The Mercedes-Benz Unimog (Japanese: メルセデス・ベンツ ウニモグ, Merusedesu Bentsu Unimogu) is an Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on June 4, 1985.
It was based on the Unimog 406 by Mercedes-Benz.
General info[]
The Unimog has the more compacted, super-deformed form of that of its real-life counterpart. It has the medium duty truck body design, with a circle-shaped headlamp on the front and a large truck bed on the back.
It was mainly in yellow and has the original 'Universal Motor Gerat' logo on the doors.
It was equipped with the standard gray Comical-1 wheels paired with the black Comical Block-1 tires.
About the Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406[]
Introduced by 1963, the Unimog 406 is a car in the Unimog-series trucks produced by Daimer AG.
Like the Unimog 404, the 406 has the downbent ladder frame and rigid portal axles on both front and rear. The portal axles has the reduction gears built-in, allowing the car to have good ground clearance even with small wheels. The chassis is supported by the coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers. Just like the rest of the Unimog series, it has the hydraulic system built-in for add-ons.
Powering the 406 are the series of Mercedes-Benz OM natural-aspirated straight-six diesel engines, and are mated to variety of manual gearboxes depends on applications.
Providing the braking power are the pneumatic-hydraulic servo drum brakes on all four wheels, and later replaced by the disc brake in 1973.
The productions of the 406 series later ended in 1989.
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Yellow and Black Smoke |
Type: Comical |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 117 |
40:1 |
See also[]
Mercedes-Benz cars[]
External link[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)