Unimog Medium-Series Implement Carrier (BR418) · U 110 / U 130 / U 140

BR418

Same cab, same sight-channel bonnet, one size up.

Production
1992–1998
Built
1,223
Body
Implement carrier
Chassis
BR418
Unimog Medium-Series Implement Carrier (BR418) (BR418)

The medium half of the pair Mercedes-Benz launched in 1992 shared its sibling's angular cab and flattened bonnet, then added a litre of displacement and two more tonnes of gross weight.

Where the light 408 replaced the 407, the BR418 — MBU, the medium Unimog series — took over from the 417, and the two were presented together at Hanover in May 1992 as the U 110 and U 140 beside the smaller U 90. The cab, the choice of normal or raised roof and the optional sight-channel bonnet all carried across; the difference was underneath, where a 3,972 cc four-cylinder OM 364 replaced the five-cylinder OM 602 and lifted permissible gross weight to 7.2 tonnes. Three wheelbases were catalogued — 2,830 mm, 3,470 mm for the long "L" models and 3,900 mm for a handful of the longest — alongside a cab-and-drivetrain-only Triebkopf, Baumuster 418.000, sold as a drive head for bodybuilders and implement work.

The range thinned as it went: the U 110 left the price list in 1995, and Euro II compliance brought a small enough power increase that the U 130 was simply renamed U 140. Gaggenau stopped building the 418 in 1998, three years ahead of the 408 and with no direct replacement — 1,223 vehicles across seven Baumuster, after which the implement-carrier 405 line introduced in 2000 covered the ground both series had held.

BR418 interior
The MBU cab, shared with the lighter 408 and laid out for implement work.

Every model.

9 designations across seven Baumuster, 1992–1998 — engines, chassis codes and production figures for the BR418.

ModelLata modelowePodwozieSilnikSkrzynia biegówRazem
U 1101992–1995418.100364220
U 1301992–1996418.102364779
U 1401996–1998418.102364uwzględnione powyżej
U 140 L1992–1998418.117364204
U 110 L1992–1995418.115364uwzględnione powyżej
U 140 L1992–1998418.2173645
U 140 L/391992–1998418.2373644
U 130 T1992–1996418.00036411
U 140 T1996–1998418.000364uwzględnione powyżej

* Opublikowana liczba produkcji obejmuje każdą serię tego modelu; źródło nie rozbija jej dalej.

BR418 side profile
Studio profile of the BR418 — the medium series on its 2,830 mm wheelbase.

Year by year.

The launch range, mid-production model rationalisation and end of the medium 418 series.

  1. 1992
    • The BR418 debuted at the Hanover commercial vehicle show in May.
    • The BR418 replaced the medium-series BR417.
    • The angular cab shared with the BR408 was offered with a standard or raised roof.
    • A sight-channel bonnet improved the driver’s view of the left implement mount.
    • The Hanover display vehicles were badged U 110 and U 140; the initial production range comprised the U 110 and U 130.
    • A Triebkopf drive-head variant was offered for specialist bodies.
  2. 1995
    • The U 110 left the range, leaving the U 130 to carry the series.
  3. 1996
    • The Euro II engine revision changed the U 130 sales designation to U 140.
  4. 1998
    • Production ended at Gaggenau after 1,223 vehicles.
    • The BR418 ended without a direct successor.
BR418 rear three-quarter view
Rear three-quarter view of the BR418 and its rear implement mount.

Engines.

One four-cylinder family in two states of tune. Euro II lifted the intercooled version to 103 kW, which is where the U 130 became the U 140.

OM 364

Inline-4 diesel
  • OM 364 A 4.0 L · 3,972 cc

    102 PS

    75 kW · 101 KM przy 2,400 obr./min

    358 N·m

    264 lb·ft przy 1,300 obr./min

  • OM 364 LA 4.0 L · 3,972 cc

    133 PS

    98 kW · 131 KM przy 2,400 obr./min

    428 N·m

    316 lb·ft przy 1,300 obr./min