1948

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  • January 1948
  • The Unimog development team moves from Schwäbisch Gmünd to Göppingen, where Maschinenfabrik Gebr. Boehringer takes over further development and series production of the Universal-Motor-Gerät.
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  • April 1948
  • The Sindelfingen plant starts to produce the O 4500 bus. The chassis is supplied by the Gaggenau plant, which had previously overseen manufacture of the same model between 1943 and 1944.
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  • 2 July 1948
  • The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG and the Works Councils of the Untertürkheim, Mannheim, Gaggenau and Sindelfingen plants agree "Provisional Company Regulations of Daimler-Benz AG", which stipulate among other things a 48-hour working week.
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  • July 1948
  • At the Esslingen repair facility, the 10,000th repaired Jeep is handed over to the US Army.
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  • 29 August - 5 September 1948
  • The Unimog is unveiled to the public in Frankfurt am Main at the first agricultural show organised by the German Agricultural Society (DLG) since the war. Series production starts up in February 1949. The diesel engine of the Unimog comes from Mercedes-Benz and is based on the 1.7-litre four-cylinder, also used in the new 170 D diesel passenger car from May 1949.
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  • December 1948
  • The L 4500 heavy-duty truck is upgraded and becomes the L 5000. At the same time, the O 4500 bus is also modified and given the new designation O 5000.
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