1989

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Monument to forced laborers erected in Untertürkheim

Monument to forced laborers erected in Untertürkheim

10 January 1989
A sculpture by Bernhard Heiliger entitled "Day and Night" is unveiled at the Untertürkheim plant in memory of the peopl...

T 1 series: facelift for vans

T 1 series: facelift for vans

12 - 22 January 1989
The updated range of T 1 vans makes its debut at the International Commercial Vehicle Show in Brussels, complete with ne...

Diesel models with much lower emissions

Diesel models with much lower emissions

February 1989
As part of the "Diesel '89" initiative, Mercedes-Benz equips all diesel cars with revised engines that cut particulate...

World premiere für SL roadster in Geneva

World premiere für SL roadster in Geneva

9 - 19 March 1989
The new R 129 Roadster series, featuring the 300 SL, 300 SL-24 and 500 SL models, celebrates its world premiere at the...

New coating method protects the environment

March 1989
With the start of production of the new R 129 series SL model at the Bremen plant, Mercedes-Benz begins switching all pa...

Introduction of 37-hour week

1 April 1989
A further reduction in the working week comes into force, this time to 37 hours.

Medium trucks with up-to-date cabs

5 - 12 April 1989
Mercedes-Benz presents the new generation of medium-duty trucks at the Hanover Trade Fair. The new MK trucks, offered as...

Kickoff in Suzuka: one-two win in silver

Kickoff in Suzuka: one-two win in silver

9 April 1989
In the first race of the Sports Car World Championship in Suzuka, Japan, the Sauber-Mercedes C 9 cars compete with a new...

Unimog models U 2100 and U 2150 make their debut

Unimog models U 2100 and U 2150 make their debut

10 - 16 April 1989
The Unimog models U 2100 and U 2150 (437 series) debut at the BAUMA trade fair in Munich. With an output of 157 kW / 21...

Corporate works council formed

24 April 1989
The Corporate Works Council of the Daimler-Benz Group assembles at the Haus Lämmerbuckel training centre. Herbert Lucy,...

Deutsche Aerospace AG formed

Deutsche Aerospace AG formed

19 May 1989
Deutsche Aerospace AG (Dasa) is established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daimler-Benz Group as a result of the m...

Mercedes-Benz 1450 S racing truck wins in Budapest

20 - 21 May 1989
On the third racing weekend of the truck racing season at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Thomas Hegmann wins the second ru...

New sales organization in Portugal

1 June 1989
"Mercedes-Benz Portugal – Comércio de Automóveis, S.A." is established in Abrunheira and takes control of sales activiti...

Workshop on topic "Commercial Vehicles and the Environment"

Workshop on topic "Commercial Vehicles and the Environment"

5 - 9 June 1989
Mercedes-Benz presents its LEV (Low Emission Vehicle) concept for the further reduction of exhaust gas and noise emissi...

Le Mans victory for Sauber-Mercedes

Le Mans victory for Sauber-Mercedes

10 - 11 June 1989
37 years after the first – and to date only – victory for Daimler-Benz at Le Mans, the new generation of Silver Arrows,...

Mercedes-Benz AG formed

29 June 1989
Mercedes-Benz AG is established as part of the restructuring of the Daimler-Benz Group. Prof. Werner Niefer is made Cha...

Successful truck racer: Thomas Hegmann

15 - 16 July 1989
At the truck-racing weekend at the Nürburgring, Thomas Hegmann, driving a Mercedes-Benz 1450 S, wins both Class C runs t...

Last example from the R 107 SL series

4 August 1989
More than 18 years after the start of series production, the 237,287th and last R 107-series Mercedes-Benz SL rolls off...

New offer for customers: the touring guarantee

1 September 1989
Mercedes-Benz introduces a "touring guarantee", which offers drivers of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and cross-country...

Five-millionth commercial vehicle axle built in Kassel

11 September 1989
The five-millionth commercial vehicle axle comes off the assembly line at Mercedes-Benz's Kassel plant.

Facelift for mid-range models and new long-wheelbase saloon

Facelift for mid-range models and new long-wheelbase saloon

14 - 24 September 1989
The updated Mercedes-Benz 124 series is presented at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, offering stylis...

Successful weekend for racing truckers

16 - 17 September 1989
On the penultimate weekend of the truck racing season at the Nürburgring, the first run in Class C ends in a quadruple...

One-millionth passenger car from the Bremen plant

12 October 1989
The one-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger car built at the Bremen plant – a 250 TD – rolls off the assembly line.

Sauber-Mercedes C 9 outclasses the competition

Sauber-Mercedes C 9 outclasses the competition

29 October 1989
At the final race of the Sports Car World Championship in Mexico City, the driver pairing Jean-Louis Schlesser/Jochen M...

MBB approves majority holding

17 November 1989
The Annual Shareholders' Meeting and Supervisory Board of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm AG (MBB) agree to Daimler-Benz taki...

Central Works Council: Feuerstein follows Lucy

20 November 1989
Karl Feuerstein, Works Council Chairman in Mannheim, becomes new Chairman of the Central Works Council of Daimler-Benz A...

Founding of Deutsche Airbus GmbH in Hamburg

8 December 1989
Deutsche Airbus GmbH is formed with headquarters in Hamburg. It encompasses the former MBB Group "Cargo Aircraft and Air...