1975

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Flick intends to sell shares to Iran

3 January 1975
Friedrich Karl Flick informs Franz Heinrich Ulrich, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler-Benz and Board Spokesm...

Deutsche Bank acquires a third of the shares

14 January 1975
Deutsche Bank acquires 29 % of Flick's Daimler-Benz share block for approx. DM 2 billion; Flick retains the remaining 1...

Duo bus: combined battery/overhead cable operation

Duo bus: combined battery/overhead cable operation

7 April 1975
In Esslingen Daimler-Benz presents a test bus which can run on battery power or overhead cables. Based on the OE 302, th...

Unimog U 150 debuts at Hanover

16 - 24 April 1975
The Unimog U 150 (425 series) as a new road-going tractor and the MB-trac 65/70 in a version as industrial tractor unit...

New assembly plant for buses in Brazil

22 April 1975
The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to purchase a 1.7 million sq m site in Campinas, about 100 km from t...

S-Class: 450 SEL 6.9 is new top-of-the-range model

S-Class: 450 SEL 6.9 is new top-of-the-range model

15 May 1975
The new top-of-the-range S-Class model, the Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 (116 series) with a 210 kW / 286 hp V8 engine fro...

500,000th truck from Wörth

28 July 1975
The 500,000th truck built since production began in July 1965 leaves the assembly line at the Wörth plant.

New medium-duty trucks added to commercial vehicles range

New medium-duty trucks added to commercial vehicles range

11 - 21 September 1975
At the Frankfurt International Motor Show, the New Generation range of commercial vehicles is rounded off by the additio...

One-millionth automatic transmission for passenger cars produced

September 1975
The one-millionth automatic transmission for passenger cars is completed at the Hedelfingen sub-plant of the Untertürkh...

Cruise control available as optional extra

Cruise control available as optional extra

September 1975
Cruise control is made available as an optional extra for the first time for all S-Class models (116 series) and SL and...

One-millionth commercial vehicle diesel engine built at Mannheim plant

9 October 1975
The one-millionth commercial vehicle diesel engine is built at the Mannheim plant. The OM 401 V6 power unit develops an...