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Did You Know That Magna Steyr In Austria Has Been Helping Mercedes To Build G-Wagon Since 1979?
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been hand-built in Graz, Austria at Magna Steyr Automobile Company since 1979.
The plant in Graz, Austria isn’t part of Mercedes-Benz’s network of factories but is instead run by Magna Steyr.
At the plant, Magna produces around 100 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon’s a day in two shifts five days a week.
In total, around 25,000 Mercedes-Benz G-Class are produced every year, including about 5,000 for the military.
Over 60% of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon models are sold as high-performance AMG G63 and G65 models.
The high-riding Mercedes-Benz G-Class, which started life as a military truck and also known as Gelandewagen or G-Wagon, was first introduced as a civilian luxury vehicle in the year 1979.
Since then, the legendary boxy military-style luxury SUV has gone to be one of the most popular and most recognized vehicle on the road.
But did you know that Magna Steyr AG & Co KG in Austria has been helping German auto-giant Mercedes-Benz to build the off-roader since its inception over 40 years ago?
A subsidiary of Canadian-based Magna International, the Magna Steyr, with an annual production capacity of approximately 200,000 vehicles, is the largest contract manufacturer for automobiles worldwide.
Magna Steyr, previously part of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch, assembles the Gelandewagen in Austria at a Graz-based facility, where it also makes the BMW 5er and Z4, Jaguar E-Pace and I-Pace, and Toyota GR Supra.
The plant in Graz isn’t part of Mercedes’ network of factories but is instead run by Magna Steyr. At the plant, Magna produces around 100 Mercedes-Benz G-Classes a day in two shifts five days a week.
In total, around 25,000 G-Class are produced every year, including about 5,000 for the military. Over 60% of the G-Wagon models are sold as high-performance AMG G63 and G65 models.
The 400,000th example of the luxury celebrity and sports stars favourite SUV rolled off at the Magna Steyr’s assembly line in Austria back in December 2020.
