4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1948–74
BASE MODELGermany

Unimog 70200, 401 and 411 (1948–74)

The first Unimog: Albert Friedrich’s 1945 agricultural tractor-truck with four equal wheels, portal axles, coil springs and power take-offs, built by Boehringer at Göppingen from 1948 (600) and by Daimler-Benz at Gaggenau from 1951 as the 401 and 402 (1953), then the 411 of 1956–74 — the small Unimog of German farms, forestry and the first Bundeswehr orders.

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Sources & evidence
Unimog 70200, 401 and 411 (1948–74) — Green Unimog 411 of the "Unimog Veteranen Club" at Techno Classica 2008 in Essen, NW, Germany, Europe.Thomas Vogt from Paderborn, Deutschland · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗
MODEL LINEUnimogBUILT BYMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz), Gebrüder Boehringer, GöppingenPRODUCED1948–74PRODUCTIONBoehringer 600LAYOUT4 wheels · 67″

The record

Friedrich, formerly of Daimler-Benz’s aero-engine works, designed the Universal-Motor-Gerät in 1945 for post-war agriculture with a track width matching two potato rows; Erhard & Söhne developed it and Boehringer built 600 of the 70200 series from 1948 with the 25 hp OM 636 diesel. Daimler-Benz took it to Gaggenau in 1951, badged it with the star in 1953 as the 401/402 and built the 411 from 1956 to 1974; the 100,000th Unimog of 1966 was a 411-era vehicle.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz) ↗, Gebrüder Boehringer, Göppingen ↗
Göppingen (1948–51); Daimler-Benz, Gaggenau (1951–74)
MANUFACTURED1948–74
ENGINE1.7-litre OM 636 diesel four, 25–34 hp
PRODUCTION RUNBoehringer 600; 401/402 and 411 not published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINGermany
STATUSreplaced by the 421 and 406
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEUnimog
FAMILYUnimog
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE67″
BODY STYLEOpen cab / cab with implement bed
VARIANTS1

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Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Unimog green

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Sources

  1. 1Unimog ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched