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unusual facts about rear-engine Mercedes-Benz



1998 ATP Super 9

The 1998 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1998 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

19th Tennessee Infantry

The attack on the Federal camp opened at 5:00 A.M., but Col. George Maney's battalion, the 19th Tennessee, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry were sent to scout the Confederate rear in case Buell attempted a landing there.

Acura RDX

This package includes the latest version of Acura's navigation system, complete with a rear view camera, XM Nav-Traffic real-time traffic monitoring, and Zagat restaurant reviews.

AKM

The AKMP rifle uses subdued Radium-illuminated aiming points integrated into the front and rear sight.

Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Alfred Neubauer

In its most successful phase, the Mercedes-Benz team’s regular drivers were Rudolf Caracciola, Hermann Lang, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Richard Seaman.

Bandini 1000 V

Rear: Independent, triangle and lower arms swinging shock hydraulic telescopic inclined agents on portamozzo, torsion bar, camber caster, and Toe adjustable

Battle of Nietjärvi

Reaching Kittilä would provide access to better maintained Finnish road network as well as several roads to Finnish rear areas (Sortavala, Värtsilä and Matkaselkä).

BMW 303

Two-door saloon and cabriolet bodies were manufactured, at first by Daimler-Benz's coachworks in Sindelfingen, and later by Ambi-Budd in Berlin.

Bungartz Butz

It featured a tubular chassis, a mid-mounted engine, and independent wheel suspension with swing-axles at the rear.

Burma Campaign 1944–1945

The Indian 17th Division and 255th Armoured Brigade began IV Corps' advance on 6 April by striking from all sides at the delaying position held by the remnants of the Japanese Thirty-third Army at Pyawbwe, while a flanking column (nicknamed "Claudcol") of tanks and mechanized infantry cut the main road behind them and attacked their rear.

Clubmans

Sports 1600 gave way to "K Sports" with a Rover K-series engine and the 16-valve two-litre Vauxhall temporarily replaced the 1700 cc Crossflow unit in 1993 for the short-lived rear-engined Supersports category.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service

The two Line Rescue Units (LRUs) are based on a Mercedes-Benz 1124 4x4 chassis with a Hiab crane on the rear of the vehicle and a Mercedes Atego chassis.

Death of Azelle Rodney

An unmarked police Audi swerved in front of the VW Golf, a Vauxhall Omega halted alongside, and a third vehicle impacted the rear of the VW.

Dieter Zetsche

Dieter Zetsche (born on May 5, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German businessman and the Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006 as well as member of the company's Board of Management since 1998.

Dodge Avenger

Another television spot likened the Avenger to the "superhero" vehicle for the everyman, depicting a driver piloting his Avenger through Gotham-like streets and alleys, speaking to the MyGig entertainment system in distinctly Batman-reminiscent tones, to arrive home, pull into a two-car garage and open the rear door to a sleeping child in the rear car-seat.

Dutch door

The term is also applied to the modified rear doors on selected GMC Safaris and Chevrolet Astros that have a flip up rear window and two small half-size doors underneath, although the term barn doors is sometimes used for these doors as well.

Eleanor V. Valentin

Rear Admiral Eleanor V. Valentin is the first female flag officer to serve as director of the United States Navy Medical Service Corps.

Elizabeth Hight

As Deputy Commander, JTF-GNO, Rear Adm. Hight was responsible to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid (GIG).

Ford C3 transmission

The Bordeaux Automatic Transmission Plant, in Blanquefort, France (in the Bordeaux metropolitan area) produces automatic transmissions for a variety of rear-wheel drive vehicles.

Guilford Street

The street contains the rear entrance to Goodenough College, an international residential centre for postgraduates studying or training in London.

Harvey River

It is presumed to have been named by Governor James Stirling after Rear Admiral Sir John Harvey, who in 1818 was Commander in Chief of the West Indies Station while Stirling had served in that region.

Henry Bagenal

He was involved in some military disasters, such as a defeat at Glenmalure on 25 August 1580 when Lord Grey led the troops (with Bagenal one of the commanders of the rear) into battle with Fiach McHugh O'Byrne and Viscount Baltinglass in the Wicklow mountain passes.

Honda Phantom

Tyre Size: Front - 90/90 - 17M / C49P (Tubeless) ; Rear - 130/90 15M / C66P (Tubeless), available from Metzeler (Lasertec), Pirelli (City Demon), Bridgestone (Exedra), IRC (from Thailand) and Shinko (with white-walled option)

Honda Prelude

"It is," wrote Brock Yates for Motor Trend, "by any sane measurement, a splendid automobile. The machine, like all Hondas, embodies fabrication that is, in my opinion, surpassed only by the narrowest of margins by Mercedes-Benz. It is a relatively powerful little automobile by anybody's standards."Motor Trend measuring an early Prelude completing the quarter-mile in 18.8 seconds at 70 mph.

Howard Simpson

Germany's Daimler-Benz licensed the gearset as well, although it did not enter production until the early 1970s, as the Mercedes-Benz three-speed automatic.

John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington

William, the eldest, became Chancellor of the Exchequer; John was a Major-General in the British Army; Daines was a lawyer, antiquarian and naturalist; Samuel was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy; and Shute became Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.

Knut Posse

The Danes would then be attacked on three sides: Sten Sture would attack from the south, Nils Sture would flank the Danes and attack from the rear, and Posse would attack the Danes from the east flank near St. Klara.

Make Me Wanna Scream

It features Cantrell walking through a city with her friends in the background and of her driving a Mercedes.

Maserati 3500

suspension by Alford & Alder: Front wishbone and coil-springed suspension; rear semielliptic springs.

Mercedes-Benz Championship

Hyundai Tournament of Champions: the opening event of the PGA Tour season, known as the Mercedes-Benz Championship from 2007 to 2009.

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

When it was developed, German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz owned 40 percent of the McLaren Group.

Mercedes-Benz T2

The Venezuelan version of the T2 was manufactured in Barcelona by the Grupo Consorcio 1390 S.A. (currently MMC Automoritz S.A.) as the Mercedes-Benz Class L3.

Occipital bone

The basioccipital lies in front of the opening, the two exoccipitals lie to either side, and the larger supraoccipital lies to the posterior, and forms at least part of the rear of the cranium.

Omaha Police Department

Wilson initiated a traffic stop of Allen's van, when Allen opened the rear doors and opened fire with an SKS semiautomatic assault rifle.

Operation Nightingale

The medical team was based in the British Army Rear Hospital at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and treated a total of 210 casualties.

Poly Technologies

Poly has established business relations with hundreds of enterprises and governmental organizations of nearly 100 countries and regions, including many world famous multinational corporations such as Boeing of the United States, Bombardier Inc. of Canada, Chevron - Texaco of the United States, Benz of Germany, Ferrari of Italy, State Corporation 'Rosoboronexport' and Japanese Sagawa Logistic Co., Ltd.

Primo Filmes

Matias studied film production at New York University and, after directing the short film Rear View of a City (O Não de São Paulo) has specialized in executive production.

Ragheb Alama

Of the companies that endorsed Ragheb and featured him as part of their promotions including United Nations, Starbucks, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Persol, The Pearl-Qatar.

Richard George Voge

A little over two years later, Rear Admiral Voge died at the United Hospital at Port Chester, New York.

Richard Martino

A major earner for the Gambino family, Martino owned expensive homes in Harrison, New York and Southampton, New York, wore Prada brand shoes, and drove an expensive Mercedes-Benz automobile.

Saab XWD

The ability to transfer torque laterally between the rear wheels is similar to Mitsubishi's Super Active Yaw Control or Honda/Acura's Super Handling-All Wheel Drive.

Škoda 120

The Škoda 105/120/125 were three variations of a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive compact car that was produced by Czechoslovakian car manufacturer AZNP in Mladá Boleslav between 1976 and 1990; engine sizes were 1.05 and 1.2 liters respectively.

Springfield Model 1892-99

The Krag was completely phased out of service in the Regular Army by 1907, as M1903 Springfields became available, however, the Krag was issued for many more years with the National Guard and the Army Reserve, including service in World War I with rear-echelon U.S. troops in France and as training arms at various Stateside bases.

The Chain of Love

In the first verse, a male character named Joe (who is played by Clay Walker in the music video) is driving, when he notices a lady whose Mercedes-Benz is stopped with a flat tire.

Thomas Oliver Selfridge

Rear Admiral Selfridge died in Waverly (now part of Belmont, Massachusetts).

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel

Wheeljack, the Autobot's "scientist", who transforms into a blue Mercedes-Benz car.

Volkhov Front

Crossing the Volkhov River Vlasov's army was successful in breaking through the German Eighteenth Army lines and penetrated 70–74 km deep inside the German rear area.

William Bell Clark

As a result of this in the late 1950s, Clark's work came to the attention of the Director of Naval History, Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller at the Naval History Division of the Navy Department (now the Naval Historical Center) and the head of the Early History Branch in that office, Dr. William J. Morgan.

Zukunft

Paul F. Zukunft (born 1955), rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard


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