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First Truck Sale

When: 1 October 1896 (recorded sale date)
Where: Bad Cannstatt (company base, not confirmed sale or construction site)
Part of: Gottlieb Daimler builds the first gasoline truck

Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft recorded the sale of its first 1.5-ton payload truck to London's British Motor Syndicate Ltd, dated October 1, 1896.

The transaction involved a vehicle with a 1.5-ton payload capacity. This sale is documented as occurring on October 1, 1896, though this date reflects the sale record rather than a verified construction date. The event is associated with the company's operations, which were based in Cannstatt (Bad Cannstatt), though the specific site of construction or sale is not confirmed in the supplied passages.

Sources

Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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