Mercedes says its Hungarian production costs are 70 percent below Germany’s levels. Kecskemét plant gains C-Class and G-Class production while German workers face cuts. Porsche takes opposite path, betting the Made-in-Germany tagline still matters to buyers. Mercedes-Benz loves to tell us it invented the automobile in Germany, but Germany is becoming an increasingly expensive place to build one. The automaker is rapidly expanding its Hungarian operations, where it says production costs are 70 percent lower, while asking workers back home to work longer without earning more. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); Benz’s Kecskemét, Hungary,…
Hungary Pays $18 An Hour, Germany Pays $57, Guess Where Mercedes Is Building
