1923

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Typewriters from Untertürkheim

Typewriters from Untertürkheim

26 March 1923
Lissa Maschinenfabrik GmbH is set up in Untertürkheim to produce typewriters, and shortly afterwards renamed DMG Büroma...

Benz builds four-cylinder diesel for trucks

Benz builds four-cylinder diesel for trucks

14 April 1923
The Board of Management of Benz & Cie. in Mannheim gives the go-ahead for series production of the OB 2 four-cylinder pr...

Ferdinand Porsche succeeds Paul Daimler

Ferdinand Porsche succeeds Paul Daimler

30 April 1923
Ferdinand Porsche takes over as head of the design office at DMG as the successor to Paul Daimler, following the move o...

Benz-Sendling S 6 motorised plough presented

Benz-Sendling S 6 motorised plough presented

24 - 30 June 1923
Benz-Sendling Motorpfluge GmbH presents the S 6 motorised plough with two-cylinder diesel engine at the Eastern Trade F...

Success for junior driver Caracciola

Success for junior driver Caracciola

19 - 21 July 1923
In the ADAC Reichsfahrt race, Mercedes junior driver Rudolf Caracciola finishes top of three individual rankings and als...

Start of production of Mercedes bicycles

Start of production of Mercedes bicycles

August 1923
Mercedes-Fahrradwerke GmbH in Berlin-Marienfelde, a subsidiary of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, begins producing bicycle...

European Grand Prix in Monza

European Grand Prix in Monza

9 September 1923
Benz "tear-drop racing cars" enjoy notable success at the European Grand Prix in Monza, finishing in fourth and fifth p...

Benz Diesel truck on test drive

Benz Diesel truck on test drive

10 September 1923
In Gaggenau, the first test drive takes place of a Benz 5-tonne truck fitted with the production version of the OB 2 pre...

DMG demonstrates reliability of the new diesel engine

20 - 30 September 1923
A Daimler test truck with diesel engine completes an untroubled drive from Berlin-Marienfelde to Untertürkheim and back...

DMG presents diesel-engined commercial vehicles with compressed air injection

DMG presents diesel-engined commercial vehicles with compressed air injection

28 September - 7 October 1923
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft presents three operational diesel-engined commercial vehicles with compressed air injectio...

Inflation: DMG prints own money

Inflation: DMG prints own money

26 October - 2 November 1923
On account of rampant inflation, DMG is forced to issue its own money in order to make further financial transactions p...

Daimler L 15 light airplane successfully completes maiden overland flight

Daimler L 15 light airplane successfully completes maiden overland flight

30 November 1923
The Daimler L 15 light airplane makes its first cross-country flight to Untertürkheim. The first flight with a passenge...