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1/2 October 1994
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At truck racing's season finale, which traditionally takes place in Jarama, Spain, Slim Borgudd in a Mercedes-Benz 1834 S wins both Super Race Truck runs. With second and fourth-place finishes, Steve Parrish captures his fourth European championship – the first in the Super Race Truck category under the new rules. Slim Borgudd is runner-up, and the manufacturers' crown again goes to Mercedes-Benz.
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2/3 October 1999
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On the last weekend of the truck racing season in Jarama, Spain, Heinz-Werner Lenz in a Mercedes-Benz 1838 S wins the second run of the Race Trucks to make himself European champion in the Race Truck class for the third straight year. In the Super Race Truck category, last year's champion Ludovic Faure only manages a sixth-place finish overall in his Mercedes-Benz Atego racing truck.
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3 - 13 October 1929
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The Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 (W 08) makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show. The model presented is a revised version with more elegant bodywork and a low frame. The Mercedes-Benz 350 Mannheim (W 10), a further development of the 14/60 hp 3.5-litre model first built in 1928, is also unveiled.
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8 October 1984
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A test programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology in Germany gets underway in Berlin with hydrogen-powered vehicles under the spotlight. Five Mercedes-Benz 280 TE models equipped with petrol-hydrogen dual-fuel systems and five 310 vans powered by pure hydrogen are put through their paces.
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8 October 2009
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During a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the smart production plant in Hambach, in France's Lorraine region, Daimler AG announces the location for the future series production of the smart fortwo electric drive. A small-series production run of 1,000 units of the lithium-ion battery-powered electric car will be produced from mid-November, with volume production coming off the line in Hambach from 2012.
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9 October 1994
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In the final race of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) season, which traditionally takes place on Hockenheimring, Kurt Thiim wins the first run and Bernd Schneider the second, both in an AMG-Mercedes C-Class car. Two years after claiming his maiden DTM title, Klaus Ludwig wins the German Touring Car Championship for the second time in a Mercedes Benz. Runner-up is Jörg van Ommen, also in a Mercedes-Benz.
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12 October 1939
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The Mercedes-Benz T 80 completes its first run on a chassis dynamometre. The three-axle record-breaking car, inspired by Hans Stuck in 1936 and designed by Ferdinand Porsche, is powered by a DB 603 V12 aeroengine. The Second World War prevents its development to operational readiness.
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13 October 2009
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The first natural gas powered Mercedes-Benz Econic to be built at the Wörth plant leaves the production line. Produced until now at the Mannheim Competence Centre for Emission-Free Mobility (KEM), the high level of customer demand means that gas powered Econic vehicles will be integrated into regular series production and built from now on at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth.
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14 October 1999
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DaimlerChrysler, the French Lagardère Group and the French government announce the formation of Europe's largest aerospace company. The German-French group, entitled "European Aéronautic Defence and Space Company" (EADS), is to be created by merging Aerospatiale Matra S.A. and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa).
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15 - 20 October 1999
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The Mercedes-Benz Tourismo touring coach series from the production of the Turkish subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk is completely revamped inside and out and debuts at the Busworld bus and coach show in Kortrijk, Belgium. Setra presents the combined-service S 317 GT-HD bus: with 61 seats it expands the ComfortClass and offers an economical alternative for regular and occasional services.
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16 October 2009
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The foundation stone for a new passenger car production plant is ceremoniously laid in Kecskemét, Hungary, in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai. Following the investment of some € 800 million, the successor generation of the current A-Class and B-Class will be produced in Kecskemét from 2012 as part of a coordinated production system with the German Rastatt plant.
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16 - 21 October 2009
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At the Busworld bus and coach show in Kortrijk, Belgium, the Mercedes-Benz Tourismo RH makes its debut as a high-floor bus for the premium interurban and touring coach segment. The revised range of Sprinter minibuses equipped with new drivetrain also has its premiere. The Setra ComfortClass 400 is presented for the first time in upgraded form with over 30 innovations. The high-floor S 415 H and S 416 H buses make their debut in the MultiClass 400 series.
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18 October 2009
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After taking fifth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos, the penultimate race of the season, Jenson Button becomes Formula One world champion driving the Brawn-Mercedes BGP 001. Three of his six wins were achieved in succession using just one engine. Brawn-Mercedes also wins the Formula One constructors' championship.
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28 October - 7 November 1964
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Following on from their success the previous year, the driver team of Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser pilot their Mercedes-Benz 300 SE to victory in the Touring Car Grand Prix of Argentina once again. The Dieter Glemser / Martin Braungart and Ewy von Korff-Rosqvist / Ursula Falk pairings take second and third places respectively, also at the wheel of the 300 SE. Mercedes-Benz thus claims its fourth straight win in the world's toughest endurance race.
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29 October 1989
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At the final race of the Sports Car World Championship in Mexico City, the driver pairing Jean-Louis Schlesser/Jochen Mass captures its fourth win of the season, which is the eighth win of the 1989 season for Sauber-Mercedes. Jean-Louis Schlesser wins the drivers' competition; runner-up is Jochen Mass. The constructors' title goes to Sauber-Mercedes by a large margin.
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October 1889
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At the Paris World Exposition, at which a Benz Patent Motor Car is also exhibited, Daimler and Maybach present their V-engine and the motorised quadricycle (the wire-wheel car). This heralds the birth of the French automobile industry. The wire-wheel car is equipped with the four-speed, gear-only transmission invented by Maybach.
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October 1939
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Car production ceases at the Mannheim plant. Production of the Mercedes-Benz 500 N is completely discontinued, while construction of the 320 model is concentrated in Untertürkheim. Production of passenger car bodies continues until June 1940; the Mannheim plant is thereafter assigned exclusively to building commercial vehicles.
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