1995

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Name change: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG

1 January 1995
Deutsche Aerospace AG is renamed Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG.

Subsidiary for steering unit peoduction

Subsidiary for steering unit peoduction

1 January 1995
Steering system production at the Düsseldorf plant is hived off into the wholly-owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Lenkunge...

New Sprinter with more safety equipment

New Sprinter with more safety equipment

23 January 1995
The first 500 vehicles of the new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van series ( internal designation T 1 N) leave the Düsseldorf...

Door paneling made of renewable raw materials

Door paneling made of renewable raw materials

January 1995
Mercedes-Benz demonstrates its commitment to broadening the use of renewable raw materials in automotive production by...

Active safety system ESP introduced

Active safety system ESP introduced

6 February 1995
In Arjeplog in northern Sweden, Mercedes-Benz presents the active safety system "Electronic Stability Program" (ESP) to...

EvoBus created by merger

EvoBus created by merger

23 February 1995
EvoBus GmbH is created by the amalgamation of the Bus and Coach unit of Mercedes-Benz AG with Karl Kässbohrer GmbH, eff...

US trucks: Freightliner cooperates with Oshkosh

28 February 1995
The presidents of Freightliner Corporation and Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisconsin/USA, sign a letter of inte...

Founding of MBtech

1 March 1995
Mercedes-Benz AG sets up the subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Technology GmbH, MBtech for short, with the aim of offering measur...

Research car featuring variable bodywork design

Research car featuring variable bodywork design

9 - 19 March 1995
Mercedes-Benz unveils the Vario Research Car, featuring variable bodywork design at the Geneva Motor Show. Also making...

Truck racing: one-two win in Spain

Truck racing: one-two win in Spain

8/9 April 1995
The first event of the truck-racing season, taking place for the first time not in Brands Hatch, UK, but in Albacete, Sp...

Start of sales in Czech Republic

26 April 1995
Mercedes-Benz Bohemia s.r.o. is founded in Prague as the sales company for the Czech Republic.

Van for Asia rolls off assembly line at SsangYong

Van for Asia rolls off assembly line at SsangYong

April 1995
Series production of a light van jointly developed with Mercedes-Benz on the basis of the MB 100 starts up at the Pyungt...

Auto-Pilot-System (APS) navigation system available as option

Auto-Pilot-System (APS) navigation system available as option

15 May 1995
Mercedes-Benz offers the Auto Pilot System (APS) navigation system as optional extra for the saloon and coupé models of...

Jürgen E. Schrempp new chairman of Board of Management

Jürgen E. Schrempp new chairman of Board of Management

24 May 1995
Jürgen E. Schrempp becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG.

Bus plant opened in Turkey

10 June 1995
In the presence of Turkey's President Süleyman Demirel, Mercedes-Benz Türk A.S. opens its new bus plant in Hoşdere, a di...

Fire trucks: acquisition by Freightliner

Fire trucks: acquisition by Freightliner

12 June 1995
Freightliner Corporation, wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG, purchases the shares of the US firefighting vehicl...

New generation of the E-Class

New generation of the E-Class

24 June 1995
The new E-Class Saloon (210 series) is launched. This all-new model series is not only visually attractive, thanks to i...

Joint venture for valve train systems

1 July 1995
Mercedes-Benz AG incorporates the Bad Homburg plant, with its 650-strong workforce, into a joint venture with Mahle-Wi...

Manufacture of urban buses in Russia under license

4 July 1995
EvoBus GmbH and the Russian firm AVTROKON reach an agreement on the production under licence of Mercedes-Benz O 405 and...

Competence center for emission-free commercial vehicles

Competence center for emission-free commercial vehicles

11 July 1995
At a press conference attended by Baden-Württemberg Economics Minister Dr Dieter Spöri, Mercedes-Benz AG announces its i...

Runner-up in the 1995 IndyCar race series in US

Runner-up in the 1995 IndyCar race series in US

10 September 1995
At the final race of the American Indy Car season in Monterey, California/USA, Al Unser Jr. drives his Penske-Mercedes...

Debuts at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt

Debuts at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt

14 - 24 September 1995
At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, the C 230 Kompressor and C 250 Turbodiesel complement the C-Class...

Sprinter presented as 4.6-tonner and as electric vehicle

Sprinter presented as 4.6-tonner and as electric vehicle

15 - 25 September 1995
At the first "Mondial du Transport Routier" commercial vehicle show in Paris, Mercedes-Benz presents the Sprinter, intro...

Working week reduced to 35 hours

Working week reduced to 35 hours

1 October 1995
The working week in the West German states is reduced to 35 hours.

Triple victory in Truck-Racing Cup

Triple victory in Truck-Racing Cup

7/8 October 1995
At truck racing's season finale, which traditionally takes place in Jarama, Spain, Slim Borgudd, Steve Parrish and Marku...

Vito small van presented to press

Vito small van presented to press

16 October 1995
The new light Vito van (638 series) produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vitoria, northern Spain, is presented to the...

DTM and ITC wins for Bernd Schneider in an AMG-Mercedes

DTM and ITC wins for Bernd Schneider in an AMG-Mercedes

16 October 1995
Following the final DTM race on the Hockenheimring, Bernd Schneider with his AMG-Mercedes C-Class is overall winner bot...

Setra presents the triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach

Setra presents the triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach

20 - 25 October 1995
Setra presents the 13.65 metre triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach at the Car and Bus trade show in Kortrijk, Belgium; t...

Premiere of the interurban Setra SG 321 UL articulated bus

Premiere of the interurban Setra SG 321 UL articulated bus

27 - 29 October 1995
At the Kassel trade fair, the first of four locations for the "Setra Show 1995”, Setra introduces its new interurban SG...

Freightliner presents "Century Class" heavy-duty truck series

Freightliner presents "Century Class" heavy-duty truck series

28 October 1995
In Chicago, Illinois/USA, Freightliner presents the new "Century Class" heavy-duty truck series to the world's press, e...

designo consulting center: made-to-measure individualization

designo consulting center: made-to-measure individualization

10 November 1995
The first designo consulting centre opens its doors at the customer centre of the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant. Her...

Team McLaren-Mercedes finishes fourth in constructors' classification

Team McLaren-Mercedes finishes fourth in constructors' classification

12 November 1995
With the last Formula One race of the 1995 season over, Team McLaren-Mercedes has a total of 30 championship points to...

First Mercedes-Benz regular-serivce bus from Polish production

15 November 1995
The first Mercedes-Benz regular service bus produced in Poland is handed over to the Gdynia public transport authoritie...

Start of construction of Mercedes-Benz plant in Vietnam

19 November 1995
Chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl lays the foundation stone of the new Mercedes-Benz plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As fro...

E-Class in India

21 November 1995
The market introduction of the E-Class E 220 and E 250 diesel saloons (124 series) gets underway in India. Assembly of t...