Anniversaries

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Motorsport: Successes for Schlesser/ Baldi/ Mass in the C 9

6 March 1988

The driver team Jean-Louis Schlesser/Mauro Baldi/Jochen Mass wins the first race of the 1988 Sports Car World Championship in Jerez, Spain, in a Sauber-Mercedes

C 9. Further wins follow in Brno, Czechoslovakia, on the Nürburgring and in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

One-millionth car from the 201 series

29 March 1988

The one-millionth car of the 201 series compact class, a 190, is completed in Bremen and presented by Prof. Werner Niefer, member of the Board of Management, to a representative of the youth welfare facilities of the City of Bremen.

Coupé study

4 - 14 March 1993

Mercedes-Benz presents an elegant four-seater coupe study that reinterprets the Mercedes face at the Geneva Motor Show. The 210 series E-Class presented in 1995 and the CLK introduced in 1997 bring design elements of the coupe study into series production. The 500 GE, a limited special model of the cross-country vehicle fitted with a 177 kW / 240 hp five-litre V8 engine also has its world premiere.

Geneva Motor Show with new car models

5 - 15 March 1998

The Mercedes-Benz CLK Convertible (208 series) and E 55 AMG Estate (210 series) celebrate their world premieres at the Geneva Motor Show. The smart City Coupé produced by Micro Compact AG is presented in its revised version, scheduled to go into production in the autumn.

New Formula One Medical Car: C 55 AMG Estate

8 March 1998

At the Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula One season in Melbourne, AMG deploys a C 55 AMG Estate as the new Medical Car

The official Safety Car remains the CLK 55 AMG first used in 1997

M-Class launched in Europe

21 March 1998

After its successful launch in the USA, the Mercedes-Benz M-Class also appears at sales and service outlets and dealerships across Europe.

Series of debuts at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show

6 - 16 March 2008

Geneva Motor Show: Mercedes-Benz presented the “Vision GLK BlueTEC Hybrid”, C 180 Kompressor, C 200 CDI and new C 350 CGI, as well as the CL 500 4 MATIC, upgraded models of the CLS-Class and, with distinctly modified styling, the SL-Class (R 230 series) also celebrate their premiere.