type limited public partnership ag & kg industry automotive predecessor steyr daimler puch founded 2001 founder frank stronach headquarters graz austria key people g nther apfalter president products contract automobile manufacturing automobile components services consultancy services revenue number of employees 10 500 2013 parent magna international website magnasteyr.com magna steyr ag & co kg is an automobile manufacturer based in graz austria where also its primary manufacturing plant is located . it is a subsidiary of canadian based magna international and was previously part of the steyr daimler puch conglomerate . magna steyr engineers develops and assembles automobiles for other companies on a contractual basis ; therefore magna steyr is not an automobile marque . in 2002 it absorbed daimler ag s eurostar vehicle assembly facility . the company s vehicle assembly capacity reached 200 000 vehicles a year . it is the largest contract manufacturer for automobiles worldwide 1 and has several manufacturing sites with its main car production in graz in austria . magna steyr developed mercedes benz s 4matic four wheel drive 4wd system and assembles all e class 4matic models . the company also undertook substantial development on the bmw x3 and manufactured all of original x3s model code e83 the aston martin rapide and developed several cars on behalf of manufacturers such as the audi tt fiat bravo and peugeot rcz . contents 1 history 2 production 2.1 current 2.2 former 2.3 car components 2.4 cancelled contracts 3 mila 3.1 mila concept 3.2 mila future 3.3 mila alpin 3.4 mila ev 3.5 mila aerolight 3.6 mila coupic 3.7 mila blue 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit magna steyr ag & co kg was founded in 2001 after magna international inc. acquired a majority shareholding in steyr daimler puch ag three years earlier . 2 production edit current edit mercedes benz g class since 1979 mini countryman since 2010 3 former edit voiturette 1904 alpenwagen 1919 puch 500 650 700 c 126 1957 1975 haflinger 1959 1974 pinzgauer 1971 2000 volkswagen transporter t3 4x4 1984 1992 volkswagen golf country 1990 1991 audi v8l 1990 1994 jeep grand cherokee zg wg wj 1994 2004 mercedes benz e class w210 1996 2002 all wheel drive mercedes benz m class w163 1999 2002 mercedes benz e class w211 2003 2006 all wheel drive saab 9 3 convertible 2003 2009 bmw x3 2003 2010 chrysler 300c 2005 2010 jeep grand cherokee wh 2005 2010 jeep commander 2006 2010 chrysler voyager july 2007 december 2007 citation needed mercedes benz sls amg painted aluminium body 2009 2014 aston martin rapide 2010 2012 4 mini paceman 2012 2016 5 car components edit mercedes benz slk vario roof assembly over 500 000 produced since 1996 6 opel astra twintop convertible roof assembly 2005 2010 7 cancelled contracts edit porsche had announced in june 2008 that the boxster and cayman models would be manufactured by magna steyr from 2012 but this contract was cancelled in december 2009 and transferred to karmann a german car assembly company which had recently been taken over by porsche s parent company volkswagen . 8 mila edit magna steyr mila concept magna steyr created the mila magna innovation lightweight auto 9 brand to differentiate its technology and research . several concept cars have been shown at various motor shows . mila concept edit the showcar was presented at the iaa in frankfurt in 2005 as a one seater sportscar . the first prototype of the cng powered vehicle was built in 2006 . and with mila 2 followed the two seater version . mila future edit presented at the geneva motor show 2007 the mila future is a sculpture with four roof options coup landaulet coupster a crossover between a coup and a roadster and roadster . mila alpin edit magna steyr mila alpin concept the alpin was a small lightweight off road vehicle for four passengers in a 3 1 seat arrangement announced at the 2008 geneva motor show . 10 it had an unusual mid engine layout and was based on a low cost production concept . 11 it was 3540mm long 1703mm wide and 1750mm high with a 3 cylinder 1.0 l 999cc engine in two versions ; cng natural gas or petrol . the petrol version was much lighter with a weight of 906 kg . mila ev edit the mila ev was a plug in electric vehicle concept 12 based on a modular lightweight platform displayed at the 2009 geneva motor show . 13 mila aerolight edit at the geneva motor show 2011 the fifth mila concept car was presented mila aerolight a compact four seater powered by cng . magna steyr mila blue mila coupic edit the sixth concept car in the mila family the mila coupic combines three different vehicle concepts in one a suv coup which can be transformed into a pick up or a convertible . it was presented at the geneva motor show 2012 . mila blue edit mila blue is a natural gas powered lightweight concept vehicle with emissions of co2 of less than less than 49 g km . the mila blue achieves a weight savings of 300 kg compared to typical current a segment vehicles powered by cng . 14 see also edit karmann in germany bertone and pininfarina in italy heuliez in france valmet automotive in finland references edit new world of telecommunications . siemens . 2008 . retrieved 2009 05 06 . http www.magna.com xchg complete vehicle xsl standard.xsl content 148 1867.htm car magazine 20 january 2010 birmingham post 9 june 2011 mini paceman review . the telegraph . 9 november 2012 . retrieved 16 january 2013 . magna steyr press release magna steyr website autocar porsche cancels magna contract http www.magnasteyr.com docs default source default document library media information mila 1 iaa 2005 en.pdf sfvrsn 2 autoblog.com 28 february 2008 magna press release image preview obama at plug in center thurs news roundup . calcars . 2009 03 18 . retrieved 2009 05 06 . magna steyr press release 2009 magna unveils mila blue a lightweight natural gas hybrid concept . canadianmanufacturing.com . 26 february 2014 . retrieved 17 july 2014 . external links edit magnasteyr.com official website mila official website magna steyr plant profile at autoindex.org v t e magna international subsidiaries cts fahrzeug dachsysteme getrag magna powertrain new venture gear new venture gear 3500 transmission new venture gear 4500 transmission new venture gear 5600 transmission magna steyr eurostar automobilwerk ksu gazal 1 multimatic multimatic motorsports people belinda stronach frank stronach related granite real estate stronach group v t e automotive industry in austria automotive industry economy of austria transport in austria domestic manufacturers austro daimler austro tatra custoca delta gnom denzel eurostar automobilwerk felber autoroller gr f & stift grofri ktm husaberg libelle magna steyr m ve 101 af puch rosenbauer steyr steyr daimler puch steyr tractor tiroch components companies magna steyr rotax steyr motors related topics motorways of austria vienna autoshow retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title magna steyr & oldid 736811908 categories magna internationalcoachbuildersmotor vehicle assembly plants in austriamotor vehicle manufacturers of austriaelectric vehiclescompanies established in 2001organisations based in grazhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadanskdeutschespa olfran aisitalianolumbaart portugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 00 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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