• 1 December 1906
  • Germany’s first petrol-powered fire extinguisher system is put into operation with the voluntary fire service in Grunewa...
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  • 3 December 1926
  • The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to discontinue truck production at the Berlin-Marienfelde plant (it...
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  • 3 December 1966
  • Daimler-Benz AG takes a 36 % stake in the newly-founded Otobüs ve Motorlu Araclar Sanayi A.S. (OTOMARSAN), based in Ist...
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  • 3 - 11 December 2011
  • The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid celebrated its world premiere at the Tokyo Motor Show (TMS). It was based on the current gene...
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  • 5 December 1896
  • Two new Benz motor car designs based on the chassis of the Victoria and Vis-à-Vis models are sent to Paris from the Man...
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  • 7 - 23 December 1906
  • The 75 hp Mercedes debuts at the Paris Motor Show. The new top-of-the-range model has a displacement of 10.2 litres and...
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  • 8 December 1911
  • The Board of Management of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft decides to "take up the manufacture of diesel engines for road...
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  • 8 December 2011
  • The 1,000th natural gas powered truck by Freightliner, a brand belonging to Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), was cer...
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  • 10 December 2001
  • The corporate management and Central Works Council of DaimlerChrysler AG conclude two new works agreements on part-time...
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  • 15 December 1926
  • Hanns Klemm, head of the design office at the Sindelfingen plant, sets up Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm and with ten employee...
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  • 17 December 1971
  • Mercedes-Benz presents the experimental natural gas bus OG 305, whose horizontally installed six-cylinder engine is not...
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  • 17 December 1991
  • The last MB-trac comes off the assembly line at the Gaggenau plant. Growing competitive pressure in the farm tractor ma...
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  • 19 December 2011
  • A photovoltaic system with 4,320 modules on the roof of the new press plant in Kuppenheim was connected to the network....
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  • 20 December 1996
  • Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive manufacturer to be granted worldwide certification of its quality management syste...
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  • 20 December 2001
  • DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announce their decision to build a joint engine plant in Kölleda i...
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  • 20 December 2001
  • Mercedes-Benz reaches a new production milestone: at the Sindelfingen plant, the 20-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger c...
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  • 20 December 2011
  • The one millionth unit of the current A-Class, a black 169 series A 180 CDI, left the production line at the Mercedes-Be...
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  • 28 December 1956
  • The Sports Car Club of America announces the standings in the National Sports Car Championship. Last year's winner Paul...
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  • 30 December 1966
  • Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kraftfahrzeug- und Industriemotoren-Bau GmbH, Daimler-Benz acquires a majority hold...
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  • 31 December 1916
  • In terms of its share of overall sales, aeroengine manufacture reaches its peak at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Ben...
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  • 31 December 1951
  • Export sales of Daimler-Benz AG reach DM 159.6 million, 140 % more than the previous year and now 22.4 % of total sales...
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  • 31 December 1956
  • The foreign sales of Daimler-Benz AG reach DM 618.6 million, a 21 % increase over the previous year, and equivalent to 3...
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  • December 1916
  • The Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine, a derivative of the D III, passes the modification test in Berlin-Adlershof. The D IIIa...
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  • December 1946
  • The company's entire vehicle and engine sales operations are put under central management in Untertürkheim. This signal...
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  • December 1971
  • The Untertürkheim plant administrators move into the newly constructed administrative building at the Mettingen sub-pla...
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  • December 1981
  • The house in Schorndorf where Gottlieb Daimler was born, acquired by Daimler-Benz AG in July 1979 and completely restor...
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  • December 2001
  • The Mercedes-Benz Actros semitrailer tractors are the first production trucks worldwide that can be equipped as an opti...
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