1976

  • 7 January 1976
  • The first series-produced Unimog U 120 (425 series) comes off the assembly line in the Gaggenau plant – the first in a new heavy-duty series within the Unimog model range. The U 150 also goes into series production a month later.
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  • 27 January 1976
  • The mid-range passenger car models 200 D, 220 D, 240 D, 300 D, 200, 230, 250, 280 and 280 E (123 series) are presented to the press in Bandol in the south of France. They replace the "Stroke Eight" models from the 114/115 series, although these continue to be produced in parallel to the new models until the end of the year.
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  • 12 - 15 June 1976
  • In a 64-hour record run on the test track in Nardò, Italy, the C 111-II D establishes three world records and 16 class records, averaging speeds of over 250 km/h. The car's 140 kW / 190 hp OM 617 LA five-cylinder diesel engine with exhaust gas turbocharger and intercooler is based on the production engine in the 240 D 3.0 and 300 D passenger car models.
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  • 16 July 1976
  • Franz Heinrich Ulrich steps down as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dr Wilfried Guth, a member of the Board of Management at Deutsche Bank AG, is named as his successor.
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  • July 1976
  • Series production of the MB-trac 1000 (442 series) begins in the Gaggenau plant, which is equipped with an uprated engine shortly after production start-up and renamed the MB-trac 1100. A second model, the MB-trac 1300 (443 series), joins the heavy-duty series in October, and makes its debut in April at the Hanover Trade Fair.
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  • 18 October 1976
  • The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to build the newly developed estate model of the mid-range 123 series at the Bremen plant. This marks the beginning of a gradual restructuring of this plant into a pure passenger car production facility.
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  • 19 October 1976
  • To mark the occasion of "25 Years of the Unimog in Gaggenau", in Baden-Baden Daimler-Benz presents the Unimog U 1000 as the first model of the 424 series, which supplements the heavy-duty range. Series production begins in February 1977. With the introduction of the U 1000, the Unimog and MB-trac models are given new designations in line with MB-trac 800 to MB-trac 1300 models. Instead of the engine output in hp, the model designations now contain this figure multiplied by ten and rounded up. The U 150 thus becomes the U 1500.
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