1983

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Mercedes-Benz truck successful at Paris - Dakar

Mercedes-Benz truck successful at Paris - Dakar

1 - 20 January 1983
Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur win the car classification of the Paris - Dakar Rally in a Mercedes-Benz 280 GE cross-cou...

Central parts store in Germersheim

January 1983
Daimler-Benz AG purchases the 180 hectares of "Insel Grün" from the town of Germersheim to set up a central parts store...

Start of production in Switzerland

1 April 1983
Swiss-based NAW Nutzfahrzeuggesellschaft Arbon & Wetzikon AG begins business. In Arbon special vehicles are built which...

Technology exhibition in Bonn

13/14 April 1983
In Bonn, in an exhibition entitled "Research, Development, Realisation" Daimler-Benz presents the current status and ta...

Two million commercial vehicle diesel engines

Two million commercial vehicle diesel engines

11 July 1983
The two-millionth Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle diesel engine built since the start of post-war production leaves th...

Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16: records in Nardò

Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16: records in Nardò

13 - 21 August 1983
On the test track in Nardò, Italy, a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 covers a distance of 50,000 km in just 201 hours, 39 min...

Frankfurt: compact models and regular-service buses

Frankfurt: compact models and regular-service buses

15 - 25 September 1983
Two new compact models make their debuts at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main: the 190 D features a fou...

Bremen: new plant facilities for compact models

Bremen: new plant facilities for compact models

November 1983
With the opening of the new Holter Feld facility at the Daimler-Benz plant in Bremen, production of the Mercedes-Benz...

Breitschwerdt takes the chair on the Board of Management

Breitschwerdt takes the chair on the Board of Management

1 December 1983
Following the untimely death of Dr Gerhard Prinz on 29 October, Prof. Werner Breitschwerdt is appointed Chairman of the...