Used Car of the Day: 1981 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406

by Tim Healey

Published: October 13th, 2023

used car of the day 1981 mercedes benz unimog 406

Today's UCOTD is a bit, uh, different. We're presenting you with a horse of a different feather -- a 1981 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406. Well, the owner thinks it's a 1981. The model year is unclear.

Apparently, it runs well and was mostly used only for plowing snow (cue Mr. Plow theme song). It has new tires. It also has rear counterweights and the seller is offering some spare parts.

He or she has kept current with the fluid changes.

Oh, and it's registered as a special vehicle/utility vehicle in California.

If you're into this sort of thing, this Truckee, California-based Unimog can be yours for $15,500, with the spare parts running you an extra $800. Click here for more.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Likescars on Oct 15, 2023

I had a blue Matchbox car

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Lou_BC on Oct 15, 2023

These are cool and tend to sell for too much money. I'd love one just for the portal axles.

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Theflyersfan One day, some of these sellers will come to the realization that cars are not houses and putting expensive upgrades into one doesn't equal a higher selling price down the road. $29,000? The only Challenger that has a chance of value down the road, and only with low miles, is the Hellcat.
SaulTigh The Cyclone engine was really powerful, but with a fatal flaw. Ask me how I know.
Tassos You can answer your own question for yourself, Tim, if you ask instead"Have Japanese (or Korean) Automakers Eaten Everyone's Lunch"?I am sure you can answer it without my help.
Tassos WHile this IS a legitimate used car, unlike the vast majority of Tim's obsolete 30 and 40 year old pieces of junk, the price is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. It is not even a Hellcat. WHat are you paying for? The low miles? I wish it had DOUBLE the miles, which would guarantee it was regularly driven AND well maintained these 10 years, and they were easy highway miles, not damaging stop-go city miles!!!
Tassos Silly and RIdiculous.The REAL Tassos.