Mercedes vehicles pile up at German airport as supplier triggers bottleneck

Mercedes.airport.jpg — A cluster of Mercedes-Benz utility vehicles at Ahlhorn airport on Sept. 3. (Markus Hibbeler\/Bloomberg)

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September 03, 2019 08:06 PM

Daimler has been forced to store thousands of undelivered Mercedes-Benz SUVs at a former military airport in northern Germany after issues with a supplier created delivery delays.

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