About Millipedes and Rounded Hoods

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From 1911 on the Mercedes plant in Gaggenau had been used for the production of commercial models. However, output remained modest until the introduction of Mercedes’ first new post-war design, the L 6600 heavy-duty truck. It became highly popular, especially in the post-war re-emerging long-distance transport sector. Another new design was the cab-over-engine LP 333, known as the “Millipede”, which was built from 1958 and, with two steered front axles, was the tailor-made response to new restrictive regulations imposed on dimensions and weights in Germany. Some 1800 were made. In 1959, Daimler-Benz launched a new series of “rounded hood” trucks of which the heavy-duty versions were also produced in Gaggenau. These trucks remained successful in exports until the 1990s, and as far as we know, they were until recently still produced in Argentina.

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