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First drafts as early as 1945.

It was in the autumn of 1945 that the first drawings for an agricultural vehicle were produced by Albert Friedrich, the former head of aircraft engine design at Daimler-Benz. Friedrich surrounded himself with a team of committed development specialists, then formed a development partnership with Erhard und Söhne of Schwäbisch Gmünd. 

Series production at the toolmaking company Gebrüder Boehringer in Göppingen began in 1948. As a large investment was necessary to achieve a high production volume, Daimler-Benz took over the project in autumn 1950; production at the Gaggenau commenced in 1951. From 1953 the Unimog bore the Mercedes star, and in the same year an enclosed cab was added to the previous cab with a folding soft top. 

The Unimog S started its career two years later, soon proving extremely popular with the military and later in the civilian sector. In production until 1980, it is the best-selling series in Unimog history.