Mercedes-Benz LK

The Mercedes-Benz LK, short for Leichte Klasse or light class, was the Daimler-Benz range of light trucks built from 1984 to 1998. Developed internally as the LN 2 and introduced in 1983, it replaced the older LP models after more than eighteen years of an almost unchanged concept, and at launch it covered gross weights of 7 to 13 tonnes, later reaching 19 tonnes. Its new straight four and six cylinder direct injection diesels ranged from 66 to 148 kW and later up to 177 kW, and its tilting cab was now offered even in the smallest truck class. Model names give the gross weight in tonnes followed by roughly a tenth of the power in PS, so the common 7.5 tonne 814 had 136 PS. From 1988 the range was officially the LK, with optional all-wheel drive for construction and fire service vehicles, and the Atego replaced it in 1998.