It’s really hard to find a box that the Mercedes-Benz Unimog fits into. Part truck, part tractor and all off-roader, the Mog, as it’s often affectionately called, does its best to defy definition.
The best clue to the true definition of the Unimog really lies in its name, which is an abbreviation of the charmingly Teutonic Universal-Motor-Gerät or Universal Motorised Working Machine. However, parent company Daimler mostly refers to the Mog simply as an Implement Carrier, which really just means there aren’t a lot of jobs, vocational or otherwise, it can’t do.
MULTI-TASKING
From street sweeping, to freeway verge mowing, snow ploughing and load-lugging in hard-to-get-to places, the Unimog seems to have a specification available for all occasions. It can even be found shunting rail wagons.
The Unimog range starts…
