Mercedes-Benz TN/T1 | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Daimler-Benz |
Also called | Mercedes-Benz T1 Bremen Transporter Togo Atlas Mercedes-Benz Vario 3100 |
Production | 1977–1995 |
Designer | Stefan Heiliger[1] |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Van (M) Small truck |
Related | Force Traveller (India) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Harburger Transporter[2] |
Successor | Mercedes-Benz Sprinter |
In 1977 Daimler-Benz introduced a new van/truck (a.k.a. transporter), called Mercedes-Benz T1 internally. Other designations were series TN ("Transporter Neu") and Bremer Transporter, since the vehicle was built in the Transporter-Plant in Bremen, Germany, first. In the years 1983/1984 production went - piece by piece - to the Transporter-Plant-Düsseldorf (city in the Rhineland, Germany). The internal chassis-designations (Baumuster, "BM") are: 601 (2.55–2.8t GVWR), 602 (3.2–3.5t GVWR) and 611 (4.6t GVWR).[3]