To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes’ fruitful relationship with the Unimog, the company have developed a radical concept vehicle. Unimog production is massive, green and got chuff-all chance of ever getting produced
The open roof tips its hat to Benz's original 1951 M-B model. The colour choice is a little more conceptual - the poison dart frog inspired designers, apparently. The color combination of striking green bodywork, and sharply contrasting bright red springs, was inspired by the bright colors of poison dart frogs. The symbolism isn’t just skin deep though, as the designers point out the frogs, just like the Unimog, are extremely mobile on both land and through water.
Believe it or not, Concept Unimog actually runs and drives. In fact, it should be pretty handy off-road - it's all modern U 5000 underneath.
Based on a Unimog U 5000 chassis, the concept was developed through a joint effort between the Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks (MBS) division, the Daimler commercial vehicle designers in Sindelfingen and an unnamed model designing partner.
Today there are three different Unimog models, the U300 through to U500, the U3000 through to U5000 and the U20. All Unimog models except for the 404S have a diesel power plant varying from 25 horsepower (19 kW) to upwards of 280 horsepower (205 kW).
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