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The Mercedes-Benz Ponton was car manufacturer Daimler-Benz's first entirely new model in the post World War 2 period. The Mercedes-Benz Ponton was launched in July 1953 and in the subsequent 9 years Daimler-Benz would go on to produce over half a million Mercedes-Benz Ponton cars until production ceased at the end of 1962.
Daimler-Benz in the immediate post World War 2 period
As one of Germany's major industrial complexes Daimler-Benz was the focus of intensive allied bombing which which left 60 years of Daimler-Benz industry in ruins and resulted in the Daimler-Benz board issuing a statement saying that the company ceased to exist in 1945. Despite this the company had by 1946 managed to start producing small pre-war designed low-powered vehicles that found a market in the post war austerity period. These early steps at rebuilding the Daimler-Benz company laid the foundation for a newly designed car to be introduced:the Mercedes-Benz Ponton.
The Mercedes-Benz Ponton era
Autumn 1953 arrived and the public could get their first view of the Mercedes-Benz Ponton W120 a four cylinder sedan, built with comfort and safety in mind. Over the next 3 years development continued as 3 different body styles, a sedan, a roadster and a cabriolet were released. These Mercedes-Benz Ponton models came with different engines including the 4 or 6 cylinder sedan, the 4 cylinder roadster and the 6 cylinder cabriolet
Design Innovation
In safety terms the Mercedes-Benz Ponton design team challenged the prevailing thinking at the time that safe cars had to be rigid bodied. The company wanted a unitary car body and the design team produced what became known as the three box design: a rigid passenger compartment with crumble zones to the front and rear. The crumple zone design was patented by Daimler-Benz, and proved to be a milestone in car design.
Origin of the name 'Ponton'
Mercedes-Benz Ponton: 'Ponton' is the German word for pontoon, and the cars name refers to the post war styling trend of 'pontoon fenders', which subsequently became known as 'Ponton styling'
Ponton Series
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![Bild 1/14 von Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet (1957)](https://cdn.classic-trader.com/I/images/640_480/vehicle_ad_standard_image_6350bd0fdad5b15ff7166b8b8ae4296c.jpg)
1957 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet
Mercedes-Benz 220 S Ponton Cabrio in schönster Farbkombination
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1958 | Mercedes-Benz 220 SE
Mercedes-Benz 220 Sedan
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1958 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet
Mercedes-Benz - 220S 'Ponton' (W180) Convertible 2,2L I6 - NO RESERVE - 1958
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1957 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet
Mercedes-Benz - 220 S Cabrio - 1957
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1957 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S
Super gepflegter Mercedes -Benz 220 S Ponton
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1959 | Mercedes-Benz 220 SE
Coupe Ponton tetto apribile
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1957 | Mercedes-Benz 190
MERCEDES 190 PONTON (Petrol)
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1958 | Mercedes-Benz 180 a
MERCEDES-BENZ 180b Ponton MANUALE RESTAURO TOTALE ASI ORO
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1957 | Mercedes-Benz 190
Spanish car Madrid Plates in original preserved condition
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1960 | Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Cabriolet
Restored by Arthur Bechtel in 2019
![Bild 1/14 von Mercedes-Benz 180 (1956)](https://cdn.classic-trader.com/I/images/640_480/vehicle_ad_standard_image_68578ff29db45bf15ad1546f5029c467.jpg)
1956 | Mercedes-Benz 180
Sunroof
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1956 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S
Highly original with Webasto sunroof
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1955 | Mercedes-Benz 180 D
Restoration Project
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1959 | Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet
Mercedes Benz Ponton 220 S cabriolet
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1957 | Mercedes-Benz 180
Mercedes 180 Diesel Ponton - 1957