Unimog
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It's time to look at the fascinating history of the Unimog, Mercedes-Benz's unstoppable workhorse.
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Mercedes' Unimog just set an altitude world record up an active volcano
The Unimog U 5023 now holds the world record for the highest wheel-driven vehicle.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Kneel before your Mercedes-Benz off-road wagon God
For some, it may be considered blasphemy to do this to a Mercedes-Benz 300TE. That would be weird, though, because there isn't much special about the W124 wagon. It's a great machine, but it doesn't exactly tug at our heartstrings. The Unimog, however, does just that. So when you pair the 300TE...
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The Mercedes Unimog turns 70
Almost exactly 70 years ago to the day, the first Unimog prototype went for its very first test drive. On October 9 in 1946, a designer named Heinrich Rößler was behind the wheel of a new vehicle that he designed. This vehicle had no hood, was fully stocked with a bundle of wood, and the...
Jeff Glucker -
Schwarzenegger-Owned Unimog Up For Sale... Again
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a large man who—naturally—likes his vehicles just as large. When it was time to let his Humvee fall by the wayside, the Austrian-born muscle man stepped up. It was time for something new, something like a Unimog U1300 SE 6.4. It's a go-anywhere brute of a Benz...
Jeff Glucker -
Arnie's Custom Unimog Goes Up For Sale
Some people just don't look right in regular cars. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of those people. The man who made a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy look small in Terminator 2: Judgement Day has counted a HumVee, a Unimog and even a tank among his personal vehicles, all of which seem strangely appropriate...
Antony Ingram -
The Mercedes-Benz Zetros offers luxury in an apocalypse-proof package
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Mercedes’ Tough-As-Nails Unimog Gets New Look, Engines For 2013
If you thought the G Class was the toughest Mercedes-Benz around, it’s clear you’ve never come across a Unimog. Unimog actually represents a group of heavy-duty commercial vehicles built for the toughest conditions, and the name itself is an acronym for “universal motor...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Arnold Schwarzenegger Drops Hummer For A Mercedes Unimog: Video
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the kind of guy to drive a Mazda MX-5, and we don’t see a Fiat 500 Abarth in his future, either. In fact, the actor and former governor of California has a way of making even normally-sized cars, like a Camaro ZL1, seem comically small. We’re not sure...
Kurt Ernst -
2013 Mercedes-Benz Unimog Spy Shots
Last year, Mercedes-Benz celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Unimog, a heavy-duty commercial vehicle built for the toughest conditions. Time doesn't stand still though, and the next generation of Unimog has been caught testing in winter conditions, to ensure it'll play its part in the next sixty...
Antony Ingram -
Mercedes Unimog Inspires Biggest LEGO Technic Model Ever
They say that you never really grow up, your toys just get bigger. If LEGO's latest Technic kit is anything to go by, that old statement is pretty close to the mark. LEGO has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz to create the biggest Technic kit ever based on the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 commercial...
Antony Ingram -
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Concept: 60 Years, Inspired By Frogs
If you were to set out to design a vehicle, you might not choose a frog as your source of inspiration. Sure, we've heard of the old Austin-Healey "Frogeye" Sprite from the 1960s, but that was more of an affectionate nickname due to a coincidental likeness than through any design inspiration. Tell...
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For 60 years, the Unimog (Universal-Motor-Gerat), has been terrifying young children (and some grown men)--and Mercedes-Benz is proud of that feat. So proud, in fact, that the special trucks unit of the luxury automaker has presented a design study in celebration of 60 years of big, frightening trucks. For those that are so used to seeing S- and C-Class luxury models that you can't quite wrap your mind around a post-apocalyptic-looking machine of destruction with the three-point star on the grille, Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, began producing medium-duty, four-wheel drive...