Start of production of the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class at the Rastatt plant: Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Daimler Board of Management and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, Member of the Daimler Board of Management, Manufacturing and Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars & Mercedes-Benz Vans, and Peter Wesp, Head of the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant.