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<p>Unimog´s history is quite close to that of the Landrover in Britain. It was intended as a universal vehicle for farmers, which could do a lot more than a tractor.</p> <p>The name is an abbreviation for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Uni</span>versal <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mo</span>tor<span style="text-decoration: underline;">g</span>erät, i.e. universal motor device. The idea dates back to the immediate post-war days and production began in 1946. Truly a multi-purpose vehicle, it quickly found many uses, mainly our side of agriculture. In 1951, Daimler-Benz took over the production.</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Unimog.jpg/800px-Unimog.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>One of the early UNIMOGs (1955)</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/TLF8-Unimog404.jpg/713px-TLF8-Unimog404.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>UNIMOG fire truck (1966)</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/RW1.jpg/800px-RW1.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>UNIMOG fire truck (1987)</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Two-way-vehicle_unimog.jpg/800px-Two-way-vehicle_unimog.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>UNIMOG road & rail tractor (2000)</p> <p>The latest version now looks like this:</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Unimog_U20_in_Germany.JPG/800px-Unimog_U20_in_Germany.JPG" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>The UNIMOG has long left the simplicity of construction and ease of maintenance its inventor had in mind. It has turned into an expensive high-tech multi-purpose vehicle, costing a fortune.</p>
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