Half a million diesel cars since war's end

Date:
8 April 1965
Description:
The 500,000th post-war Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car, a 190 D (W 110), rolls off the assembly line at Sindelfingen.

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The 500,000th post-war Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car, a 190 D (W 110), rolls off the assembly line at Sindelfingen on April 8th 1965.

Mercedes-Benz 190 Dc with two-litre four-cylinder OM 621 pre-chamber diesel engine and 55 hp/40 kW. Of the 190 Dc, 223,820 saloons were built between April 1961 and August 1964. Until then, this is the most built Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car. On 8 April 1965, General Director Walter Hitzinger celebrates the production line of the 500,000 diesel passenger car from Mercedes-Benz at the Sindelfingen plant.

The 500,000th post-war Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car, a 190 D (W 110), rolls off the assembly line at Sindelfingen on April 8th 1965.

Mercedes-Benz 190 Dc with two-litre four-cylinder OM 621 pre-chamber diesel engine and 55 hp/40 kW. Of the 190 Dc, 223,820 saloons were built between April 1961 and August 1964. Until then, this is the most built Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car. Here General Director Walter Hitzinger on 8 April 1965 at the Sindelfingen plant at a celebration of the production line of the 500,000 diesel passenger car from Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz 190 Dc with two-litre four-cylinder OM 621 pre-chamber diesel engine and 55 hp/40 kW. Of the 190 Dc, 223,820 saloons were built between April 1961 and August 1964. Until then, this is the most built Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car. On 8 April 1965, General Director Walter Hitzinger congratulates the new owner of the 500,000 diesel passenger car from Mercedes-Benz at the Sindelfingen plant.