Mercedes-Benz’s two four-wheel-drive lines: the Unimog since 1948 — Boehringer’s and Gaggenau’s tractor-truck that became the 404 S of the French Army and Bundeswehr, the 406 of farms and municipalities, the U 1300 L and the UGN and UHN of today, more than 400,000 in all — and the G-Class built at Graz with Steyr-Daimler-Puch since 1979, from the W460 and the military W461 (Wolf, Puch G, Peugeot P4, the Australian 6x6) to the luxury W463 with its AMG V8s and portal axles and the electric G 580, 500,000 by 2023.
The Geländewagen, built at Graz since 1979: the W460 developed with Steyr-Daimler-Puch, the W461 of the Bundeswehr’s Wolf and the Australian, Canadian and Swiss forces, the W463 luxury G of 1990–2018 with its AMG V8s, 6x6 and portal-axle 4x4², the redesigned G of 2018 and the electric G 580 of 2024 — 500,000 built by April 2023.
The Universal-Motor-Gerät since 1948: Albert Friedrich’s four-equal-wheel tractor-truck with portal axles, coil springs and power take-offs, built by Boehringer and from 1951 by Daimler-Benz at Gaggenau (320,000 in 51 years) and since 2002 at Wörth — the 404 S of the Bundeswehr and French Army (64,242), the 406 and 421 of farms and municipalities, the U 1300 L, and the UGN implement carrier and UHN all-terrain truck of today.