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V6 CDI diesel engine replaces five- and six-cylinders

V6 CDI diesel engine replaces five- and six-cylinders

2 May 2005
Three production E 320 CDI saloons fitted with the new Mercedes-Benz 165 kW / 224 hp OM 642 V6 CDI diesel engine finish...

Van Technology Center opened

Van Technology Center opened

2 May 2005
Mercedes-Benz Vans opens its new Van Technology Centre (VTC) in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. The centre concentrates several...

Electric test vehicle at Hanover Fair

Electric test vehicle at Hanover Fair

2 - 9 May 1990
An electric vehicle based on the compact class makes its debut at the Innovation Market of the Hanover Trade Fair. It i...

Premiere of the Orion VII transit bus

Premiere of the Orion VII transit bus

2 - 5 May 2010
At the Bus & Paratransit Conference in Cleveland, Ohio/USA, Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) launches a new generatio...

Plant enlargement in Tuscaloosa

3 May 2005
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama/USA, DaimlerChrysler officially inaugurates the expanded plant together with employees of Merced...

Short-time work ends early at the Rastatt and Bremen plants

4 May 2010
Following the ending of short-timing working at the Mercedes-Benz plants at Sindelfingen and Untertürkheim in early Janu...

TecDay at Mercedes-Benz – "automated driving” and BlueDIRECT engines presented

TecDay at Mercedes-Benz – "automated driving” and BlueDIRECT engines presented

5 - 11 May 2010
At a TecDay in Sindelfingen and Untertürkheim, Mercedes-Benz gives a press presentation on the latest in vehicle testing...

Nallinger takes over management of the design, development and testing department for heavy-duty engines

Nallinger takes over management of the design, development and testing department for heavy-duty engines

6 May 1935
Fritz Nallinger takes over as head of the design, development and testing department for heavy-duty engines. In organis...

Daimler AG and Uzavtosanoat establish bus joint venture in Uzbekistan

7 May 2010
In Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Daimler AG and Uzavtosanoat JSC sign an agreement covering the establishment of a joint ventur...

Steyr-Daimler-Puch group created in Austria

10 May 1935
Following the approval for the merger with Austro-Daimler-Puch-Werke Aktiengesellschaft voted at the Annual General Me...

Driving simulator dedicated in Berlin

Driving simulator dedicated in Berlin

10 May 1985
A driving simulator developed and built by Daimler-Benz is officially put into service in the Daimler-Benz Research Cen...

25,000th Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle handed over to the German Postal Service

12 May 1980
At the Wörth plant, the Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG, Dr Gerhard Prinz, presents the 25,000th...

Düsseldorf celebrates one-millionth van

14 May 1990
The one-millionth Mercedes-Benz van built at the Düsseldorf plant rolls off the assembly line. The former Auto Union fa...

Six-hour race won in a 220 SE

Six-hour race won in a 220 SE

14/15 May 1960
Leopold von Zedlitz and Rudi Golderer in a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE are overall winners of the six-hour race for touring car...

O'Shea celebrates first win of the season in a 300 SL

O'Shea celebrates first win of the season in a 300 SL

15 May 1955
In the airfield race at Cumberland, Maryland/USA, Paul O'Shea in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL captures his first victory in th...

S-Class: 450 SEL 6.9 is new top-of-the-range model

S-Class: 450 SEL 6.9 is new top-of-the-range model

15 May 1975
The new top-of-the-range S-Class model, the Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 (116 series) with a 210 kW / 286 hp V8 engine fro...

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...

O 302 coach presented

O 302 coach presented

18 May 1965
The new Mercedes-Benz O 302 coach series is presented to the press at the Mannheim plant. Series production has been un...

220 SE triumphs in the Acropolis Rally

220 SE triumphs in the Acropolis Rally

19 - 22 May 1960
At the Acropolis Rally in Greece, Walter Schock and Rolf Moll win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE a...

Presentation of the O 402 standard midibus

Presentation of the O 402 standard midibus

19 - 24 May 1985
At the International UITP Congress in Brussels, Daimler-Benz presents the standard midibus O 402, which completes the ur...

Provisional reopening of Untertürkheim plant

Provisional reopening of Untertürkheim plant

20 May 1945
The Untertürkheim plant is provisionally reopened. 1,240 blue and white-collar employees begin reconstruction work.

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.

Truck racing: first win of season for Heinz-Werner Lenz

27/28 May 2000
The truck racing weekend at the Autodromo di Santamonica in Italy brings wins in both Race Truck runs and a first victo...

Schneider wins at DTM comeback

Schneider wins at DTM comeback

28 May 2000
The DTM roars back to life as the remodelled German Touring Car Masters race series, with two gripping races at the Hock...

Eifel race: double victory for Fangio and Moss

Eifel race: double victory for Fangio and Moss

29 May 1955
The International Eifel Race on the Nürburgring is the scene of another one-two win in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR: Juan M...

One-millionth engine eaves the V-engine plant in Bad Cannstatt

29 May 2000
Only three years after the opening of the V-engine plant in Bad Cannstatt, the one-millionth unit from the M 112 / M 113...

Ceramic brakes in series production: special CL 55 AMG model

Ceramic brakes in series production: special CL 55 AMG model

30 May 2000
Mercedes-AMG unveils the state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz CL 55 AMG "F1 Limited Edition" coupé. The high-tech model is bui...

Mercedes: fastest in Indianapolis

Mercedes: fastest in Indianapolis

31 May 1915
Driving the 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix racing car, Ralph DePalma wins the legendary 500-mile race in Indianapolis, Indian...

Success at the 1925 German Long-Distance Flight Trials

Success at the 1925 German Long-Distance Flight Trials

31 May - 9 June 1925
DMG takes part in the 1925 German Long-Distance Flight Trials with four light planes equipped with the new Mercedes F 7...

Rose and Esslinger leave Benz & Cie.

May 1890
Shareholders Max Rose and Friedrich Wilhelm Eßlinger leave Benz & Cie. Their places are taken by Julius Ganß and Friedr...

Mercedes F 7502 aeroengine goes into series

Mercedes F 7502 aeroengine goes into series

May 1925
The first series of 12 Mercedes F 7502 aeroengines is completed at the Untertürkheim factory. DMG developed the 20 hp /...

Unimog S enriches sales range

Unimog S enriches sales range

May 1955
The first Unimog S (404 series) rolls off the assembly line in Gaggenau. The lightweight all-terrain vehicle in the 1.5...

Credit card for Mercedes-Benz customers

Credit card for Mercedes-Benz customers

May 1990
Mercedes-Benz is the first automobile manufacturer in Germany to offer its customers a special credit card, the "Merced...

First Citaro urban buses roll of assembly line

May 2005
The first Mercedes-Benz Citaro urban buses with environment-friendly BlueTec diesel technology roll off the assembly l...