Here in Monterrey Mexico a local TV station has one Unimog to climb the Cerro de la Silla to carry goods to engineers that are in the repeater station in the most high part of the mountain. No other truck can do that, in fact, climbing walking is a risky task, but the televisa unimog works fine for that.

The orange one is a configuration many municipalities have. The big wind shield and extra short snout gives great visibility, especially when manoeuvring tight roads and corners in old towns and villages. Also great for observing your attachments, like when it's used as a snow plough or street sweeper.

Greatings from Bavaria, and the Blue Unimog you show us in this Video, have a preasure control on each wheel. You can change the preasure of each wheel how you want, without leaving the cockpit. 😁😁

A Unimog is the best expedition vehicle on earth. My friend bought an U1300l from the german army. Extreme good quality, simple electronics and build like a tank. Greeting from Germany.

A few months ago, I was at a long queue at a border check, several lines going parallel to each other. To my left was a Unimog like this one, we drove alongside each other for about an hour . The cargo compartment had been converted to a caravan. An elderly couple (probably retired) in the cabin. Boy did those 2 nail the retirement, going from country to country to offroad in that thing. I couldn't lift my eyes off it

As long as most still use "Horsepower" your miles/gallons/fahreinheit are downright modern! Also: I rode one of those in the german military offroad in 88. We really tried to get it stuck and didn't manage.We went into holes with water up to the windows - the Unimog just went through.

Years ago, we had a U90 where I work. Just 90 hp and the engine already was a bit worn out. It was underpowered and slow, a pain in the ass driving it on a paved road. But in first gear, nothing could stop it. Once we had to pull a 4 ton trailer up a steap hill, maybe 35-40%. No road, no gravel, just a November-wet farmer's field. First gear, all wheel drive and differencial lock active and let the Unimog do its magic. It crawled up that hill like it was the easiest thing on earth.

I'm with you on experience. Trying a supercar seems fun and all... But knowing that your car can just leave the road and go wherever has to be more satisfying.

You can get them with a special gearbox for "crawling mode", which is for swampy areas where a stand still vehicule would soon sink into the ground. There you block the steering so that the vehicule turns in a circle, put in the crawling mode and the vehicule makes its turns without a driver whilst the crew gets off and does its work. From time to time you change the place of the circles.

When i was younger i got to ride in one in an event where they demonstrated what these could do and the feeling when this thing clings onto a steep incline/decline is really wierd. You constantly have the feeling that its gonna tip over but it is nowhere near its limit. PS: On the hood it says "Der Alleskönner" which means the one who can do everything / the jack of all trades.

So much fun to watch that from germany. A man who has fallen in love with unimogs 😀

im absolutely not a carguy, yeah i like knowing technical stuff, but im here for your positive attitude man, youre awesome.

Greetings from northern Germany. If you like the Unimog, you should check out the former Eastern Germany "Multicar". It is also a versatile truck, but smaller, maybe "cuter" if you want. It's no comparison to the Unimog but the Multicar survived the fall of the Berlin wall as one thing good enough to keep alive and built until today. Where I live Multicars are more common than the Unimog because they are quite cheap. And you get a lot of "Jack of all trades" out of this thing too. :D

The Unimog was such a hit with farmers, that Mercedes-Benz eventually turned it into a full blown agricultural tractor. Its called MB-Trac and was practically a field work optimized version of the Unimog. They look sick and are still highly valuable if held in good condition. Production stopped in 91 iirc. Maybe you want to also have a look at them. 😁

The first Unimog, maybe at 3.00 min, is a straight 6cylinder, 6 litre Diesel engine with roundabout 240 PS. The Unimog with the four wheel steering has a four-cylinder Diesel I guess. It is a "Geräteträger". It is used for road maintenance with a huge bundle of tools.

The video of the yellow UNIMOG you see with the GER (means the city of Germersheim/ Rheinland Palatine Germany) License plates is from the UNIMOG Testing Grounds . The plant they are build is nearby. The blue one with the SOKPlates is from (Saale-Orla-Kreis / Thuringia Germany By the way these are the current models of the UNIMOG.

One of the best in the world....surely..!!!!😮😊

The orange one is essentially the spec for maintaining community's. That version is neither right hand drive nor left hand drive but both at the same time. You can essentially just slide the entire steering collum and pedals over to the other side of the cabin to better observe your equipment while cleaning guardrails or mowing or cutting trees and stuff like that. In Switzerland there's a remote village that has a Unimog trash truck lifted by cable car to collect trash. If you like the Unimog I'd suggest you also check out the Zetros which is essentially a gigantic Mercedes semi truck designed with the same go anywhere do anything mentality as the Unimog. Or you might like the MB-Trac which is an actual farm tractor designed to be able to carry equipment on itself while still being able to attach stuff like a conventional tractor and it also had the ability to rotate the seat, steering and pedals to make reverse working easier. You may also like the 6x6 G-Class although I'm sure you've seen Richard Hammond in that thing.

i am impressed with you. you make no difference where the quality comes from, no, you even praise the product even if it doesn't come from your home country. you are a really nice guy. greetings from the birthplace of the unimog.

The Unimoc in the snow, was filmed in Germany, Thuringen. Also cool is the Unimoc Campers. Check out this video about Unimoc Camper in KZfaq, made in Germany: New Mercedes Motorhome Unimog 4x4 Offroad Bimobil EX432

Fun Fact: you can auction for unimogs formerly run by public service (including the army version) on german state run websites. Sometimes you "have" to buy them in 10er quantities

Unimog is the short word for, Universal Motor Gerät Means universal, engine, thing ❣️😃 Love from Berlin 🇩🇪 Ramsi 🙋🏻‍♂️

Great video as always... I love those beasts, offroad they are like tanks! BTW, the standard fuel tanks are in the range between 24 and 34,5 gallons, but you can actually get tanks with up to 343,5 (!) gallons on the larger UNIMOGs.

I watched another video on a Unimog and they had 200 gallons of fuel in 2 tanks. He used an inboard transfer pump. He could use one tank, then the other tank, or both tanks at once. Good reaction. thanks for sharing.

one of the secrets behind the offroad capability is the huge number of gears the unimog has

My dad builds parts for the Unimog so I've always felt some special connection to those cars and it makes me happy to see other people discover them :D

that with 4 wheel steering would be just perfect for plowing snow at the apartments parking lots, streets etc.. so nimble

Greetings from Stuttgart, the development place of this beast. Basically I had one part of the job interview with my current team leader IN one of these (crew cab with a beautiful (but not practical...) wooden bed, crawler gears, pneumatic suspended seats in the front) Units on the off road test course at Daimler Truck. Was a great experience to feel what this machine is capable of. 2500 rpm at like 0.5 mph at 70% grade. Felt like a roller coaster pulling you to the top. The pneumatic seat was also really great. With your feet you felt what the vehicle did, but in the seat it was all mutet and softened. What a machine.

Great video, I'd recommend some of the Tatra suspension comparison videos, they really show of what it can do!

I've seen a few ex-army Unimogs purchased by the public over here in Australia and converted to mobile homes / campers for trips around the country. You can pick them up at the ex-military auctions. Don't know how much they are but would have to be cheaper than a new one. There's also a 4x4 rescue guy who uses one in the Victorian High Country. I freakin love these things.

I had one of those Mercedes experience days once. First, we got to drive an AMG sports car around a small track, then we did some drifting on a wet surface and some break testing. Afterwards, we moved to an M-Class and onto an off-roading test track. The off-roading was of course a completely different experience, very slow, but so cool. I wouldn’t have thought so beforehand, but I enjoyed the off-roading way more than being on the track. Now to be fair, it was a pretty terrible track, very short and without any fast corners. But still, the off-roading was on another level. The coolest bit was when we went through a V-shaped channel. Because of the shape, there’s always only 3 tires touching the ground with one tire being up in the air. As you manoeuvre through the channel, sometimes the airborne tire switches, say from front-left to rear-right which results in the car pivoting forwards. That felt insane to an off-road-noob like myself. For a second you think that you’ll flip over. It was crazy fun.

NZDF used a range of UNIMOGs from the 1970s until recently but are now using MAN HX60 , HX58 & HX77 military trucks , and this year got HX 8x8 HRVs They use Pinzgauers for light transport

I've been watching UNIMOG stuff for years. So many variations on an already great vehicle.

The gearbox is a fully synchronized 8-speed manual gearbox with lockable differentials. A reduction gear and a crawler gear were available as additional accessory. Engine: Mercedes-Benz OM 353.959; Merced... Also called: Unimog U 1300 L; Unimog U 1700 ... Successor: Unimog 437 Related: Unimog 436 that why

I like the Unimos from the 80th more. I've grown up driving one from that generation. It was so much fun, being 14 and driving the Unimog on the fields of my uncle. He said "You can drive it if you can fix it." It took me a year and a lot of help from my uncle. :-)

Greatings from sout-west Germany where these babies are being build. Production moved from the town of Gaggenau to the main MB truck factory in Wörth a couple of years ago. There is an amazing museum on those here, too. So whenever you make it to Germany; drop me a line and I’ll show you around.

Thanks Ian. I remember Unimogs having a tray that could tip up, or sideways, left or right. Fendt tractors do, or did, as well. Cheers digger.

Hi from the UK. More Unimog please they are amazing vehicles!

The most fun I've had in four wheels was with one of those more utilitarian ATVs with huge tires, diff locks, and a winch. Racing is fun, but driving in outrageous terrain is on a different level

In my 4 years of service in the German army, this truck has never let me down. If you find a terrain where this workhorse gets stuck, call for a helicopter! Unimog for Ever!

Greetz from Hessen, Germany! As a small child, I saw my first Unimog rolling in our village, and felt in love with this vehicle! Who can resist?

used to drive a Unimog during military service. We managed to dug it in in mud, driver side 5 ft deep in mud, co drivers side 2 ft deep. But got it out with the 30 metric ton back winch (front winch just had 10 tons payload). Had also a 120ft crane on it for working on antennas, and a manhole drill - which in fact was a anchor drill. 5 min for drilling 1ft dia, 6 ft deep, for putting tower bankers. Quite a beast. 8 gears forward plus 8 terrain gears, and a switch for forward and backward. So we had 32 gears for advancing. Lowest terrain gear allowed max speed of less than 1 mph, but with tremendous pulling force.

Some years ago I went on a trekking on Etna vulcan, in Sicily, and the guide tooks us on the pick using a Unimog based bus... That was hella cool!

I wouldn't call the UNIMOG 'king of the road' but definately 'king off road'! 👍 Greetings from the 'Südpfalz' in Germany!

I'm with you! I always preferred the old Unimog 406, but that crew cab is just beautiful.

5:00 a quick search shows 47 gallons, or 180 liters for the U5000 model, which is one of the later versions. the current engine is the OM 924 LA, a 4.8 liter turbo charged 4 cylinder diesel which adheres to Euro 3 emissions regulations. mainly used in city/coach busses.

There are many configurations that set the price. A new one can cost US$ 400,000 while a used model is affordable for just $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 plus shipping to the US. But I believe that $ 80,000 to $ 150,000 is the average price range.

Yep, I am with you here, love off roading driving more than speed, it's all about the drive and skill set, love to take my old army landrover defender and do this 👍

As a student, I worked odd-job-wise (I didn't have a bowler-hat with a razor sharp brim though) for a carpenter who made playground-furniture and had a tatty seventies Mog with a little crane mounted on the trailer. It was quite an experience riding in it with some sort of playground-tower, two swings, a seesaw and a lot of tools on the bed and his australian shepherd on my lap. It feel like being on a watchtower, or rather on the bridge of a ship that's swaying about. The weirdest is that there are eight gears and the top speed was about 50mph, so the sound of the engine doesn't fit the speed in the way one is used to. However, he hardly ever let anyone else drive it. I only once drove it at less than walking pace for about 50 metres when drilling holes for a fence.

I was in the army in the 90's, medic brigade like M.A.S.H. We had several Unimog as KrKw (military ambulance car). Places you can go with it: McDonald's drive through, tank driving school track.

This Thing is so Awesome ^^ (the first ones Name was The All-Rounder) I Tell you my First contact with the Grandfather from this Beast . 1976 i was 5 years "old" A Farmer drove an UNIMOG as that was it made (sorry for my Grammar)and tilled the field with a plough. The hood was gone to support the engine. It was so Amazing . Torque of Death Of Doom

4:54 Unimogs are sometimes diesel, sometimes multifuel; meaning they can run everything: diesel, petrol, raw oil, frying oil, etc.

The blue mog was registered in Saxony just west of a region called the Saxony Swiss, which is on the border between Saxony and the Check Republic, it was named as such for it's resemblance to the swiss alps.

We used a 1959 model in the military with a top heavy box for comms: 6 cylinder gas engine (5 mpg - lol), no power steering, no power brakes, heating only for the driver, top speed61 mph downhill with a tail wind - BUT, that thing could climb anything - amaxing

you can actually buy these quite easily, especially used ones. depending on age, size and mounted attachment, they go for 16k up to 150k for used one. the US Army had one version made for them in the early '90s, the U 419, so maybe you can get one of these if they still exist.

Damn, I love this; these vehicles do not give a rip no matter what you drive them on, climbing over hills like they're nothing!

8:45 I totally feel the same! It would definitely be a more rewarding experience! Love from Sweden!

I just noticed when you asked the blue truck in the snow where it was taken that the license plate number is SOK-U4023. Germany is divided into federal states and these are divided into districts. Every license plate in Germany begins with letters indicating the district. SOK stands for the district in which I live and means Saale-Orla-Kreis in Thuringia. A beautiful area that has a lot to offer.

You can buy them also as a two-way vehicle for road-rail shunting. It drives on rails and roads in industrial areas and is able to pull 1000 tons of railway waggons.

Around 100 litres, or 26.4 gals. Yes it's diesel. If you want more to know about the course goolgle "Unimog Testgelände Ötigheim". Most of the footage was taken there. There's not a standard model. Every Unimog will be custumized as the customer wants it. But that fits on every agricultural machine here.

Lol imagine rocking up in your typical American neighbourhood in one of those 🤣😂🤣😂

When I was 16, I visited MB factory on a school trip and they made Unimogs there. It was such a cool experience.

UNImog the most versatile vehicle ever! love it!

On the right side of the hood it says "Der Alleskönner" that generally is a "Jack of all trades".

Unimog is an abbreviation and means "Universal Motorgerät (Motordevice)". it comes from my area here, developed & built a few kilometres away. To me it is one oft the best Off Road Verhicles and comes with total understatement. Originally, especially agricultural purposes and for communities were the main applications, but you can use it for all and nothing :).

Depending on the number plate in the footage of the blue one in the snow it could be in a slightly mountainous area in the eastern part of Germany. Here in Germany a lot of Unimogs are used in forrestal work and for various duties like you mentioned already. Riding in the more modern versions is not uncomfortable but more feels like in a big truck, not an SUV.

Depending on the model series, a Unimog has a tank capacity of 145 to 235 litres (i.e. 38 to 62 gallons).

When I was at the museum in Stuttgart, the U500 was one of my favourite exhibits.

Here in Europe these things are pretty rare as well. They started out as an uliterian power bank that also moves under it's own power but turned into a a versatile extreme offroad capable truck. You see them mainly in Germany as maintenace vehicles off and on, and as a military vehicle. The reason is that they have become pretty expensive so other, perhaps modified commercial vehicles, make more sense. I just can't imagine why they never sold them in the US where they would fit in in a lot of offroad and agricultural purposes where your standard 4x4 pickup truck just doesn't cut it.

Right now snow plow season is slowly starting in Germany. This is almost exclusive Unimog territory in my region (except a few agricultural tractors or smaller trucks for private snow plow action).

I notice that the dealer near Heathrow London has one 3 years old, single cab pretty basic for a Unimog but it does have a 300bhp engine for sale at £185,000 ($215,000ish). See if you can find a video of one with the steering which slides across the cab, so you are sat on the edge for any steep drops.

The Mog(German short Name) At 9.11 is an older model. It was available as BRABUS Unimog. Must See!! For cruising in the City. Nice Video! Hugs from Germany!🇺🇲🇩🇪🇺🇦

I was responsible for the maintenance and repair of Unimogs during my time in the army. absolutely brilliant beasts! btw, on the bonnet of white mog ist written "The all-rounder". 😉

Greetings from Germany, i'm a huge fan of the UNIMOG as well! "Universal Motor Gerät" is what the name is meaning. You can literally do everything with it. Drove one once and fell in love with it. But it's too pricy and in Germany you need a special license for it -.-

I got to drive one from the 70s in the army. Best truck ever

you need to check out the unimog adventure camper conversions...the perfect bug out vehicle!!!

Well, this here shows the absolutely LEGENDARY off-road capacity the Unimog has. And it explains the saying: "A Unimog NEVER gets stuck. Unless the Driver WANTS it." perfectly.

Unimogs are the pinnacle of trucks in my opinion. Well made German stuff, as always! Greetings from Sweden.

The SOK plate is from Salle-Orle-Kreis in Thuringen, East Germany. Afte reunification, most three-letter plates were re-allocated to East German counties.

In Australia our army uses these and I’ve seen a few of the older ones (ex army?) converted to what must be the ultimate mobile home

The Orange one also have the option to move controls to the other side of the cab. It has the quick attach hitch on the front for a mower.

We got one in our local THW (Federal Agency for Technical Relief) And since they also had a voluntary group for youth I got to ride in one of these. THEY ARE FUUUUNNNN!

3:48 your king of the road. ''Where we go we dont need roads'' 🤣 And it holds 45 normal and 63.5 gallone upgraded.

They are just a bloody awesome rig, i just want one.

Unimog also serve as basis for the Armored Vehicle "DINGO", very reliable, well prepared by KMW (who build Leopard 2 MBT's)

I brought an older single cab UL1700 ex-army, so much fun driving off-road 😁

Drove the unimog and the MPV (Buffel) version and got blown up in the MPV during the Bush War in Namibia and Angola, incredible vehicle.

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog starts at around $225,000, but that's for a bare-bones single-cab vehicle. Add the double-cab, the tyre inflation system (and who wouldn't want that!) and a few other necessities and the price rises rapidly. The Unimog U5023 (approx. $250,000) is powered by a new 5.1-liter, 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 231 hp and a road-distorting 661 lb-ft of torque.

I had the luck to drive a unimog for several years. We had an model from the 80's as a forest fire fighting truck in Germany. It was really amazing, what you could do with it, if you had enough experience.

I totally agree to prefer a Unimog offroad experience over a Supercar. A Unimog expedition Vehicle and a trip through Australia. That would be a dream I wished I could make come true.

On the hood on the white one is written the "do it all" in German freakin Love those machines

Maybe you'd find the review of Unimog by Doug DeMuro. I like how he gets into the details, how he can't stop laughing, and how great he finds this beast :) If you haven't yet, I suggest you see it :)

you should also look at pinzgauers or volvo tgb's, especially the 6x6 versions are awesome

Need to check some Unimogs with extras. Extreme job

I think the first unimog was a UNIMOG U5023 CREW CAB VERSION costs new approx. $200,000 to over $400,000 depends on the extras you want which has been around since 2013 .The blue unimog was a U4023 that costs $25,000 less.

In the terrain, there is nothing comparable in the world. There is also no more versatile vehicle in the world.And there is no off-road vehicle that has such cult status in the world.However, this also means that the waiting times until delivery are correspondingly long.And it means that even very old and rocked vehicles cost astronomical prices.My absolute favorite car for a self-conversion to an expedition vehicle - if I can ever afford a UNIMOG.

My mates got one of these, forded a 7ft deep flooded out crossing water up to the windows and the rear bed was underwater. It didnt so much as stumble, amazing vehicles and in europe at least they are not unaffordable. His was ex german military and he paid less than £19K for it including shipping it to the UK and getting it fully road registered. A bargain considering a new one is £175K. On its paperwork and insurance it is registered as a tractor. Cant use the motorway network but to be honest you would not want to, above 55 mph it is scary to drive haha. Off road tho, i dont care what you are driving or how well you think it handles mud the mog will outperform it.

We have that orange version on our airport especially for pulling aircraft in any situation. Without rear steering.

Damn ... you really have a crush on that truck =)

The blue Unimog on snow, crossing the snowy creek, had a lisense plate of Saale-Orla Kreis, a community in Thuringia, Germany.