In a news that we have shared with you in recent days, we have been talking about the products produced in Turkey for 20 years. from Fiat Doblo Since it will be produced in Spain in the coming period we talked about† Now there is a parallel development. Speaking with Habertürk, Tufan Akdeniz, Member of the Management Board of the Mercedes-Benz Automotive Light Commercial Vehicles product group, from Mercedes-Benz He said he can produce light commercial vehicles in Turkey. However, our country is not suitable for that at the moment.

About the cessation of production of both Mercedes-Benz and Fiat Doblo. spoken Mediterranean Sea flooddescribed Fiat Doblo’s departure from Turkey as “sad”. †Doblo’s production goes abroad It’s a loss for Turkey† An ecosystem had developed with its suppliers around that model, a huge investment.According to Tufan Akdeniz, this situation is a challenge for Mercedes-Benz. won’t benefit† Because Mercedes imports its light commercial vehicles to our country.

We are considering the production of light commercial vehicles in Turkey, but…

Tufan Akdeniz stated that Mercedes-Benz is considering the production of light commercial vehicles in Turkey, but domestic market conditions It says it’s not suitable. According to Akdeniz, Mercedes-Benz has to sell half of its vehicles to carry out light commercial production in Turkey, and that does not seem possible at the moment. However, the Mercedes-Benz manager left the door open for production in Turkey. like a day when circumstances changethe company will officially start production in Turkey.

Tufan Akdeniz’s statements about the possibility of production in Turkey are as follows:Continuation of light commercial vehicle production in Turkey at headquarters in Germany keep it on the agenda we are working† We need to take the economic scale for production. To do this, we must be convinced that we can sell half of the vehicles that we are going to produce on the domestic market. However, the feasibility is not yet about sustainable domestic sales. promising not, can be produced on the promised day. There is always a desire and a plan for the production of light commercial vehicles in Turkey…”