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Weule takes over responsibility for Group" Research & Technology"

1 September 1990
Prof. Hartmut Weule takes over responsibility for Group "Research & Technology" as successor to Dr Rudolf Hörnig, who le...

Emergency funds for the victims of hurricane Katrina

1 September 2005
In a joint declaration with DaimlerChrysler Financial Services, Mercedes-Benz USA and Freightliner, the DaimlerChrysler...

Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL in service with customers

Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL in service with customers

1 September 2010
Mercedes-Benz delivers the first five Vito E-CELL vehicles to customers in Berlin. These locally emission-free and quie...

Alliance for joint hybrid drive development

7 September 2005
In a Memorandum of Understanding, the BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler AG and General Motors Corporation enter into an allianc...

DaimlerChrysler extends influence on Mitubishi

8 September 2000
Under the terms of an agreement between the two companies, DaimlerChrysler appoints Rolf Eckrodt as the new Chief Operat...

Schock/Moll second-time European champions

Schock/Moll second-time European champions

8 - 12 September 1960
Walter Schock and Rolf Moll notch up their third overall victory of the racing year in the Poland Rally. At the end of t...

Vatican City: Pullman Landaulet for Pope Paul VI

Vatican City: Pullman Landaulet for Pope Paul VI

9 September 1965
A Daimler-Benz AG delegation, led by Hermann J. Abs, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, presents Pope Paul VI with a sp...

Withdrawal from US motor racing

9 September 2000
Mercedes-Benz announces its withdrawal from the US CART FedEx Championship race series at the end of the 2000 season in...

Runner-up in the 1995 IndyCar race series in US

Runner-up in the 1995 IndyCar race series in US

10 September 1995
At the final race of the American Indy Car season in Monterey, California/USA, Al Unser Jr. drives his Penske-Mercedes...

Streamliner win winds up season

Streamliner win winds up season

11 September 1955
The final race of the Formula One season, the Italian Grand Prix, marks a further success for Juan Manuel Fangio, who ri...

Covisint receives approval in line with anti-trust legislation

11 September 2000
Covisint, the business-to-business platform for the automotive industry, receives approval from the US Federal Trade Co...

New medium-duty trucks added to commercial vehicles range

New medium-duty trucks added to commercial vehicles range

11 - 21 September 1975
At the Frankfurt International Motor Show, the New Generation range of commercial vehicles is rounded off by the additio...

MB-trac 1500 presented

MB-trac 1500 presented

12 - 18 September 1980
The MB-trac 1500 (443-series) is presented as the new flagship model of the heavy-duty series at the DLG exhibition in...

Frankfurt: cars with catalytic converter as optional extra

Frankfurt: cars with catalytic converter as optional extra

12 - 22 September 1985
An expanded and improved passenger car range is presented at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main. In addi...

Three Mercedes-Benz hybrid buses in service with Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG

Three Mercedes-Benz hybrid buses in service with Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG

13 September 2010
Following successful real-life testing in December 2009, the Stuttgart public transport authority "Stuttgarter Straßenb...

Debuts at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt

Debuts at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt

14 - 24 September 1995
At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, the C 230 Kompressor and C 250 Turbodiesel complement the C-Class...

Axel Hegmann European Truck Race Champion before end of season

Axel Hegmann European Truck Race Champion before end of season

15/16 September 1990
In Zolder, Belgium, in the penultimate event of the truck-racing season, Axel Hegmann in a Mercedes-Benz 1733 S wins bot...

Sprinter presented as 4.6-tonner and as electric vehicle

Sprinter presented as 4.6-tonner and as electric vehicle

15 - 25 September 1995
At the first "Mondial du Transport Routier" commercial vehicle show in Paris, Mercedes-Benz presents the Sprinter, intro...

Frankfurt: new products from smart to S-Class

Frankfurt: new products from smart to S-Class

15 - 25 September 2005
At the Frankfurt International Motor Show, the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class from the 221 series celebrates its public world...

Innovations in Frankfurt: trucks and new luxury-class models

Innovations in Frankfurt: trucks and new luxury-class models

16 - 26 September 1965
Daimler-Benz unveils a fundamentally new model range at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. The 250 S, 250 SE and 3...

Braun wins on a Mercedes at Semmering Race

17 September 1905
The seventh Semmering race is again won by Hermann Braun, who betters his record time of the previous year, driving The...

Triple victory in the Tourist Trophy

Triple victory in the Tourist Trophy

17 September 1955
In the Tourist Trophy race on the Dundrod circuit in Northern Irleand, the 300 SLR racing sports cars score a triple vic...

Plant opened in Virginia, USA

Plant opened in Virginia, USA

18 September 1980
The American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz of North America opens a new plant in Hampton-Newport News, Virginia/USA, where up...

"Web-based ride sharing” with car2gether

"Web-based ride sharing” with car2gether

18 September 2010
Following the success of its car2go initiative, Daimler AG launches the public pilot phase of a further innovative urba...

Daimler-Benz share listed in Tokyo and London

19 September 1990
The Daimler-Benz share is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Listing on the London Stock Exchange duly follows on 6 De...

DEKRA environmental distinction for DaimlerChrysler

19 September 2000
The DaimlerChrysler sales organisation in Germany (DCVD) is awarded a distinction by DEKRA Umwelt GmbH in recognition of...

Produced in South Africa: C-Class for right-hand drive markets

19 September 2000
Production of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class for right-hand drive markets around the world begins at the DaimlerChrysler pla...

Daimler introduces honeycomb radiator

Daimler introduces honeycomb radiator

20 September 1900
A patent is filed for the so-called honeycomb radiator as "cooling and condensation device based on the cross-flow prin...

500,000th Mercedes-Benz A-Class

20 September 2000
The 500,000th Mercedes-Benz A-Class – an A 190 – rolls off the assembly line in Rastatt almost three years after product...

Caracciola wins in an SSK

Caracciola wins in an SSK

21 September 1930
Fresh from his success in the Schwabenberg race, Rudolf Caracciola also wins the European Hillclimb Championship in his...

5,000,000 engines with the three-pointed star from Bad Cannstatt

21 September 2010
The five-millionth V-engine to be built since the facility opened in 1997 comes off the production line at the Mercedes-...

Caracciola can't be stopped

Caracciola can't be stopped

22 September 1935
In the last grand prix race of the season, the Spanish Grand Prix in San Sebastián, the Silver Arrows earn their first...

Car and van premieres in Frankfurt

Car and van premieres in Frankfurt

22 September - 2 October 1955
The L 319, Mercedes-Benz's first post-war van, is unveiled at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Also celebrating...

World Championship title: Mercedes-Benz dominates Group C

World Championship title: Mercedes-Benz dominates Group C

23 September 1990
In Montreal, in the penultimate race of the season, Jean-Louis Schlesser / Mauro Baldi win in a Mercedes-Benz C 11 to ta...

Most powerful Unimog of all time

Most powerful Unimog of all time

23 - 30 September 2000
The Mercedes-Benz Medio, a minibus with capacity for up to 40 passengers, the totally new Mercedes-Benz OC 500 generati...

Commercial vehicle innovations at the IAA in Hanover

Commercial vehicle innovations at the IAA in Hanover

23 - 30 September 2010
The new Mercedes-Benz 12-tonne Atego is voted "Truck of the Year 2011" by an international jury of experts at the Comme...

Production resumes in Untertürkheim

24 September 1920
Production restarts at the Untertürkheim plant of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, with a reduced workforce of 4,200.

O-Bahn starts in Essen

O-Bahn starts in Essen

28 September 1980
The O-Bahn sets off on its first scheduled regular service journey within the public transport network of Essen, Germany...

Gaggenau: planetary axles celebrate anniversary

28 September 1990
The one-millionth planetary axle manufactured at the Gaggenau plant comes off the assembly line. The plant took up the...

Staff reduction at German sites

28 September 2005
The Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG adopts a package of measures calling for a reduction of manpower levels at...