I believe the case design came from Commodore's PC range, which was largely a German initiative. The A2000 was designed in Germany and never launched in the US

I believe the case design came from Commodore's PC range, which was largely a German initiative. The A2000 was designed in Germany and never launched in the US - Commodore US designed their own system around a slightly reworked chipset which ended up as the B2000 (which used the same case)