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1 October 1896
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Cannstatt-based Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft delivers its first truck to the British Motor Syndicate, Ltd. in London. Th...
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1 October 1956
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The five-day 45-hour week is introduced for wage and salary earners in the metalworking industry.
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1 October 1981
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Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG takes over the 50 % stake in "Geländefahrzeug Gesellschaft mbH" held by Daimler-Benz and now assem...
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1 October 1986
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The PROMETHEUS research project ("Programme for a European Transport System of Highest Efficiency and Unrivalled Safety...
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1 - 11 October 1931
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Daimler-Benz AG presents the 170 (W 15) to the public at the Paris Motor Show. One innovative feature of this model is...
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1 - 11 October 1936
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The 540 K (W 29) with more powerful 5.4-litre supercharged engine is unveiled at the Paris Motor Show as the successor t...
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3 - 13 October 1996
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The F 200 Imagination coupé study is presented at the Paris Motor Show, unveiling a wide range of technical innovations...
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4 - 14 October 1951
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The 300 S (W 188), a sporty two-door variant of the 300, debuts at the Paris Motor Show. It is available as a Coupé, Co...
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4 - 14 October 1956
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The 220 S Coupé, a closed-body two-door car based on the 220 S Convertible and fitted with a hard coupé roof, debuts at...
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4 - 6 October 2006
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Mercedes-Benz presents to the press an armoured special-protection version of the 221 series S-Class, the S 600 Guard. O...
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7 - 17 October 1971
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The Mercedes-Benz 350 SLC makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show. The technology and styling of the four-seater coupé...
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8 October 1971
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In Indonesia, Daimler-Benz takes a 33.3 % holding in the Wanaherang-based assembly and production company P.T. German Mo...
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8 October 1996
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The Daimler Benz Innovation Prize is presented at the Mercedes Benz Museum to the two TEMIC employees who developed the...
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8 October 2001
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The new "Sterntaler" day nursery in Stuttgart-Möhringen is officially inaugurated.
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9 October 1886
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Gottlieb Daimler files a patent application for his marine propulsion system (patent no. DRP 39 367, issued on 1 June 1...
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9 October 1906
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Rheinische Automobil-Gesellschaft AG is founded in Mannheim to handle sales of Benz automobiles.
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9 October 1946
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The first prototype of the "Universal motorised machine for agriculture" designed by Heinrich Rößler begins testing, fi...
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11 October 1986
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The Turkish affiliate OTOMARSAN opens a new assembly plant for Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles on a 500,000 sq m site...
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12/13 October 1996
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Two third places in a Mercedes-Benz 1834 S at the final race of the season in Jarama, Spain, are enough to earn Steve P...
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13 October 1996
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At the close of the 1996 Formula One racing season, Team McLaren-Mercedes has a total of 49 points to give it fourth pl...
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13 October 2011
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Around 150 km to the north-east of Lisbon, deliveries of the new Fuso Canter started from the Tramagal plant of the Daim...
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14 October 1976
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After VW pulls out of the Spanish MEVOSA, Daimler-Benz increases its holding in the Spanish company to 42.7 %.
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14 October 2001
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David Coulthard in a McLaren-Mercedes MP4-16 takes third place in the season finale, the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka,...
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15 October 2006
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In the ninth and penultimate DTM race at Le Mans, Bernd Schneider takes fifth place to secure the champion's title after...
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15 October 2006
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The market launch of the Mercedes-Benz E 320 BLUETEC in the USA and Canada gets underway in time for the introduction of...
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16 October 2011
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Highlight in the customer sports programme of Mercedes-AMG: With its two Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3s, the German team Hei...
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17 October 2001
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In the Mettingen sub-plant of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim, completion of the ten-millionth multi-link ind...
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18 October 1976
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The Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to build the newly developed estate model of the mid-range 123 serie...
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18 October 1996
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In Rastatt the last of 36,464 210-series E-Class saloons is completed. This spells the end of E-Class production in Rast...
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18 - 23 October 1991
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The new Mercedes-Benz O 404 is selected "Coach of the Year 1992" at the "Car & Bus" show in Kortrijk, Belgium, by a 12-m...
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19 October 1976
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To mark the occasion of "25 Years of the Unimog in Gaggenau", in Baden-Baden Daimler-Benz presents the Unimog U 1000 as...
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19 October 2001
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At an official ceremony held at the company Binz GmbH & Co. KG in Lorch, Württemberg, Mercedes-Benz and Binz celebrate p...
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19 - 24 October 2001
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The new Setra TopClass 400 touring coach series receives the award "Coach of the Year 2002" at the Busworld show in Kor...
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21 October 1971
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Karl Hauff, Chairman of the Untertürkheim Works Council, is elected Chairman of the Central Works Council of Daimler-Ben...
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21 October 2006
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36 Mercedes-Benz E-Class saloons with clean diesel drives start out on a 26-day long-distance run from Paris to Beijing...
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21 - 26 October 2011
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The Mercedes-Benz Travego Edition 1 celebrated its world premiere at Europe's most important bus show, Busworld in Kortr...
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22 October 1996
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Wilhelm Maybach (1846 – 1929), former chief engineer at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and creator of the first modern aut...
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23 October 1971
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Daimler-Benz AG registers a patent on the airbag system (patent no. DE 21 52 902 C2).
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26 October 1971
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Daimler-Benz presents the ESF 05 at the Second International Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles in Sindelfingen...
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26 October - 5 November 1961
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The Walter Schock and Manfred Schiek driver pairing wins the Touring Car Grand Prix of Argentina, a gruelling race over...
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