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Germany’s first fire-extinguisher pump with gasoline engine

Germany’s first fire-extinguisher pump with gasoline engine

1 December 1906
Germany’s first petrol-powered fire extinguisher system is put into operation with the voluntary fire service in Grunewa...

Marienfelde plant focuses on parts production and repairs

3 December 1926
The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to discontinue truck production at the Berlin-Marienfelde plant (it...

Turkey: bus assembly begins

Turkey: bus assembly begins

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...

World premiere of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid

World premiere of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid

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...

First Benz delivery vehicle sent to France

First Benz delivery vehicle sent to France

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...

Top-of-the-range Mercedes model with six-cylinder engine

Top-of-the-range Mercedes model with six-cylinder engine

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...

Decision taken to manufacture diesel engines for road vehicles

8 December 1911
The Board of Management of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft decides to "take up the manufacture of diesel engines for road...

One thousandth Freightliner natural gas trucks

One thousandth Freightliner natural gas trucks

8 December 2011
The 1,000th natural gas powered truck by Freightliner, a brand belonging to Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), was cer...

Flexible working hours

10 December 2001
The corporate management and Central Works Council of DaimlerChrysler AG conclude two new works agreements on part-time...

Hanns Klemm sets up Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm

Hanns Klemm sets up Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm

15 December 1926
Hanns Klemm, head of the design office at the Sindelfingen plant, sets up Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm and with ten employee...

Testing: bus drives on natural gas

Testing: bus drives on natural gas

17 December 1971
Mercedes-Benz presents the experimental natural gas bus OG 305, whose horizontally installed six-cylinder engine is not...

Farewell to the tractor: last MB-trac built

17 December 1991
The last MB-trac comes off the assembly line at the Gaggenau plant. Growing competitive pressure in the farm tractor ma...

Photovoltaic plant in Kuppenheim

Photovoltaic plant in Kuppenheim

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....

Worldwide quality certification

20 December 1996
Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive manufacturer to be granted worldwide certification of its quality management syste...

Mitsubishi and smart: engines from Thuringia

20 December 2001
DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announce their decision to build a joint engine plant in Kölleda i...

Twenty million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars since the end of the war

Twenty million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars since the end of the war

20 December 2001
Mercedes-Benz reaches a new production milestone: at the Sindelfingen plant, the 20-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger c...

One millionth A-Class

One millionth A-Class

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...

O'Shea again successful in the USA

O'Shea again successful in the USA

28 December 1956
The Sports Car Club of America announces the standings in the National Sports Car Championship. Last year's winner Paul...

Daimler-Benz extends influence

Daimler-Benz extends influence

30 December 1966
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kraftfahrzeug- und Industriemotoren-Bau GmbH, Daimler-Benz acquires a majority hold...

Aeroengine manufacture reaches its peak

31 December 1916
In terms of its share of overall sales, aeroengine manufacture reaches its peak at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Ben...

Daimler-Benz exports to 65 countries

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...

Exports to 127 countries

Exports to 127 countries

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...

Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine passes the modification test

Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine passes the modification test

December 1916
The Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine, a derivative of the D III, passes the modification test in Berlin-Adlershof. The D IIIa...

Sales under central management

December 1946
The company's entire vehicle and engine sales operations are put under central management in Untertürkheim. This signal...

Completed: reorganization of Untertürkheim plant

Completed: reorganization of Untertürkheim plant

December 1971
The Untertürkheim plant administrators move into the newly constructed administrative building at the Mettingen sub-pla...

Gottlieb Daimler memorial in Schorndorf

Gottlieb Daimler memorial in Schorndorf

December 1981
The house in Schorndorf where Gottlieb Daimler was born, acquired by Daimler-Benz AG in July 1979 and completely restor...

Mercedes-Benz Actros semitrailer tractors with Telligent stability control

Mercedes-Benz Actros semitrailer tractors with Telligent stability control

December 2001
The Mercedes-Benz Actros semitrailer tractors are the first production trucks worldwide that can be equipped as an opti...