1972

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New tipper models complement the Mercedes-Benz truck model range

New tipper models complement the Mercedes-Benz truck model range

January 1972
The all-wheel-drive tippers LAPK 1632 and LAPK 2032 complement the Mercedes-Benz truck model range. The new building si...

Latest safety technology in Geneva

Latest safety technology in Geneva

9 - 19 March 1972
At the Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz demonstrates the current state of safety technology based on the 350 SLC, series...

Electric van with battery exchange technology

Electric van with battery exchange technology

March 1972
An international symposium for electric road vehicles taking place in Brussels provides the setting for the premiere of...

New commercial vehicle diesel engine range presented

20 - 28 April 1972
Daimler-Benz presents its new commercial vehicle diesel engine range at the Hanover Trade Fair. The OM 400 engine famil...

Debuts at Frankfurt am Main and the Hockenheimring

Debuts at Frankfurt am Main and the Hockenheimring

25 April 1972
The new 280, 280 E, 280 C and 280 CE – which round off the top end of the 114 series – are presented to the internationa...

Flextime in Sindelfingen

Flextime in Sindelfingen

1 May 1972
The Sindelfingen plant is the first Daimler-Benz facility to begin the step-by-step introduction of flexible working ho...

Mercedes-Benz presents MB-trac

Mercedes-Benz presents MB-trac

28 May - 4 June 1972
The prototype of the all-wheel-drive MB-trac 65/70 farm tractor (440 series) makes its debut at the DLG agricultural sh...

ESF 13 experimental safety vehicle

ESF 13 experimental safety vehicle

31 May 1972
Daimler-Benz unveils the ESF 13 experimental safety vehicle, a further development of the ESF 05, at the Third Internat...

Cooperation with Volkswagen in Spain

26 June 1972
In Spain CISPALSA merges with the Vitoria-based VW subsidiary IMOSA to create MEVOSA (Compañía Hispano Alemana de Produ...

Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., occupies new headquarters

August 1972
After a three-year planning and construction period, Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., occupies its new headquarter...

S-Class premiere

S-Class premiere

5 - 15 October 1972
At the Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz presents to the public a new generation of luxury saloons, the first to be desig...

One million trucks since war's end

One million trucks since war's end

30 November 1972
The one-millionth truck produced by Daimler-Benz AG since 1945 (upwards of 3.5-tonnes gross vehicle weight) leaves the...