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New production facilities for engine timing components

New production facilities for engine timing components

1 October 1960
The Horex KG factory site in Bad Homburg is taken over by Daimler-Benz to be used for the production of engine timing...

Zahn becomes spokesman for the Board

Zahn becomes spokesman for the Board

1 October 1965
Dr Joachim Zahn, a member of the Board of Management since 1 October 1958, is appointed to the position of Spokesman fo...

Working week reduced to 35 hours

Working week reduced to 35 hours

1 October 1995
The working week in the West German states is reduced to 35 hours.

T-Systems becomes Europe's second-largest software company

1 October 2000
The German anti-trust authorities give full approval to the plans of T-Systems International GmbH, a subsidiary of Deuts...

Mercedes-Benz receives two "Euro NCAP Advanced" awards

Mercedes-Benz receives two "Euro NCAP Advanced" awards

1 October 2010
The independent European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP) gives recognition to Mercedes-Benz as part of its new...

"Grand Mercedes" debuts at Paris show

"Grand Mercedes" debuts at Paris show

2 - 12 October 1930
Daimler-Benz presents the largest, heaviest and most exclusive model in its passenger car range at the Paris Motor Show:...

New heavy-duty construction site vehicles

New heavy-duty construction site vehicles

2 - 12 October 1980
Mercedes-Benz extends its range of heavy-duty construction site vehicles with new models presented at the Paris Motor S...

Premieres at Paris: New CLS and S-Class with four-cylinder engine

Premieres at Paris: New CLS and S-Class with four-cylinder engine

2 - 17 October 2010
Mercedes-Benz launches the new version of the CLS (C 218 series) at the Motor Show in Paris. This stunning four-door co...

British Daimler Motor Company is sold

3 October 1910
An Extraordinary General Meeting at Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd. (BSA) results in the decision to take over Daimler...

500 K Special Roadster presented in revised version

500 K Special Roadster presented in revised version

3 - 13 October 1935
The 500 K Special Roadster is presented in a revised and even more elegant version at the Paris Motor Show. Like the fi...

New economy record for apprentices from Untertürkheim

4/5 October 1980
In the International Fuel Economy Competition in the Swiss town of Veltheim, Untertürkheim apprentice Jutta Lange sets a...

Mid-series model with V8 engine: Mercedes-Benz 500 E

Mid-series model with V8 engine: Mercedes-Benz 500 E

4 - 14 October 1990
The 500 E with the 240 kW / 326 hp 5-litre V8 four-valve M 119 engine and lowered body makes its debut at the Paris Mot...

New driving simulator inaugurated in Sindelfingen

New driving simulator inaugurated in Sindelfingen

6 October 2010
Prof. Dr Peter Frankenberg, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and D...

Mercedes-Benz collects points in truck racing

6/7 October 1990
At the season finale at Jarama, Spain, Steve Parrish in a Mercedes-Benz 1450 LS wins both Class C runs to take the Europ...

Austria: stock corporation and relinquishment of name

7 October 1910
Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft is converted into a stock corporation, with DMG retaining a holding of aro...

Triple victory in Truck-Racing Cup

Triple victory in Truck-Racing Cup

7/8 October 1995
At truck racing's season finale, which traditionally takes place in Jarama, Spain, Slim Borgudd, Steve Parrish and Marku...

Truck racing: Mercedes-Benz three-time runner-up

7/8 October 2000
Mercedes-Benz finishes runner-up in three categories at the final race of the truck racing season in Jarama, Spain. Mar...

Argentinean government seizes plant

8 October 1955
After the government is overthrown in Argentina, Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.A. is placed under trusteeship by the milita...

Bernd Schneider is DTM champion

Bernd Schneider is DTM champion

8 October 2000
Mercedes-Benz CLK driver Bernd Schneider captures the DTM 2000 title in the eighth and penultimate race of the season, t...

Repair workshop for US military vehicles in Untertürkheim

Repair workshop for US military vehicles in Untertürkheim

9 October 1945
Daimler-Benz AG is instructed to start up a repair programme for American military vehicles and sets up a repair worksh...

One-millionth commercial vehicle diesel engine built at Mannheim plant

9 October 1975
The one-millionth commercial vehicle diesel engine is built at the Mannheim plant. The OM 401 V6 power unit develops an...

DCX NET Holding established

9 October 2000
DaimlerChrysler pools its e-business activities and establishes DCX NET Holding with starting capital of € 550 million.

Major order for 500 hybrid urban buses in USA

Major order for 500 hybrid urban buses in USA

11 October 2005
DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America receives an order for the delivery of 500 Orion VII Hybrid urban buses to...

Detroit Diesel takeover finalized

13 October 2000
DaimlerChrysler concludes the takeover of US engine maker Detroit Diesel Corporation three days after the European Comm...

Electric van tested in everyday use

Electric van tested in everyday use

13 - 20 October 1980
Daimler-Benz presents the electric hybrid bus OE 305 and the 307 E electrically-driven van to an international audience...

BlueTec for trucks and Vito with all-wheel drive

BlueTec for trucks and Vito with all-wheel drive

13 - 23 October 2005
At the BedrijfsautoRAI commecial vehicle show in Amsterdam DaimlerChrysler presents the environment-friendly BlueTec die...

Daimler-Benz acquires majority of AEG

14 October 1985
Daimler-Benz AG announces its intention to acquire the majority shareholding in AEG AG. The company starts by purchasin...

Targa Florio: victory with one-point lead

Targa Florio: victory with one-point lead

16 October 1955
The Targa Florio, the gruelling road race on the Madonie circuit in Sicily, puts the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racing sports...

Vito small van presented to press

Vito small van presented to press

16 October 1995
The new light Vito van (638 series) produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vitoria, northern Spain, is presented to the...

DTM and ITC wins for Bernd Schneider in an AMG-Mercedes

DTM and ITC wins for Bernd Schneider in an AMG-Mercedes

16 October 1995
Following the final DTM race on the Hockenheimring, Bernd Schneider with his AMG-Mercedes C-Class is overall winner bot...

Formula One: second place for McLaren-Mercedes

Formula One: second place for McLaren-Mercedes

16 October 2005
In the final race of the Formula One season, the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, Kimi Räikkönen takes second place in t...

Victory for the SLS AMG GT3 at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife

Victory for the SLS AMG GT3 at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife

16 October 2010
Thomas Jäger and Christopher Haase, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for the private team Black Falcon, win the nint...

Setra presents the triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach

Setra presents the triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach

20 - 25 October 1995
Setra presents the 13.65 metre triple-axle S 217 HDH touring coach at the Car and Bus trade show in Kortrijk, Belgium; t...

New bus generations for city and country

New bus generations for city and country

21 - 26 October 2005
A new generation of the Travego touring coach series and new variants of the successful Mercedes-Benz regular service b...

Silver Arrows: triumph for Häkkinen and Coulthard

Silver Arrows: triumph for Häkkinen and Coulthard

22 October 2000
David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen in McLaren-Mercedes MP4-15 take second and fourth place at the season's finale, the M...

F 600 research vehicle with fuel cell

F 600 research vehicle with fuel cell

22 October - 6 November 2005
DaimlerChrysler presents the F 600 HYGENIUS, a new research car equipped with a variant of the zero-emission fuel cell...

Triple victory in Hockenheim for AMG-Mercedes

Triple victory in Hockenheim for AMG-Mercedes

23 October 2005
Bernd Schneider, Jamie Green and Gary Paffett score a one-two-three win for AMG-Mercedes in the C-Class racing touring c...

Benz: expansion in Hungary

Benz: expansion in Hungary

24 October 1915
Benz & Cie. concludes an agreement with Ungarische Gummiwarenfabrik-Aktiengesellschaft covering the acquisition of a maj...

Withdrawal from motor sport

Withdrawal from motor sport

24 October 1955
After a season of outstanding success, Daimler-Benz AG announces its decision to withdraw from motor sport for the immed...

Haspel dismissed, Hoppe Chairman of the Board of Management

Haspel dismissed, Hoppe Chairman of the Board of Management

26 October 1945
On the instructions of the American military government, Dr Wilhelm Haspel is dismissed as Chairman of the Board of Man...