[5] In the 1950s and 1960s, CDA, on behalf of its customer Daimler-Benz, was one of the critics of the political guidelines for the increasing domestic production share, as this would not result in satisfactory quality in South Africa.

In the course of the more stringent requirements, MBSA also temporarily bought body panels from Volkswagen of South Africa.

MBSA workers built this vehicle in unpaid overtime from parts provided by the company free of charge.

[1] C-Class vehicles manufactured in South Africa have been and are also exported to Australia (since 1997), Japan (since 2000) and the United States (since 2007).

After the first global joint venture between Daimler-Benz and Mitsubishi, MBSA started manufacturing the Colt L200 pick-up in 1994.