Fritz Nallinger

Fritz Nallinger was a German automobile engineer and executive, born in Esslingen am Neckar on 6 August 1898 and died in Stuttgart on 4 June 1984. He joined Benz & Cie. in 1922 and spent his career with the firm that became Daimler-Benz. Nallinger played an important part in developing all-round independent suspension for passenger cars and in bringing relatively high speed diesel engines to passenger cars in the 1930s, a strength the company has kept ever since. He became a director on the research and development side in 1940 and joined the executive board in 1941. After the war he continued to lead the Daimler-Benz research and development department, associated in particular with the company's return to racing in 1954. He retired in December 1965 and was succeeded by Hans Scherenberg.