Monday, March 21, 2011

Mercedes Benz Ponton


The Ponton was Daimler-Benz's first totally-new Mercedes-Benz series of passenger vehicles produced after World War II. In July 1953, the cars replaced the pre-war-designed Type 170 series and were the bulk of the automaker's production through 1959, though some models lasted through 1962.


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The nickname comes from the German word for "pontoon" and refers to one definition of pontoon fenders and a postwar styling trend, subsequently called ponton styling.
The Ponton models were replaced by the "Heckflosse" or "Fintail" models
There were essentially four types of Ponton cars. Note the "D" designates a diesel engine, and the suffix "b" and/or "c" are body variants introduced after the middle of 1959.


1 comments:

shelton mercedes said...

For the first time I saw a old looking Mercedes here from your post.
This is really interesting to see such unique design of Mercedes car.

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