Press Information March, 2004

Only digital. Evolutionary move towards greater comfort and handling safety: The Mercedes-Benz single-joint swing axle of 1954: Stuttgart/Geneva. In March 1954, visitors to the Geneva Motor Show came in droves to the Daimler-Benz stand to admire the new Mercedes-Benz 220a (W 180) with six-cylinder engine, its looks identifying it immediately as a member of the Mercedes Ponton family. The first model in this lineup had been the 180 launched the year before.