Brazilian Built Mercedes A-Klasse, Take Two

Following a failed attempt to start production of the A-Klasse in Brazil in the late 1990s, it would appear the German carmaker is once again contemplating the idea, as the vice president of marketing for Mercedes Benz cars, Phillip Schiemer, hinted.

According to just-auto.com, Mercedes will revamp the Juiz de Fora facility in the Minas Gerais state. Built in 1999 as a production hub for the A-Klasse, the plant currently produces, in very small numbers, the CLC sports hatchback.

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