Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Daimler Heritage: TOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 2011


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Stuttgart, Germany, Jan 04, 2011


75 years ago � from 15 February to 1 March 1936: The world's first series-produced diesel passenger car, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D (W 138), was unveiled at the International Automobile and Motorcycle Show in Berlin. Also on display at the show were the new passenger car models 170 V (W 136) and 170 H (W 28).


65 years ago � on 22 February 1946: The first car engine to be built after the end of the war, a 1.7 litre four-cylinder model for the Mercedes-Benz 170 V, was produced in Untert�rkheim.

60 years ago � on 24 February 1951: Daimler-Benz competed in the "Premio Presidente de la Naci�n Juan D. Peron" in Argentina with three pre-war W 154 racing cars.

25 years ago � from 3 to 8 February 1986: Daimler presented key vehicle safety elements in Rovaniemi, Finland � acceleration skid control (ASR) for passenger cars and commercial vehicles and the automatic locking differential (ASD) for the automatically activated four-wheel drive (4MATIC) in passenger cars.


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