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=== 1990s === ==== 1992 – New light models ==== [[File:Blue Unimog 408 or 418 pickup truck.jpg|thumb|Unimog 408 [[dump truck]]]] In the early 1990s, the new light models 408 (U 90) and 418 (U 110-U 140) with newly designed cabins were introduced to replace the predecessor models. The new very diagonal front portion gives the operator a good overview forward. The 408 features an asymmetric front bonnet, which is lower on the driver's side. This is supposed to permit the driver a good overview. A new ladder frame and progressively working coil springs to improve the Unimog's handling were implemented. In addition to that, the Unimog received a new tyre pressure adjustment system that can be operated whilst driving, an anti-skid system, new engines, and a "Servolock" mechanism for the hydraulic connection of implements. ==== 1994 – The "Funmog" ==== In March 1994, Mercedes-Benz presented the design concept "Funmog", a luxury version of the Unimog, on the International Off-Road-Exhibition in Köln, Germany. Based on the 408-series,<ref name="Funmog">Daimler-Benz AG (ed): ''[https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/de/instance/ko/Unimog-Studie-Funmog-praesentiert.xhtml?oid=4912709 Unimog Studie „Funmog" präsentiert]''. 15 March 1994. Retrieved 30 December 2018</ref> it was only built by special order. Luxury options such as leather seats, deluxe carpeting and other interior modifications were available; though the design featured chrome bull bars and air horns, it lacked hydraulics and was limited to a total mass of 5,000 kg.<ref name="Trucker">{{cite web |author-first=Jan |author-last=Burgdorf |url=http://www.trucker.de/mercedes-funmog-die-suche-nach-dem-sinn-1723283.html |title=Mercedes Funmog: Die Suche nach dem Sinn |lang=de |date=24 December 2015 |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> Starting price was DM 140,000.<ref name="Rhein-Zeitung" /> A total of twelve units were built through 1997 by Daimler-Benz,<ref name="Rhein-Zeitung">Rhein Zeitung: ''[http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/on/97/08/06/topnews/funmog.html Vom Unimog zum Funmog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181412/http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/on/97/08/06/topnews/funmog.html |date=2018-12-30 }}''. 6 August 1997. Retrieved 30 December 2018</ref> most exported to Japan.<ref name=Nellinger />{{rp|23}} ==== 1995 – U 2450 L 6×6 ==== [[File:Abenteuer Allrad 2013 - Unimog 437 U4000 6x6 RV Unicat MD52h.jpg|thumb|Unimog U 2450 L 6×6]] In 1995, the Unimog U 2450 L 6×6 (437.156), an all-wheel-drive, 3-axle Unimog version, was presented.<ref>Unimog-Club Gaggenau: ''[https://unimog-club-gaggenau.de/historie-unimog/1992-2002/ Unimog 1992 bis 2002]'', retrieved 30 December 2018</ref> ==== 1996 – UX 100 ==== Mercedes-Benz presented the Unimog 409 (officially called UX 100) in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=854 |title=Mercedes-Benz Unimog UX100 |website=TrucksPlanet.com |access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> It is the smallest Unimog model ever made and designed to slip speedily over sidewalks and around plants. Within a few years, production of the UX 100 was transferred to the [[Multicar]] subsidiary of [[Hako GmbH]], who specialize in vehicles of this kind and size.
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