Germany. Production started with the B-Class models, followed a year later by the four-door CLA Coupé – the first Mercedes-Benz model to be built exclusively in Kecskemét and delivered worldwide. And three years ago, in 2021, the production of the first series-produced electric vehicle in Hungary began with the all-electric EQB.

The Kecskemét site has the same production line for both high-tech combustion engine electric vehicles and all-electric vehicles.

The pace of the transition to electric vehicles will be determined by market conditions and customer preferences, the statement says.