Mercedes-Benz Diesel Automobiles

Mercedes-Benz Diesel Automobiles by Nitske, Robert. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780879381462.

Diesel-engined passenger automobiles are an old tradition with Daimler-Benz and the various production models built since 1936 (until the publication of this book in 1981) are described. The author, W. Robert Nitske, was born in Germany in 1909 (d. 2015) and became American. His career included being a Feature Editor for the Mercedes-Benz Star, the National Secretary/Treasurer and then National President (1998) of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. He was a former columnist for Motor Racing and reporter on international races. He was the author of over ten books. He was one of the foremost experts on Mercedes in this country, and this book is full of authentic historic facts about diesel cars. This book tells in 150 pages, with 322 superb illustrations, the nearly hundred-year history of Daimler and Benz. The reader gets a truly comprehensive insight into the history of the oldest automobile manufacturer in the world.