- The production of the Audi A3 Sedan (the small family car and four-door versions of the Audi A3) was launched a few months after that of Mercedes CLA Sedan. Both models will be joined by the small family car by BMW the 2 Series (Gran Coupe). Premium German carmakers have hence launched themselves in the small family car body type(European C segment), where were up to today only present the standard car makers.

- Audi plans for the A3 Sedan to take up 50% of global sales of the A3 range, in other words 200 000 units per year for this new model. Among the 200,000 annual units, some will be produced in China (for domestic sales) and the rest will be produced in Hungary (for worldwide sales outside of China).

- The Mercedes CLA Sedan is manufactured in Hungary, while currently it is unclear which country the the BMW 2 Series  will be produced.

- We are witnessing a relocation of premium carmakers to small family car models (European C segment), partly due to German car maker’s capacities approaching saturation .

- This relocation is in addition to the production of lower segments vehicles outside of Germany  : Belgium for the Audi A1, Britain for the Mini (BMW) and France for the Smart Fortwo (Mercedes).