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Three-way catalytic converter made standard equipment

1 September 1986
Mercedes-Benz offers all petrol-engined passenger car models with three-way catalytic converters as standard; the "catal...

New Axor truck series presented in Stuttgart

New Axor truck series presented in Stuttgart

4 September 2001
At corporate headquarters in Stuttgart-Möhringen, DaimlerChrysler presents the Mercedes-Benz Axor, a new semitrailer tr...

Benz Patent Motor Car in newspaper

Benz Patent Motor Car in newspaper

5 September 1886
Mannheim's local newspaper (Generalanzeiger der Stadt Mannheim) carries a lengthy report about the motor car developed...

Presentation and trial drive: safety for commercial vehicles

Presentation and trial drive: safety for commercial vehicles

5 September 2006
In the presence of Board of Management member Andreas Renschler, DaimlerChrysler presents the latest safety standards fo...

First large van from Ludwigsfelde

6 September 1991
The first T 2 series large-capacity van built in Ludwigsfelde is completed at Nutzfahrzeuge Ludwigsfelde GmbH, which ha...

One million diesel passenger cars since war's end

One million diesel passenger cars since war's end

7 September 1971
Workers at the Sindelfingen plant put the finishing touches to the one-millionth diesel passenger car built since post-...

Schneider captures DTM championship before end of season

Schneider captures DTM championship before end of season

9 September 2001
In the eighth DTM race on the A1 Ring in Spielberg, Austria, Bernd Schneider, driving a Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM, takes hi...

30 hp Unimog makes its debut

30 hp Unimog makes its debut

9 - 16 September 1956
The new 411 series, which replaces the 401 and 402 series, debuts at the German Agricultural Society (DLG) show in Hano...

Frankfurt: mid-range convertible and sports car study C 112

Frankfurt: mid-range convertible and sports car study C 112

12 - 22 September 1991
Mercedes-Benz presents the 300 CE-24 Convertible (124 series) and the C 112 experimental car with mid-mounted V12 engin...

Frankfurt: firework of innovations for brand anniversary

13 - 23 September 2001
At the Frankfurt International Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz presents the SL 55 AMG. This particularly sporty version of th...

Plug-in hybrid drive tested in New York

14 September 2006
DaimlerChrysler, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) present a Dodge S...

Production plant opened in Beijing

15 September 2006
In cooperation with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company (BAIC), DaimlerChrysler opens a production plant in Bei...

Five world premieres at the IAA

Five world premieres at the IAA

15 - 25 September 2011
Mercedes-Benz celebrated five world premieres at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt/Main. The second genera...

Sprinter plant opened in Buenos Aires

16 September 1996
German Chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl and Argentinean State President Carlos Menem inaugurate a new van plant in Buenos Aire...

Ten million axles from Kassel

17 September 2001
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Kassel produces the ten-millionth commercial vehicle axle since the former Hanomag-Henschel...

S-Class coupes presented in Frankfurt

S-Class coupes presented in Frankfurt

17 - 27 September 1981
The 380 SEC and 500 SEC S-Class coupes (126-series) make their debuts at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Anothe...

Citaro LE Ü low-entry rural sevice bus is voted "Bus of the Year 2007"

19 September 2006
The Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE Ü low-entry rural service bus receives the "Bus of the Year 2007” award at the Internationa...

Hybrid Sprinter for Paris city traffic

Hybrid Sprinter for Paris city traffic

19 September 2006
At the International Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Mercedes-Benz hands over a Sprinter equipped with hybrid drive...

DMG: large order for marine engines

20 September 1911
The DMG plant at Marienfelde receives an order for production of a series of ten four-stroke diesel marine engines with...

Rudolf Caracciola is European hillclimb champion

Rudolf Caracciola is European hillclimb champion

20 September 1931
Rudolf Caracciola wins the Dreihotter Hillclimb to become European Sports Car Hillclimb champion once again, this time...

Sixty-tonner shuttles between plants

Sixty-tonner shuttles between plants

21 September 2006
DaimlerChrysler puts the new "Ecocombi" trucks into service between the Untertürkheim and Sindelfingen plants. The innov...

Hanover CV show: Actros, Vario and buses

Hanover CV show: Actros, Vario and buses

21 - 29 September 1996
The Actros heavy-duty truck series celebrates its public premiere at the International Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanov...

Hanover show: third Unimog range, new coach and bus models

Hanover show: third Unimog range, new coach and bus models

21 - 28 September 2006
Mercedes-Benz unveils the Unimog U 20 all-wheel-drive special-purpose vehicle at the International Commercial Vehicle...

Revolution: Airmaster axle stores compressed air

Revolution: Airmaster axle stores compressed air

21 - 28 September 2006
DaimlerChrysler Trailer Axle Systems, which has been manufacturing trailer axles at the Kassel plant since 1996, present...

Many innovations in Frankfurt

Many innovations in Frankfurt

21 September - 1 October 1961
The new passenger car models 190 and 190 D (internal designations 190 c and 190 Dc, W 110), 220 SE Convertible (W 111)...

Mercedes wins Semmering Race

Mercedes wins Semmering Race

22 September 1901
Driving a 35 hp Mercedes, Dr Richard Ritter von Stern takes first place overall in the third Semmering Race to win the...

Mercedes record in Semmering hill climb

23 September 1906
In the eigth Semmering Race Hermann Braun, driving a 100 hp Mercedes racing car owned by Theodor Dreher, sets a new cou...

Berlin Motor show: first supercharged production car

Berlin Motor show: first supercharged production car

23 September - 2 October 1921
Berlin's long-established motor show is staged for the first time since the end of the First World War. At the event DMG...

Opening of the AVUS race circuit

Opening of the AVUS race circuit

24 September 1921
Franz Hörner drives his 10/30 hp Benz racing car to victory in the Class XB race (for cars up to 10 taxable horsepower r...

Aerial trials with Mercedes engine unsuccessful

Aerial trials with Mercedes engine unsuccessful

27 September 1901
The Austrian Wilhelm Kress begins flight testing in his seaplane, the first aircraft equipped with an internal combusti...

Germersheim supply warehouse put into service

Germersheim supply warehouse put into service

27 September 1991
After a planning and construction period of almost five years, Mercedes-Benz AG starts operating its new central supply...

DMG: concentration on aircraft construction under license

DMG: concentration on aircraft construction under license

28 September 1916
An agreement concluded with Flugzeugbau-Friedrichshafen GmbH allows DMG to build the company's aircraft under licence an...

Assembly plant in Brazil officially opened

Assembly plant in Brazil officially opened

28 September 1956
Three years after the official founding of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, the São Bernardo do Campo plant is dedicated in the...

Klaus Ludwig DTM runner-up

Klaus Ludwig DTM runner-up

29 September 1991
At the finale on the Hockenheimring, Klaus Ludwig, driving an AMG-Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II, finishes the seaso...

Mercedes-Benz at Paris Motor Show

Mercedes-Benz at Paris Motor Show

30 September - 15 October 2006
The AMG high-performance models CL 63 AMG and S 63 AMG, equipped with the 386 kW / 525 hp V8 M 156 engine, make their de...

German Mercedes sales company set up

German Mercedes sales company set up

September 1906
Deutsche Mercedes-Verkaufsgesellschaft GmbH is established in Frankfurt am Main to handle the increasingly important do...

Benz: first two-stroke diesel marine engine

Benz: first two-stroke diesel marine engine

September 1911
Eighteen months after the acquisition of the manufacturing and sales rights for Germany and Austria-Hungary, Benz & Cie....

Daimler-Benz AG is assigned management of Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark GmbH

September 1941
The Reich Ministry of Aviation assigns the management of the Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark GmbH aeroengine company with fact...

L 319 and O 319: new panel van, pickup and minibus variants

L 319 and O 319: new panel van, pickup and minibus variants

September 1956
Production begins of the L 319 light van – available as a panel van and pickup – at the Sindelfingen plant. The O 319 mi...

Mannheim: production of duo buses begins

September 1986
Production of the O 405 GTD duo bus starts at the Mannheim plant. Along with a 177 kW / 240 hp or 206 kW / 280 hp diesel...