MB-trac is a range of agricultural tractors developed and produced from 1973 until 1991 by Mercedes-Benz Group, formerly known as Daimler-Benz. It is based on the trac design principle for tractors and shares its drivetrain with the Unimog. Mercedes-Benz offered the MB-trac in light duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty versions in four different type series: 440, 441, 442 and 443. About 41,000 MB-tracs were made by former Daimler-Benz,[1] before the production ended on December 17th 1991.
MB-trac types and model family
Naming scheme
In total, four type series (440, 441, 442, and 443) and twenty-one different series-production types of MB-trac were made, with either ten or sixteen models, depending on whether the Turbo-designated models are considered separate from the non-Turbo-designated models. The naming scheme of the MB-trac is mostly homogeneous, with MB trac followed by a number roughly indicative of the engine's DIN-PS power output times ten. Models equipped with a turbocharger have a turbo suffix in their model name, and models with an additional intercooler have an intercooler suffix instead. The exceptions to this naming scheme are the MB-trac 65/70, which has a power-output figure indicative of the DIN-PS/SAE-hp power output, MB-trac 900, MB-trac 1300 and MB-trac 1500, which have no turbo suffix despite being turbocharged, and the MB-trac turbo 900, which has a turbo prefix rather than a suffix.