By ANDY OBER Inside Indiana Business MISHAWAKA — South Bend-based AM General LLC celebrated the beginning of Mercedes-Benz production Tuesday, Aug. 11, at its Mishawaka plant in what it calls a historic day for the company. The contract, announced in January, involves the production of the luxury car maker’s R-class sport utility vehicle. President of …read more.

Mercedes-Benz is reorganizing its SUV production and will expand production capacities in the USA. The U.S. contract manufacturer AM General will join the production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars, producing the R-Class in South Bend, Indiana, in the future. Production capacities at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International – MBUSI), which will be gradually be …read more.