1984

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Paris - Dakar: one-two win for commercial vehicles

1 - 20 January 1984
Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles celebrate a one-two victory in the sixth edition of the Paris - Dakar Rally, a 20-day...

USA: concentration on Freightliner Group

January 1984
Daimler-Benz AG restructures its activities in the North American commercial vehicle market. The stake in Euclid is sol...

Premiere: light trucks

Premiere: light trucks

20 - 25 February 1984
The new Mercedes-Benz range of light trucks is presented to the international press in Rome. The 709 - 1120 models from...

Model test with closed-loop catalytic converter

Model test with closed-loop catalytic converter

7 March 1984
At the Sindelfingen plant, Dr Rudolf Eberle, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economic Affairs, takes delivery of three M...

Involvement in South Africa

March 1984
Daimler-Benz AG acquires a 50.1 % holding in the South African company "United Car and Diesel Distributors (Pty.) Ltd."...

Hanover Fair: debut of the light truck range

Hanover Fair: debut of the light truck range

4 - 11 April 1984
The new range of light trucks debuts at the Hanover Trade Fair. Daimler-Benz also presents a number of topics from its...

Nürburgring: opening with twenty Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16

Nürburgring: opening with twenty Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16

12 May 1984
A race featuring 20 identical Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 "16-valve cars" is the climax at the inauguration of the new N...

Last van rolls off assembly line in Bremen

19 July 1984
The 290,958th and last van from the internally designated TN series produced at the Daimler-Benz plant in Bremen rolls o...

New assembly bay for the series production start of the O 405

New assembly bay for the series production start of the O 405

13/14 September 1984
The production start-up of the new Mercedes-Benz O 405 standard regular service bus provides the occasion for the Mannh...

With closed-loop catalytic converter: Mercedes-Benz passenger cars

With closed-loop catalytic converter: Mercedes-Benz passenger cars

September 1984
Mercedes-Benz offers the car models 190 E (201 series), 230 E (123 series) and 380 SE (126 series) with closed-loop cata...

Hydrogen drive in real-life test

Hydrogen drive in real-life test

8 October 1984
A test programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology in Germany gets underway in Berlin with h...

One-millionth torque converter for passenger car automatic transmissions

28 October 1984
Four-and-a-half years after the production start-up, the Gaggenau plant makes the one-millionth torque converter for pa...

Clean turbodiesel cars go into production

Clean turbodiesel cars go into production

October 1984
Mercedes-Benz puts the first production cars equipped with particulate filters on the market, the 300 D, 300 TD and 300...

New mid-range 124 series

New mid-range 124 series

26 November 1984
In Seville, Spain, Daimler-Benz presents a newly developed generation of mid-range Mercedes cars to the international p...

Last light truck LP 813 assembled

Last light truck LP 813 assembled

19 December 1984
An LP 813 rolls off the assembly line as the last of the 301,730 light trucks of the LP series manufactured at the Wörth...

Delivery of the first O 405 regular service buses

Delivery of the first O 405 regular service buses

December 1984
The first units of the new Mercedes-Benz O 405 standard regular service bus, production of which had begun only a short...