1951

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170 S and 170 V offered with a sliding sunroof as optional

170 S and 170 V offered with a sliding sunroof as optional

5 January 1951
The Mercedes-Benz car models 170 S and 170 V are offered with a sliding sunroof as optional extra. For the 170 D this e...

Patent application filed for safety passenger cell

Patent application filed for safety passenger cell

23 January 1951
A patent application is filed for the passenger safety cell. Béla Barényi’s invention, protected under patent no. 854 15...

Daimler-Benz enters two races in Argentina

Daimler-Benz enters two races in Argentina

18 und 24 February 1951
Daimler-Benz enters three pre-war W 154 racing cars for the "Gran Premio Presidente Perón" and the "Gran Premio Eva Peró...

Bus production concentrated in Mannheim

Bus production concentrated in Mannheim

March 1951
A month after the last O 5000 rolled off the assembly line, production of the O 6600 at the Sindelfingen plant also come...

Fireworks of innovations at first Frankfurt International Motor Show

19 - 29 April 1951
The six-cylinder 220 (W 187) and 300 (W 186) passenger cars are unveiled at the first ever Frankfurt International Motor...

Gaggenau takes over Unimog production

Gaggenau takes over Unimog production

June 1951
Under the model series designation 2010 the first unit of the Universal-Motor-Gerät built at Daimler-Benz comes off the...

Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.R.L. established

7 - 9 August 1951
Daimler-Benz AG and Argentinean businessman Jorge Antonio set up Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.R.L. with headquarters in Bu...

300 S: sporty two-door model unveiled in Paris

300 S: sporty two-door model unveiled in Paris

4 - 14 October 1951
The 300 S (W 188), a sporty two-door variant of the 300, debuts at the Paris Motor Show. It is available as a Coupé, Co...

Daimler-Benz exports to 65 countries

31 December 1951
Export sales of Daimler-Benz AG reach DM 159.6 million, 140 % more than the previous year and now 22.4 % of total sales...