1973

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Exhibition "Safety Made Visible"

24 - 25 January 1973
Daimler-Benz opens the "Safety Made Visible" exhibition in Stuttgart. For the first time the company presents the achie...

Cooperation: Mercedes-Benz in the USSR

27 February 1973
Daimler-Benz signs an agreement with the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR concerning scientific-t...

Rural regular-service bus: production start in Mannheim

Rural regular-service bus: production start in Mannheim

February 1973
The Mercedes-Benz O 307 standard rural regular service bus, a prototype of which was presented at the "Rail and Road” tr...

ESF 22 experimental safety vehicle

ESF 22 experimental safety vehicle

13 March 1973
At the Fourth International ESV Conference in Kyoto, Japan, Daimler-Benz presents the ESF 22 experimental safety vehicl...

Debuts at the Geneva Motor Show

Debuts at the Geneva Motor Show

15 - 25 March 1973
The Mercedes-Benz 450 SE and 450 SEL (116 series), 450 SL and 450 SLC (107 series) passenger car models are unveiled at...

Cooperation in off-road vehicles

May 1973
The Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and Daimler-Benz AG agree to cooperation in the development, production and...

Test-driving electric vans

Test-driving electric vans

26 June 1973
Daimler-Benz AG hands over the first test unit of the LE 306 electrically powered van to "Gesellschaft für Elektrischen...

Series production of MB-trac starts

Series production of MB-trac starts

1 July 1973
Series production of the MB-trac 65/70 farm tractor presented a year earlier begins at the Gaggenau plant.

Light van production concentrated at Bremen plant

Light van production concentrated at Bremen plant

28 August 1973
The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to concentrate production of the light vans at the Bremen plant and...

Mercedes-Benz Italia sells commercial vehicles

August 1973
The Rome-based Mercedes-Benz Italia S.p.A., co-founded on 18 April with the Italian general distributor Autostar S.p.A,...

Frankfurt: facelift for "Stroke Eight" models

Frankfurt: facelift for "Stroke Eight" models

13 - 23 September 1973
The facelifted saloon and coupé models of the mid-range 114/115-series are unveiled to the public at the International...

Flextime now also in Untertürkheim

Flextime now also in Untertürkheim

1 October 1973
The conclusion of a works agreement on 22 June clears the way for Daimler-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim...

Herbert Lucy takes over chair of Central Works Council

Herbert Lucy takes over chair of Central Works Council

12 October 1973
Herbert Lucy, Chairman of the Mannheim Works Council, becomes Chairman of the Central Works Council of Daimler-Benz AG,...

Production in northern Germany reorganized

Production in northern Germany reorganized

23 October 1973
As part of the reorganisation of commercial vehicle production and the absorption of the Hanomag-Henschel plants into t...

Employee shares at a good price

Employee shares at a good price

December 1973
For the first time Daimler-Benz AG offers its workforce the chance to purchase employees' shares at a reduced rate.