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A long-overdue wake-up call at Mercedes-Benz.(Opinion)

Automotive News Europe,  March, 2005  by Lapham, Edward

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Byline: Edward Lapham

The more you hear about what Eckhard Cordes is doing to fix Mercedes-Benz, the clearer it becomes that the brand had fallen into serious disrepair.

The latest step by Cordes is a [euro]4 billion cost-cutting program.

It includes a reduction in the number of Mercedes vehicle architectures from 21 to 16 over the next 10 years and a simultaneous increase in the number of models derived from each architectures.

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