Fireworks of innovations at first Frankfurt International Motor Show

  • Date
    19 - 29 April 1951
  • Description
    The six-cylinder 220 (W 187) and 300 (W 186) passenger cars are unveiled at the first ever Frankfurt International Motor Show. The 300 – Germany’s largest and fastest series-produced passenger car – becomes popularly known as the "Adenauer”, after the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany joins other prominent figures in politics and industry in choosing the 300 as his chauffeur-driven car. Among the other models making their debuts in Frankfurt are the O 6600 H, the first Mercedes-Benz forward-control bus developed after the war. With its rear-mounted engine and specially developed chassis – no longer based on a truck design – it raises the curtain on a new era in bus development at Daimler-Benz.
Mercedes-Benz 300 Saloon, 1951 - 1954; drawing by Walter Gotschke from the 1951 brochure.
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Mercedes-Benz 300
Mercedes-Benz 220 in1951 - Drawing by Walter Gotschke
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Mercedes-Benz 220 in1951 - Drawing by Walter Gotschke
Mercedes-Benz 220
saloon
1951
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Mercedes-Benz 220
Mercedes-Benz 300 W 186, 115 hp, sedan, built: 1951 - 1954
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Mercedes-Benz 300
Mercedes-Benz O 6600 H, Pullman bus with 145 hp rear engine, title page from sales brochure
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Mercedes-Benz O 6600 H
Mercedes-Benz 220 W 187, 80 hp, saloon, built 1951 - 1955
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Mercedes-Benz 220
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