Unimog 2010

The Unimog 2010 was the first Unimog that Daimler-Benz built in series. It was assembled at the Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau plant from June 1951 to August 1953 as a technical copy of the Unimog 70200, which Boehringer had made largely by hand. Daimler-Benz took over the whole Unimog operation in late 1950 and moved it to Gaggenau, and the number 2010 comes from the part number that the supply firm Erhard and Soehne used on its prototype drawings. Every 2010 had a 1,720 mm wheelbase and a canvas roof, and five models were built, 5,846 vehicles in all. The diesel engine was the OM 636.912 until 1952 and then the OM 636.914. Although Mercedes-Benz dealers sold it, it wore the ox-head Unimog emblem and not the Mercedes star. The Swiss army bought 540 and nicknamed it the Dieseli. The Unimog 401 replaced it in 1953.