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 extra becomes available in March.

Daimler-Benz enters three pre-war W 154 racing cars for the "Premio Presidente de la Nacion Juan D. Peron” and the "Premio Evita Peron” races in Argentina. In the first race Hermann Lang, Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling finish second, third and sixth. In the second race Kling finishes second and Lang third, while Fangio was forced to abandon on lap 17.

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.

Daimler-Benz AG and Argentinean businessman Jorge Antonio set up Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.R.L. with headquarters in Buenos Aires based on a "gentlemen's agreement". With a view to constructing an assembly plant, the company is transformed into a stock company on 29 May 1952, in which Daimler-Benz holds a one-third stake.

Export sales of Daimler-Benz AG reach DM 159.6 million, 140 % more than the previous year and now 22.4 % of total sales. Brazil occupies first place among the 65 export countries.