1963

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Ladies team driving Mercedes-Benz 220 SE wins "Coupe des Dames"

Ladies team driving Mercedes-Benz 220 SE wins "Coupe des Dames"

19 - 26 January 1963
Ewy Rosqvist and Ursula Wirth win the "Coupe des Dames" at the Monte Carlo Rally, driving a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE.

Last 300 SL and 190 SL built

Last 300 SL and 190 SL built

8 February 1963
The last 300 SL and last 190 SL are completed at the Sindelfingen plant.

New SL and long-wheelbase saloon at Geneva show

New SL and long-wheelbase saloon at Geneva show

14 - 24 March 1963
The Mercedes-Benz 230 SL (W 113) is presented at the Geneva Motor Show to replace the 300 SL and 190 SL sports cars. Th...

Overall win for Mercedes-Benz at the Acropolis Rally

Overall win for Mercedes-Benz at the Acropolis Rally

16 - 19 May 1963
The team of Eugen Böhringer and Rolf Knoll drive their Mercedes-Benz 300 SE to victory in the Acropolis Rally in Greece...

Victory in the German Rally

Victory in the German Rally

4 - 7 July 1963
The Eugen Böhringer / Klaus Kaiser driver team takes victory in the German Rally in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE, with Dieter...

Vacuum-controlled central locking available in 300 SE

July 1963
The 300 SE long presented in March is available as an optional extra with a vacuum-controlled central locking system th...

Further heavy-duty engines manufactured in Friedrichshafen

Further heavy-duty engines manufactured in Friedrichshafen

July 1963
The newly founded subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH takes over the production facilities and workforce of Porsc...

Dual-circuit brakes introduced in many models

Dual-circuit brakes introduced in many models

6 August 1963
Models 220, 220 S, 220 SE and 300 SE get a dual-circuit brake system as introduced in March for the 230 SL. In addition...

Böhringer's second Spa-Sofia-Liège win

Böhringer's second Spa-Sofia-Liège win

27 - 31 August 1963
Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification in the long-distance Spa - Sofia - Liège Rally at the wh...

Frankfurt: the Mercedes-Benz 600 debuts

Frankfurt: the Mercedes-Benz 600 debuts

12 - 22 September 1963
Mercedes-Benz unveils a new prestige car at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt – the 600 Grand Mercedes (W 100)....

New model designations for trucks

September 1963
New model designations are introduced for the entire Mercedes-Benz truck range in place of the design numbers used sinc...

Production in Wörth starts with truck cabs

Production in Wörth starts with truck cabs

1 October 1963
Production begins at the new Daimler-Benz plant in Wörth. The 100 employees begin work on body shells for truck cabs.

300 SE triumphs in Argentina

300 SE triumphs in Argentina

23 October - 2 November 1963
Mercedes-Benz driver teams occupy the first four places at the Touring Car Grand Prix of Argentina: the race is won by E...