Mercedes-Benz Thailand will spend a big sum of money to grow its business in the Kingdom, Bangkok Post reports. The premium brand has allocated 200 million baht this year to raise production capacity in Thailand and 1 billion baht to add five more dealerships.
The 20m baht sum will raise production capacity at Merc’s Thonburi Assembly Co plant in Samut Prakan by another 2,000 to 3,000 units, from the current 16,000, president and chief executive Alexander Paufler revealed. “We have to prepare our capacity for on-shelf products, adopt new technology to meet every segment’s demands and strengthen our networks,” he added.
Mercedes-Benz sales increased 34% in Thailand to a record of 6,274 vehicles last year, and the rising interest in Mercedes-Benz Leasing is a sign that more customers are buying Mercs from authorised dealers, as opposed to from the grey market.
The company targets 10% sales growth this year, with at least six new models scheduled to be introduced, including a diesel hybrid one. Also, all 2013 models sold in Thailand will be Euro 5 compliant, up from the current Euro 3 standard, something we can only dream of in Malaysia for now.
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i can afford this, but not my dream car..
Toyota is the best. Better RV. Mercedes got bad RV. Buy Mercedes but you are not getting a real German car. Half or more than 50% of the car are Made In Malaysia parts to comply with the CKD regulations.
By the way, are you well-versed with the CKD regulations?? Or you just hear from other people? Even if you buy CBU Germany, you will not get 100% Germany content. That’s for sure.
Actually, a German made car is less than 50% “made in Germany”. Some UK made Japanese cars have more German parts inside than some German made cars.
Bro Merc resale value is comparable to toyota or maybe better so try not to create your own theory bro so far in Malaysia Merc resale value is high
Cerita sejuk bang
Yeah, I believe you. No need to dream, just buy…
thailand, where everything seems to be happening.
How much it sells in thailand. Any change we can get it here with similar or a lil bit higher price?
Euro 5, how far are we behind Thailand in automotive industry?
Our northern neighbour already Euro 5…and we’re still languishing in Euro 3
Be happy! Two EURO more is RM8.38 more
You all Malaysians har… Euro 5 want but don’t want to pay Euro 5 price… Long live Euro 2!!!! Let’s be real guys….
So most developing countries are moving away from grey market. When are we going to achieve that? Let’s be clean, remove grey importers
No AP, no grey imports
ha-ha!! well, this is the first symptom of Malaysia is getting backward while other poorer country is moving forward rapidly. 5 more years Malaysia will be the most backward country in S.E.A. this is due to incompetent of administration by our useless leader.
wow a TRUELY Malaysian attitude…
owh u r very satisfied with the current leadership? see what is goin on wit our country? everything is getting expensive, crime rate increase, corruption rate is the worst in SEA. so whats ur point? u love to live in this kind of place? i love Malaysia thats y i wanna change.. bangang.
“…Euro 5 compliant, up from the current Euro 3 standard, something we can only dream of in Malaysia for now.”
embarrassed reading this quote when malaysian still do open burning.. using polystyrene to tapau their food… worst all those smokers smoking at public spaces… cutting tress… PLEASE GET OUR ACT CORRECT then asked for EURO5
euro 5 fuel for better cars! i don’t give a damn to smokers smoking at public places.
answer from an arrogant person… wait till your family suffer cancer from smoking… then give them euro5 car to enjoy their last day on earth
wow even asking to do good things get thumb down.. malaysian nowadays
When will the CLA be available in Thailand ? Benz should care more about its Thai customers !
16,000 vehicles produced last year? Where did you get this figure from?
Thonburi automotive produced 6,274 Mercedes-Benz in 2012 and expect to produce about 8,000 odd this year.
Thai Family Pioneered Thailand Automotive Industry with Mercedes-Benz ( http://www.establishmentpost.com/thai-family-pioneered-thailand-automotive-industry-with-mercedes-benz/ )
“With about 700 employees producing the 6,000 Mercedes-Benz’s built in Thailand last year, TAAP is well above the industry average at 8.57 vehicles per employee…”
16,000 vehicles / 700 = 22.85 vehicles per employee or 307 cars a week. A ridiculous figure when the rest of the Thai automobile industry achieved an average of 8.57 vehicles per employee.