Mercedes-Benz Bus and Coach Books - History and Models (1/2)

Mercedes Benz - Lastwagen & Omnibusse 1896-1986

When Daimler and Benz merged in 1926, they concentrated their commercial vehicle production in various plants, primarily in Mannheim and Gaggenau. When these became too small, a new plant opened in Wörth in 1965.

20 years later, Werner Oswald published the first edition of this incomparable overview, and it has lost none of its content value to this day. However, the look and design had become outdated, and as with the successfully launched new edition of the brand's passenger cars, the over-complete truck volume is also being reissued: in a larger format and with many new pictures.

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Author:	Werner Oswald
Details:	592 pages, 10.4 x 9.1 in (26.5 x 23 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	1143 b&w and color photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2019)
ISBN:	9783613041578

Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse 1945-1982 (Typenkompass)

The brand with the star is also a market leader in the bus sector as a company with a long tradition. It was especially in the years after 1945 that the Stuttgart-based company began to show its colors in this segment.
This period was characterized by the transition from the classic hooded schnauzers to the modern cab-over-engine vehicles.

The unconditional support of Mercedes-Benz combined with the author's expertise make this book indispensable for all bus fans. In the tried and tested Typenkompass style, all Mercedes types from 1946 to 1982 are documented here in pictures and provided with numerous data and facts.

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Author:	Peter Schneider
Details:	128 pages, 8.1 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	41 b&w and 112 color photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2005)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613024854

Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse (1) - 1895-1926

When Carl Benz introduced the world's first motor bus in 1895 and Gottlieb Daimler's DMG entered the bus manufacturing business in 1897, the two fathers of the automobile probably had no idea what development they were setting in motion.
The companies, which merged to form Daimler-Benz AG in 1926, slowly but surely rose to become the world's largest bus manufacturer.

In the first volume on the history of Mercedes-Benz buses, the author takes a look at the predecessor companies of what would later become Daimler-Benz AG: their beginnings in bus construction in 1895, the rise of DMG and Benz & Cie. to become the leading vehicle manufacturers in the German Empire and finally the turbulent years after the First World War until the merger of the two manufacturers to form Daimler-Benz AG in 1926.

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Author:	Alexander Weber
Details:	240 pages, 1 x 0.8 in (2.5 x 2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	600 b&w and color photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2022)
ISBN:	9783751610711

Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse (2) - 1926-1945

In the second volume on the history of Mercedes-Benz buses, the author and commercial vehicle journalist Alexander Weber examines the history of Daimler-Benz AG, which emerged in 1926 from the merger of the predecessor companies DMG and Benz & Cie., up to 1945.
In the short period between the wars, the company rose to become the largest bus manufacturer in the German Reich - not least through the consistent promotion of the diesel engine as a drive source.

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Author:	Alexander Weber
Details:	240 pages, 11.4 x 8.5 x 0.94 in (29 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	600 b&w and color photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2022)
ISBN:	9783751610728

Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse (3)

In the third volume on the history of Mercedes-Benz brand buses, author Alexander Weber documents the development of Daimler-Benz AG after 1945 until its split into Mercedes-Benz AG and Daimler Truck AG at the end of 2021. And he shows and describes the Mercedes-Benz brand bus series presented between 1945 and the 1980s.

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Author:	Alexander Weber
Details:	240 pages, 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.94 in (28.5 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	600 b&w and color photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9783751610735

Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse (4)

In the fourth and final volume on the history of Mercedes-Benz buses, the author covers the buses and coaches built from the 1980s to the present day, including well-known models such as the Citaro, Travego and Tourismo. The minibuses and pure bus chassis that have also been manufactured since the 1950s are also presented and described.

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Author:	Alexander Weber
Details:	240 pages, 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.94 in (28.5 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	600 b&w and color photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9783751610742