UNIMOG: The Massive Mercedes Truck You’ve Never Heard Of | Up To Speed

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    The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is like a rolling Swiss army knife. Half truck, half tractor, all MASSIVE. Originally built for farming by a company that made metal trinkets in a country banned from making military equipment, the Unimog now does everything from army service to off-road racing and climbing volcanos.
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  • @max-zh1dp
    @max-zh1dp Před 4 lety +3203

    Donut Media: "... you've never heard of."
    Entire Europe: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @steveguzman6141
      @steveguzman6141 Před 4 lety +51

      0:01 looks like Russian dudes having fun with German truck lol at least I think its Russians their like the "white homies" of Europe.

    • @goldnmnkyua
      @goldnmnkyua Před 4 lety +22

      @@steveguzman6141 That one had russian plates, but USSR did quickly copy the Unimog - Gaz 66

    • @rudkacka
      @rudkacka Před 4 lety +29

      @@steveguzman6141 those dudes were czech

    • @N1NTHWARD
      @N1NTHWARD Před 4 lety +38

      Entire world, more like it. Anyone with a mild interest in capable trucks knows about the Unimog.

    • @firstescobar6863
      @firstescobar6863 Před 4 lety +7

      It's mainly for an american audience that's why

  • @M_M_J
    @M_M_J Před 4 lety +5551

    "never heard of the Unimog"
    Germans: "must be a April fools joke"

    • @hazgebu
      @hazgebu Před 4 lety +245

      Yeah.... Over here you see them everywhere.
      Every "Gemeindebauhof" has one.
      Never thought about that they aren't that popular everywhere.

    • @sneaky_krait7271
      @sneaky_krait7271 Před 4 lety +48

      You also see them in the Netherlands!

    • @DefinitelyNotEmma
      @DefinitelyNotEmma Před 4 lety +8

      Tbh I thought exactly that xD

    • @niklasfitzinger2482
      @niklasfitzinger2482 Před 4 lety +1

      No it isn't search it in the internet

    • @taraktassia508
      @taraktassia508 Před 4 lety +33

      I work for Mercedes here in my country Algeria and we do assemble unimogs for the army

  • @stefanprofanter6878
    @stefanprofanter6878 Před 3 lety +862

    You forgot to mention that Mercedes is still doing the spare parts for the very first models! A mercedes manager once replied with: "we still dont know" as a reporter asked him whats the average lifespawn of an unimog.

    • @Menugius
      @Menugius Před 2 lety +98

      In fact, Mercedes still manufactures parts for every single vehicle they have ever made - and if they have to do it by hand for just one person. You can even still buy every Mercedes vehicle ever brand new (for insane prices, of course) - including the first ever car.

    • @chris-su8ns
      @chris-su8ns Před 2 lety +50

      That's not a joke, in my neighboring town a Unimog, built in 63, is used every day for work.

    • @TremereTT
      @TremereTT Před 2 lety +14

      @@chris-su8ns I mean its a tractor basically.

    • @william_SMMA
      @william_SMMA Před 2 lety +5

      @@Menugius wait, that's illegal

    • @octavianfie5918
      @octavianfie5918 Před rokem +18

      How should Mercedes know UNIMOGs' lifespan if they simply refuse to die on duty?!

  • @goliathprojects7354
    @goliathprojects7354 Před 3 lety +889

    This is so weird to watch. Here in Germany these things are everywhere xD

    • @toom__s
      @toom__s Před 3 lety +1

      Fr

    • @nickn2261
      @nickn2261 Před 2 lety +10

      I have never seen one ever in Canada or the USA.

    • @goliathprojects7354
      @goliathprojects7354 Před 2 lety +15

      @@nickn2261 You think it would sell well?

    • @wyattwilliams2457
      @wyattwilliams2457 Před 2 lety +12

      @@goliathprojects7354 it would In my area

    • @SirGeldi
      @SirGeldi Před 2 lety +14

      That's why it is the universal Motor Gerät.

  • @onyxviper9394
    @onyxviper9394 Před 4 lety +507

    For everyone who asks,
    Unimog is the German Short Form for:
    Universal-Motor-Gerät
    Wich means Universal engine device

    • @wolfgangrembeck
      @wolfgangrembeck Před 4 lety +42

      And if you wanna say us germans have no imagination when it comes to naming our vehicles you are 100%, absolutly... right 🤣

    • @andreg9777
      @andreg9777 Před 4 lety +2

      Which*

    • @andreg9777
      @andreg9777 Před 4 lety

      Dave Micolichek same.

    • @DaBrute
      @DaBrute Před 4 lety +9

      People that don't watch the video to 4:02 will thank you...

    • @ch_dn
      @ch_dn Před 4 lety +1

      That is such a German name. I love it.

  • @sudmuck
    @sudmuck Před 4 lety +826

    Kid: daddy, where do unimogs come from?
    Dad: well, when a tractor & a truck love each other very much...

  • @luxas7
    @luxas7 Před 3 lety +171

    "never heard of"
    every German: (laughs) u are fkn kidding me right?!

    • @TheGlitch93
      @TheGlitch93 Před 3 lety +3

      Richtig

    • @fabstarh.1523
      @fabstarh.1523 Před 3 lety +4

      Junge Unimog kann man auch mit Bratfett betanken

    • @luxas7
      @luxas7 Před 3 lety +2

      @@fabstarh.1523 oder ne schöne flasche sonnenblumenöl haha

  • @hihi-eg1rr
    @hihi-eg1rr Před 3 lety +225

    I'm from Germany and unimogs sound like childhood for me . We still have two of them

    • @toom__s
      @toom__s Před 3 lety +3

      My dad always wanted one :(

    • @Toyota-Coaster
      @Toyota-Coaster Před 2 lety +1

      @@toom__s why the sad face?

    • @ryanebrecht5651
      @ryanebrecht5651 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm really jealous. I wish they were available in the USA.

    • @blakew8357
      @blakew8357 Před 2 lety

      @Ryan Ebrecht is there literally no way to get one legally without it being a classic? I don't get why one couldn't pay for emissions conversions and such if that was the issue. I love these things and I honestly don't get what the problem would be.

  • @Dreso87
    @Dreso87 Před 4 lety +1045

    donut: "The Massive Mercedes Truck You’ve Never Heard Of"
    germans: hold my sauerkraut

    • @John-qh3kj
      @John-qh3kj Před 4 lety +7

      Andy Wan Kenobi why does everyone think germany and sauerkraut. Literally seen noone eat sauerkraut (except christmas) since idk 7 years here

    • @Ben-gb9qr
      @Ben-gb9qr Před 4 lety +10

      @@John-qh3kj was das die Bayern machen. Glaub ich. War noch nicht da. Aber es ist klar das die deutsche national speiße die Currywurst ist.

    • @Kurasaku_
      @Kurasaku_ Před 4 lety +8

      Döner

    • @hardyschilling644
      @hardyschilling644 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Kurasaku_ I actually really love my Sauerkraut. By the way: its best served raw - yummy!

    • @junkymonkey3005
      @junkymonkey3005 Před 4 lety +6

      @@John-qh3kj und dann noch das Vorurteil, dass Deutsche kein Humor haben...

  • @240pixel
    @240pixel Před 4 lety +587

    Title: "You've never heard of"
    Me: riding in the back of one every day in the military.

    • @commandohazelnuts
      @commandohazelnuts Před 4 lety +8

      My mentor has one. I've seen three in Los Angeles lol

    • @markmasonsusee5283
      @markmasonsusee5283 Před 4 lety +2

      At the shady ass place I bought the VW pictured they had one in bright primary blue. If it didnt make sense to use a Unimog as a commuter, I would have got that.

    • @georgelane1377
      @georgelane1377 Před 4 lety +3

      One literally drove into my school

    • @rickrandom6734
      @rickrandom6734 Před 4 lety +1

      In my home town municipal maintenance unit used Unimogs.

  • @bruhnt5063
    @bruhnt5063 Před 3 lety +175

    "The symptom of hair loss is losing your hair"
    "The floor is made out of floor"

    • @alvinmodz
      @alvinmodz Před 3 lety +5

      Also.. every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes.

    • @glennso47
      @glennso47 Před 3 lety +3

      Sounds like a Biden gaffe.

    • @nohandleatall1968
      @nohandleatall1968 Před 3 lety

      In fact the floor is the only sure thing to stop hair loss.

    • @divinitygaming8673
      @divinitygaming8673 Před 2 lety

      In other news water is wet

    • @rosshart9514
      @rosshart9514 Před 4 měsíci

      It's a living thing
      What a terrible thing to lose
      (ELO)

  • @rc9667
    @rc9667 Před 2 lety +23

    When I was in the Portuguese Army we used Unimog for everything. What a beast of vehicle.

    • @disillusionedanglophile7680
      @disillusionedanglophile7680 Před 2 lety +2

      Were you in Angola or Mocambique? We used these SADF in the 70s when the Portuguese left Africa. Angola is an amazing place

  • @Arnechk
    @Arnechk Před 4 lety +991

    I've known unimogs way before I knew Supras and Skylines existed.

  • @Will-le4lm
    @Will-le4lm Před 4 lety +266

    Unimog: used as military vehicle Allies: hey stop it

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige Před 4 lety +11

      France: *I asked you to stop!*

    • @mariekirpalova9329
      @mariekirpalova9329 Před 4 lety +5

      Allies: hold the fuck up

    • @fries4450
      @fries4450 Před 4 lety +8

      No no no, it's really tractors this time!

    • @Hybris51129
      @Hybris51129 Před 4 lety +7

      West Germans: But we are using them against the Communists.
      Allies: Well ok... we'll let this slide for now. But we are watching you...

    • @aslamnurfikri7640
      @aslamnurfikri7640 Před 4 lety +4

      The reason was the Allies was sick of Germany naming tanks as tractors

  • @user-ho1tt1xy8w
    @user-ho1tt1xy8w Před 3 lety +2

    We actually got an unimog 416 with a six cylinder ,5.7 liters ,110 hp Diesel engine and it’s actually A BEAST .It is insanely durable and extremely capable.It can cross mud ,high up to its axels while carrying several tons of soil or rocks and still 0 breakdowns and 0 failures.Also
    Can toe many tons (20 and more ) with ease .The fact that a so old machine is so capable and can almost do anything
    even after all these years makes me fall in love with it

  • @cris471
    @cris471 Před 3 lety +17

    This is THE MOST interesting and humorous presentation of the Unimog I’ve ever seen !!
    You are awesome !!
    Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

  • @ieatass42069
    @ieatass42069 Před 4 lety +238

    11:17 "new massive 6x6"
    *shows unimog that clearly has 4 wheels*

  • @enoch3378
    @enoch3378 Před 4 lety +1458

    “You’ve never heard of”?
    Y’all have seriously underestimated your audience LOLOL 😂

    • @davidk843
      @davidk843 Před 4 lety +16

      HAHAHAHAH TRUE

    • @urznightmare
      @urznightmare Před 4 lety +21

      Severely especially since this is in forza

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety +4

      I heard about this one before I learned about the Vanagan. Heck, half their earlier videos I knew the UNIMOG before.

    • @Aaron-ot1xs
      @Aaron-ot1xs Před 4 lety +8

      The Dakar rally is every year.

    • @Gtrx0998
      @Gtrx0998 Před 4 lety +4

      These videos are mostly targeted to non-car people.

  • @thqp
    @thqp Před rokem +7

    The 404 is such an icon, absolutely love that model to bits. My grandfather owned one, and as kid, riding in that thing was the best summer days ever!

  • @doublep1980
    @doublep1980 Před 4 lety +237

    "... never heard of Unimog.."
    In Germany you see these bad bois everywhere,specially in rural areas.
    They use them in agriculture outfitted with various farm equipment, transporting wood from forests,as vehicles for firefighters and Search/Rescue teams,in the construction sector,pretty much every municipal district has 1-2 that they use as snow blowers during winter (specially in more alpine areas like Bavaria) or to disperse salt on the roads,to prevent black ice.
    They even use them at airports,to pull commercial airline jets.

    • @Beverstoncastle5068
      @Beverstoncastle5068 Před 4 lety +11

      It's the same in the UK. I work on the railway and I've seen a few different road rail varieties, the most common of which being one fitted with an elevated work platform

    • @silverschannel8578
      @silverschannel8578 Před 4 lety +6

      think they also pronounce German names better in Germany

    • @romiarkan450
      @romiarkan450 Před 4 lety +1

      Haha first impression I have with the Unimog is that it would make a good vehicle for farming in general

    • @doublep1980
      @doublep1980 Před 4 lety +1

      During the winter,you see them all the time. They put on them this dispersing machine,that shits out salt and they drive around covering all the roads,to prevent black ice forming on the asphalt.

    • @cosmicphoenix7738
      @cosmicphoenix7738 Před 4 lety

      BIG BRAIN

  • @bossmansal67
    @bossmansal67 Před 4 lety +481

    "You've never heard of"
    Me: *2011 Lego Unimog u400 set*

    • @YNJ0525
      @YNJ0525 Před 4 lety +6

      i begged my dad to get that lmao. So much nostaliga

    • @doiceslife8374
      @doiceslife8374 Před 4 lety +2

      @@YNJ0525 now tell your dad he could've bought two as a investment

    • @doiceslife8374
      @doiceslife8374 Před 4 lety +11

      @Dave Micolichek obviously the box says ages 16-99 for that set

    • @fairguinevere666
      @fairguinevere666 Před 4 lety +7

      God that set is so fucking cool. Can be reconfigured to multiple different kits and has the whole pto/hydraulic system. One of my favorites, no question.

    • @hon3ybear538
      @hon3ybear538 Před 4 lety +1

      Omg same I loved that logo set

  • @mitsumpria9601
    @mitsumpria9601 Před 3 lety +10

    I live in Bavaria, Germany and here everyone knows the Unimog. In Germany it’s just a legend

    • @toom__s
      @toom__s Před 3 lety +1

      It's the big brother of the g class and the small brother of the mb Trac

    • @thepenman4865
      @thepenman4865 Před 3 lety +1

      Its the big brother pf practically every truck out there, the only thing that beats it is the zetros

    • @obelic71
      @obelic71 Před 3 lety

      @@thepenman4865 no quite the zetros is a heavy duty hauler for of road but can't be used like the unimog to operate hooked on tools.

  • @samschellhase8831
    @samschellhase8831 Před 3 lety +8

    Jokes on you, I had a pneumatic Lego (Technic) set of a Unimog from years back. I *have* heard of it!
    and honestly one of the cooler technic sets I've ever had. I think it was a Christmas gift and it took me a few days to build, but it was worth it. The suspension was incredible intricate, and the pneumatic system was super fun to figure out how it all worked--the A design was a crane arm with a grabber, the pneumatics powered two joints on the arm and the grabber, and the B design was a plow that rotated slightly side to side. And it actually had a "PTO," or the lego version of it, where the motor powered a mechanical system at each end. The plow could move up and down, the crane arm could swivel, and there was a winch that could be operated, on both models I believe

  • @John-qb8wh
    @John-qb8wh Před 4 lety +845

    Unimog is a brand nobody has ever heard off?
    Americans: yeah?
    Europeans: no?
    In fact, there's a unimog in my neighborhood, quite a truck really

    • @hazgebu
      @hazgebu Před 4 lety +13

      Not just one. A bunch of them

    • @halfwaydecentmechanics814
      @halfwaydecentmechanics814 Před 4 lety +7

      I saw a unimog driving down the road yesterday in South Dakota

    • @odanethomas1073
      @odanethomas1073 Před 4 lety +35

      When people think the United States of America is the whole world

    • @justat1149
      @justat1149 Před 4 lety +3

      Those things are just insane. Imagine daily driving that thing to work

    • @davidkelley751
      @davidkelley751 Před 4 lety +2

      Me to

  • @roastingminer6919
    @roastingminer6919 Před 4 lety +754

    Donut media: you've never heard of this truck
    Their entire audiance: so you have chosen death

    • @bossmansal67
      @bossmansal67 Před 4 lety +3

      Severely underrated comment

    • @russellzauner
      @russellzauner Před 4 lety +1

      I would have ran too. Was "the other guy" actually fired or did he flee the idiocracy that leaked onto my beloved internet

    • @user-gj6dv6sm9m
      @user-gj6dv6sm9m Před 4 lety +7

      Imagine being a car guy and not knowing about the unimog

    • @roastingminer6919
      @roastingminer6919 Před 4 lety

      @@user-gj6dv6sm9m word😂😂

    • @youtubeisbroken241
      @youtubeisbroken241 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s times like this I wonder just how into cars the producers are

  • @manuctz
    @manuctz Před 3 lety +17

    I was in an off-road club in Mexico and saw several unimogs there. Also, my neighbor has one here in San Antonio, TX.

  • @gazelam
    @gazelam Před 9 měsíci +1

    In summer of 1970 I got a job clearing ski trails at Snowbird ski resort. The crew building the tram used at least one Unimog. Sometimes we would see them headed up the mountain about dawn for their shift. Sometimes in the afternoon we’d see them coming back down the mountain. They were very fond of schnapps. The driver for their crew said that their Unimog had 3 ranges of 9 gears in each range. The lowest gear speed was 300 meters an hour and was used when they put a 2.5 meter radial snow thrower on the front PTO. Awesome!

  • @bibasik7
    @bibasik7 Před 4 lety +567

    "The Massive Mercedes Truck You've Never Heard Of"
    LEGO fans: Do not cite the deep magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.

    • @IamJay02
      @IamJay02 Před 4 lety +1

      Nice lmao

    • @Madpegasusmax
      @Madpegasusmax Před 4 lety +6

      I bought 2x 8110 (U400) sets so I can have the pneumatics snowplough and the arm clamp with the cargo bed at the same time .... (and add 4 Wheels steering connect to cabin steering wheel) , internal/external air compressor source (I build an automatic compressor 2 axles trailer ) and the cargo bed also tilts and opens in one side to dump ,and manage to install the front winch on top off the snow-plough connected to the original front PowerPort ... with trailer attached it makes a 1m long set (+/- 3.30 feet for imperial viewers ;)

    • @gspadez
      @gspadez Před 4 lety +1

      bibasik7 hard body felt that LEGO reference ✊🏿😎

    • @milesmorales9694
      @milesmorales9694 Před 4 lety

      You get a like for the Narnia reference

    • @jasper1337_
      @jasper1337_ Před 4 lety

      I have it 😄

  • @willjackson6522
    @willjackson6522 Před 4 lety +1589

    “you’ve never heard of”
    FH4 players punching the air rn

  • @BagginTea
    @BagginTea Před 3 lety +4

    I've been under the influence of these trucks for a few years now.
    THIS platform is so adaptable to all situations.

  • @filipkaradzic4794
    @filipkaradzic4794 Před 3 lety +41

    Americans: "Its a truck you never heared off"
    Same americans: "Its a truck thats been made for 75 yrs
    Ahh those americans

    • @EMMX39
      @EMMX39 Před 2 lety

      They aren't that good at history, you know..

    • @divinitygaming8673
      @divinitygaming8673 Před 2 lety

      Almost as long as their history xD

  • @phillipnagel4821
    @phillipnagel4821 Před 4 lety +759

    A Person that "never heard of the unimog" is just completely lost...

    • @tman4ever548
      @tman4ever548 Před 4 lety +19

      *Forza intensifies*

    • @nikhilsharma3563
      @nikhilsharma3563 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol 😂😂

    • @MrGembelo
      @MrGembelo Před 4 lety +8

      my neighbor had one, military specs

    • @PuncakeLena
      @PuncakeLena Před 4 lety +6

      So much this.
      I knew about it's existence ever since the LEGO set debuted.

    • @deniggo47
      @deniggo47 Před 4 lety +3

      I' m from Germany so we heard about it alot 😂 I never drove one sadly

  • @liamahchow7045
    @liamahchow7045 Před 4 lety +366

    "The truck you've never heard of"
    Military enthusiasts the world over:
    "yeah righto mate"

    • @HJZ75driver
      @HJZ75driver Před 4 lety +9

      NerdyLoki44 Australians be like.

    • @M3gaprod
      @M3gaprod Před 4 lety +1

      My neighbor has one

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety +3

      I knew of this one before half the other Up 2 Speed vehicles. I didn't realize it's range though. A friggen train!?

    • @nielsdebakker3283
      @nielsdebakker3283 Před 4 lety +2

      @@LegendStormcrow Where i worked 25 years ago, they had a unimog that was part time used as a shunter. It had a few concrete plates in the back for more traction. When it was used beside the track you lifted the fanged wheels and drove it on (or off) road.

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety

      @@nielsdebakker3283 noice

  • @varun-xy1fm
    @varun-xy1fm Před 3 lety +18

    U know the intro? It is in Czech language, and it basically says "holy cow!"

    • @HrHaakon
      @HrHaakon Před 2 lety

      I guess they czech-ed themselves before they wrecked themselves.

  • @mujdawood7892
    @mujdawood7892 Před 2 lety +1

    Hilariously informative Donut keep up the great work 👌

  • @beamngkuebel6753
    @beamngkuebel6753 Před 4 lety +580

    "Never herard of unimog"
    Me an German:
    Is this some kind of American joke i´m to german to understand?

    • @arealscotsman
      @arealscotsman Před 4 lety +11

      Same here in scotland. I have had one since 1990.

    • @mikezog1030
      @mikezog1030 Před 4 lety +7

      I think they are universally legendary off road beasts. I had never seen one and I knew about them at 6 years old.

    • @demiocusrex5992
      @demiocusrex5992 Před 4 lety +5

      Hier in Österreich gibts es auch einige

    • @tandeschnee
      @tandeschnee Před 4 lety +3

      @@demiocusrex5992 werden die nicht mittlerweile bei euch gebaut ?

    • @demiocusrex5992
      @demiocusrex5992 Před 4 lety +4

      @@tandeschnee keine Ahnung, aber die g klasse wird seit beginn hier gebaut

  • @pandazgotsweg431
    @pandazgotsweg431 Před 4 lety +206

    “Here you wanna drive?” *throws steering wheel to passenger*

    • @howieoffroad4459
      @howieoffroad4459 Před 4 lety +7

      Fuck I hope you can do that without having to pull over 😂😂

    • @kristjano123
      @kristjano123 Před 4 lety +19

      Just imagine what a pain in the ass it is for the police. Driving drunk but cops pull you over? Just slide the steering wheel to the other side...

    • @35manning
      @35manning Před 4 lety +34

      I want to buy this model for exactly that reason.
      Police approachs normal driver side, "sorry, wrong side officer".
      Police officer goes around to the other side.
      "sorry, wrong side officer".
      Policr officer goes back to the first side, steering wheel is in the middle with no seat located at it.
      "sorry officer, this vehicle is autonomous".

    • @chanceharman794
      @chanceharman794 Před 4 lety

      @@35manning 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lukanvanboxmeer363
    @lukanvanboxmeer363 Před 3 lety +15

    "never heard of the unimog"
    laughs in owning a unimig 406

  • @prancingmoose
    @prancingmoose Před 3 lety +8

    "That you've never heard of"
    FH4 Players: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @christiank.9943
    @christiank.9943 Před 4 lety +569

    When he started imitating Germans, my Weißwurst fell into my Hefeweizen Bier

    • @blankseventydrei
      @blankseventydrei Před 3 lety +19

      i hope it did not have Händlmaier Senf. already on it. ;-)

    • @yeyliz2161
      @yeyliz2161 Před 3 lety +2

      what is a Weibwurst?

    • @blankseventydrei
      @blankseventydrei Před 3 lety +8

      @@yeyliz2161 it is a sausage from Bavaria, white (weiss) with some kratuer in but not a strong taste so they have a special sweet mustard to go along with. Typically you need to peel the case off first

    • @2357y1113
      @2357y1113 Před 3 lety +4

      Mein Leben!

    • @aureliotomasturbao
      @aureliotomasturbao Před 3 lety +6

      Donut Media: "... you've never heard of."
      Entire Europe: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @Casedilla73
    @Casedilla73 Před 4 lety +510

    “You’ve Never Heard Of”
    What do you mean? It’s in Forza AND it’s a LEGO Technic set.

    • @2sik_UK
      @2sik_UK Před 4 lety +4

      I encountered one in the oncoming plane spilling in too my lane on a country road driving my tiny polo, literally it nearly crashed into me I'll not forget it, would have probably crushed me lol

    • @bubs45
      @bubs45 Před 4 lety +7

      was also a tv episode of Modern Marvels on some time in the 2000's, and I do have the LEGO set too and 5 Unimogs in Forza.

    • @BattleshipOrion
      @BattleshipOrion Před 3 lety +3

      And multiple City sets... I have 3 Lego unimogs, 2 snowplows, & a crawler.

    • @janwip6176
      @janwip6176 Před 3 lety +2

      And it's a real vehicle

    • @triplos05_27
      @triplos05_27 Před 3 lety

      Not to brag but i HAVE that lego set

  • @palashbhaumik42069
    @palashbhaumik42069 Před 3 lety +6

    We need an AMG version of this...with maybe an increased top speed of...wait for it...100MPH!!!

  • @juliuslehmann8442
    @juliuslehmann8442 Před 3 lety +3

    10:31 that moment when you find a picture of your small but beautiful German town in this video

  • @DjPatatochip
    @DjPatatochip Před 4 lety +748

    "Never heard of unimog"
    Forza players: uhhhh yes but actually no.

    • @3than861
      @3than861 Před 4 lety +3

      Dj Patatochip me too

    • @legendaryjay808
      @legendaryjay808 Před 4 lety +11

      was just finna say something about forza too

    • @super_pretendo
      @super_pretendo Před 4 lety +8

      Or anyone who's ever worked in an open-cast mine

    • @kamlar5157
      @kamlar5157 Před 4 lety +6

      @@super_pretendo cause that's fairly common

    • @kribodie
      @kribodie Před 4 lety +5

      more like the Hoonimog amirite

  • @wat5133
    @wat5133 Před 4 lety +273

    Donut media: The massive mercedes truck youve never heard of.
    Forza players: *_* hmm

  • @glaxonkalarikkal9204
    @glaxonkalarikkal9204 Před 2 lety +1

    I had heard that unimog was a legendary vehicle. But, never knew that it is so special. Thanks for this great video

  • @tomkusmierz
    @tomkusmierz Před 3 lety +3

    Seriously I was never aware of this. THANKS !

  • @RealWorldCarReviews
    @RealWorldCarReviews Před 4 lety +835

    Suggested replacement title: The massive Mercedes truck most people have already heard of.

    • @b4ssfunk3d
      @b4ssfunk3d Před 4 lety +6

      right!! These were all my dad would talk about growing up as a kid in southern california

    • @abutomtom117
      @abutomtom117 Před 4 lety +20

      Except Americans, because, to be fair, it wasn’t sold there

    • @Thelemorf
      @Thelemorf Před 4 lety +9

      @@abutomtom117 more like, to be fair, they are ignorant imbeciles who thinks usa is the world.

    • @hermanjohnson9180
      @hermanjohnson9180 Před 4 lety +3

      Only car/truck guys know about the Unimog.

    • @RealWorldCarReviews
      @RealWorldCarReviews Před 4 lety +3

      Herman Johnson Not true are all. Farmers, loggers, earthmoving companies, and a few dozen other professions...

  • @SimonPearce69
    @SimonPearce69 Před 4 lety +178

    "So where do you park your Unimog?" "Oh, pretty much wherever I like"

    • @TremereTT
      @TremereTT Před 3 lety +10

      There are parks in every city, just have it rest at green lawn and let it graze, while you go shopping. People will think it's a vehicle of the park adminsitration.
      It's not allowed to be imported to the USA...sadly.

    • @user-ii8dz4vu7n
      @user-ii8dz4vu7n Před 2 lety +1

      @@TremereTT You can get the old ones here, but I'd much rather have one of the new ones. They're amazing machines.

  • @usdjxavi
    @usdjxavi Před 3 lety

    This was great thanks for the knowledge 🙏

  • @craigmartin2092
    @craigmartin2092 Před 3 lety +1

    Kool! Iv always loved watching them rip in the Dakar! Oh & I nearly crap'd a brick seeing the left or rhd system!!! Mind blown!!!

  • @CLK200
    @CLK200 Před 4 lety +254

    “The car you never hear of”
    Forza players: am i a joke to you.

  • @hackerdane6120
    @hackerdane6120 Před 4 lety +831

    UNIMOG stands for:
    UNIversal = universal
    MOtor = engine
    Gerät = device or vehicle

    • @tomplump2629
      @tomplump2629 Před 4 lety +24

      No, he said it right “ Universales Motor Gerät”

    • @luuk3213
      @luuk3213 Před 4 lety +43

      der gerät

    • @RC-ty5ym
      @RC-ty5ym Před 4 lety +5

      @@luuk3213 Nein.

    • @interslavia
      @interslavia Před 4 lety +15

      no it stands for U-really N-fuckin’ I-huge M-massive O-cool G-truck

    • @zibingotaeam3716
      @zibingotaeam3716 Před 4 lety +36

      @@RC-ty5ym Der Gerät zieht der Anhänger schweißfrei, der gerät ist immer vor Chef bei Arbeit.

  • @DRTYJRZ
    @DRTYJRZ Před 3 lety +5

    Knowing what a “Unimog” is separates the auto enthusiasts from the Fast & Furious fanboys.

  • @kevinhamilton9920
    @kevinhamilton9920 Před 3 lety +2

    My dad had one of the big ones parked in front of his car lot back in the late 90's. SO many people would pull over just to check it out because it was so unique looking.

  • @quicknick1234
    @quicknick1234 Před 4 lety +76

    Dear James,
    the "gas engine" shown at 4:17 is a OM636, which is a diesel engine.
    Greetings from Stuttgart

    • @jaberosier9853
      @jaberosier9853 Před 4 lety +4

      He said a 6 wheel version and it showed on with just 4 wheels

    • @BayerischeMeisterWerke
      @BayerischeMeisterWerke Před 4 lety +1

      @Modderrama! Nee, es gibt noch mehr hier😂 In den USA ist der Unimog wahrscheinlich nur verboten, weil er die einheimische Konkurrenz vernichten würde💪👍😁

  • @LavendrHoney
    @LavendrHoney Před 4 lety +68

    Me : we are getting a UNIMOG!
    My boyfiend : you’re watching donut again aren’t you?
    Me : noooooo......yes.

    • @kayraaa2646
      @kayraaa2646 Před 4 lety +3

      If you’re in USA, you can get a US Army surplus M35 for ~$10k and that’s kinda the same thing.

    • @lukebrandon101
      @lukebrandon101 Před 4 lety

      @Benjamin simp

    • @LifeOfParc
      @LifeOfParc Před 4 lety +1

      @@lukebrandon101 How

    • @kayraaa2646
      @kayraaa2646 Před 4 lety +1

      Benjamin You replied to the wrong guy, man.

    • @Thebadbeaver9
      @Thebadbeaver9 Před 4 lety

      Luke Brandon indeed simp detected

  • @djjon1388
    @djjon1388 Před rokem

    Donut media keeps blowing my mind. I thought I would get tired of their type of content but am officially a believer now

  • @bubs45
    @bubs45 Před 4 lety

    loved the Unimog for years

  • @Josh-pk4dv
    @Josh-pk4dv Před 4 lety +118

    "Never heard of a Unimog"...
    Me: literally has 2 in my backyard "Mcxuse me?"

    • @commandohazelnuts
      @commandohazelnuts Před 4 lety

      Really? What model/year ? My mentor has a 65 / 404 with the inline 6 gas model.

    • @jayr6637
      @jayr6637 Před 4 lety +6

      My Dad has an ex-Army Unimog... with an inbuilt crane behind the cabin!
      Just after he bought it, I went to visit I saw it parked on the front lawn & I couldn't stop laughing because it looks so out of place in a residential area & because it is actually taller than the house, the gutters at least.

    • @M3gaprod
      @M3gaprod Před 4 lety

      James Thompson lol my neighbor has one

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety

      That's nuts you. You have 2 of one of the only 3 good German vehicles ever made!? And it's not an old school Beetle!?

    • @jayr6637
      @jayr6637 Před 4 lety

      @Dave Micolichek If it was a flat roof, the Unimog would be taller. I hope that makes more sense. Wasn't bragging, just trying to put things in perspective :)

  • @Einsatzfahrten_Radevormwald
    @Einsatzfahrten_Radevormwald Před 4 lety +140

    "You never heard of"
    Welcome to Germany where literally any Fire Brigade and communal service has at least 1 Unimog

    • @zechi5851
      @zechi5851 Před 4 lety +2

      Mindestens. Also ich und mein Vater besitzen 3. Ein 421-123, ein 401-1 und einen aus der 1000er serie weiß grade nicht genau welcher..

    • @themadscientest
      @themadscientest Před 4 lety +1

      not very well known in the US, it is not imported.

    • @joeyknight8272
      @joeyknight8272 Před 4 lety

      @@themadscientest I know about it

    • @iloveyoupercs
      @iloveyoupercs Před 4 lety

      Einsatzfahrten Radevormwald & Umgebung i really only know it because of forza 4 lol

  • @janm7163
    @janm7163 Před 3 lety +1

    They do most snow plowing in my hometown, the plowing that the multicars can't do and what's too little to break out a John Deere is done by the Unimog. Also my dad was a cook in the German army and once his friends were out late on field exercise so he stole a Unimog and delivered about 300 liters of soup to that unit. What he told me about it, specifically a version with low range gears making a total of 16 gears, was that it was significantly more difficult to drive than his Golf mk2.

  • @saladinthedark7459
    @saladinthedark7459 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for converting units for us, Donut. Real nice

  • @Turbo.RF4
    @Turbo.RF4 Před 4 lety +90

    UNIMOG: when german's were so mental at creating something and this came
    - a ultimate badass in FH4
    - you can make it a work truck
    - take if off-road while working
    - so badass you can make jeep drivers piss themselves
    - only james can make this truck be more superior than it was

    • @danh8302
      @danh8302 Před 4 lety

      Plenty of jeeps running around with mog axles sitting under them. They’re quite common in the North American off-road community. Many of those jeep owners may have a mog just for screwing around with. Since I was a little kid, I have always thought they were cool. I just cant say that they are at the top of my list, if that is the kind of vehicle I am talking about getting I would probably lean toward a bobbed M35. Ive used their axles several times though, yet that might even be fading in popularity. It seems like more and more people are just making a hybrid axles with portal hubs rather than working around the hurdles with an old military axle.

  • @iwabi
    @iwabi Před 4 lety +101

    The Unimog is the best performance car in FH4
    Fight me you P50 drivers

  • @MrCheckster2000
    @MrCheckster2000 Před 3 lety

    Always wanted a unimog. Absolutely awesome little truck

  • @muskiet8687
    @muskiet8687 Před 3 lety

    I love Unimogs!
    I saw them all the time in Germany, but here in the US I've only ever seen one at our local zip-lining place which uses it to transport people to the beginning of the course.

  • @mahadeoparasram335
    @mahadeoparasram335 Před 4 lety +334

    Everyone in comments: "Never heard of"
    Me: Steering that can go from left to righthand drive with the push of a lever🤯

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell Před 4 lety +7

      What about the pedals tho?

    • @lalitkularia9340
      @lalitkularia9340 Před 4 lety +18

      @@JaredConnell I think the entire stearing column along with the pedals moves together.

    • @CptModi
      @CptModi Před 4 lety +12

      On some models you can turn the entire seat & steering backwards. Mercedes were the first who did that, today every good tractor can do that

    • @danielmarsden4573
      @danielmarsden4573 Před 4 lety +4

      It’s for if your doing a road trip from Scotland to South Africa

    •  Před 4 lety +4

      It‘s for road maintenance, like mowing on the side of the road, or street sweeping. Much easier to see what you‘re doing

  • @schoorinna3320
    @schoorinna3320 Před 4 lety +120

    Unimog is german for “Universal Motor Gerät“ or “universal engine machine“ if you translate it directly

  • @georgeisaak5321
    @georgeisaak5321 Před 3 lety +1

    Those beasts are capable machines indeed !!!! I lived in Germany for 8 years and i saw them in action so i can tell you first hand , it is the best vehicle you could possibly use for keeping a town and the area all around clean from weeds , snow , mud , garbages, electric grid supply plus you will find it hard to find terrain not accessable with it . I think it's the best tool for a big variety of heavy duty jobs

  • @micahmebane2161
    @micahmebane2161 Před 2 lety

    I love these videos. You guys make cars super interesting and Hilarious.

  • @GustavCarl17
    @GustavCarl17 Před 4 lety +30

    4:46 actual footage of James’ dad “going to get milk”

  • @PaganiGaming
    @PaganiGaming Před 4 lety +448

    Day 98 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad

    • @JoeMtMan
      @JoeMtMan Před 4 lety +19

      And I knew I'd find you. Had to give it a thumbs up for sure. Keep up the hard work man....As soon as I saw James I hit paused and went looking for PaganiGaming....

    • @squashy15
      @squashy15 Před 4 lety +12

      PaganiGaming it will happen eventually😂

    • @deiiyulol1407
      @deiiyulol1407 Před 4 lety +8

      PaganiGaming keep going buddy we support you

    • @Josh-zy3lq
      @Josh-zy3lq Před 4 lety +1

      PaganiGaming just keep asking

    • @ItsMikeArre
      @ItsMikeArre Před 4 lety +2

      and ppl complaining about a few days of quarantine lol

  • @P3L0745
    @P3L0745 Před 2 lety

    That was very informative, tnx. I thought the benz offroad stopped at the g class, i had forgotten about unimog

    • @gwideaa
      @gwideaa Před 2 lety +1

      Zetros, Arocs ... offroad from mercedes at it´s best

  • @guilhermealbuquerque5353
    @guilhermealbuquerque5353 Před 5 měsíci

    Unimogs were the first trucks i ever know! I grow up in Military Base, St. Margarida, in Portugal.
    The Portuguese Army had and has a lot of them. Im use to see them a lot of times. An amazing machine!

  • @Soir27
    @Soir27 Před 4 lety +213

    “The mercedes truck you never heard.”
    Forza horizon 4 fans: *Are you sure about that?*

    • @AGEOFAHMAD
      @AGEOFAHMAD Před 4 lety

      Gaming Soir me to

    • @NikodemSkibicki
      @NikodemSkibicki Před 4 lety +1

      Gaming Soir “the big white thing” -eliminator

    • @SpellOfSin
      @SpellOfSin Před 4 lety +2

      Not everyone relys on video games for information anymore bud

    • @Soir27
      @Soir27 Před 4 lety +2

      Sosuke I never said anybody relys on it still, and the fact you took the joke seriously, I would now clap at you full of shame, have a nice day...I guess lol.

    • @AGEOFAHMAD
      @AGEOFAHMAD Před 4 lety

      Sosuke It’s just a joke chill down

  • @stratis722
    @stratis722 Před 4 lety +118

    Better title: UNIMOG: The Massive Mercedes Truck Everyone's Heard Of *|* Up To Speed

    • @juku619
      @juku619 Před 4 lety

      And, the best Mercedes Tractor.

    • @Unknown-rk9qm
      @Unknown-rk9qm Před 4 lety

      I saw it many times on the road but I didn't know its name hah

    • @G.W._Cook
      @G.W._Cook Před 4 lety

      Or even: "UNIMOG: The Smaller Mercedes Truck Everyone's Heard Of | Up To Speed", cause baby I'm a Zetros guy!

  • @brad3710
    @brad3710 Před 3 lety

    That is very true about the maintenance in the USA on the Unimogs. I work at a place that had a fleet of them and the parts are so hard to find.

  • @julesdauphin2946
    @julesdauphin2946 Před 3 lety +1

    I heard of the Unimog, but I've never heard of the Unimog KAMAZ!
    Those V8s are so powerful...
    and the suspensions are so developed.

  • @TheRealVGR
    @TheRealVGR Před 4 lety +476

    "never heard of"
    *Laughts in owning a Unimog.*
    And before people start laughting,it belonged to my grandpa,but after he died,he left it to me trought his will. Its a Unimog U1400 from 2000(year of purchase),quite old,but still running like clockwork.

    • @blue69422
      @blue69422 Před 4 lety +9

      We used to own the uminog 404 was a camper build

    • @COSMOCREME
      @COSMOCREME Před 4 lety +19

      That's actually really cool I wish one of my family members had a old car to leave me I would treat it like a child

    • @TheRealVGR
      @TheRealVGR Před 4 lety +55

      Just a fun little story(its about 1 year ago):
      On my first date with my gf(we knew each other since highschool),i told her i would be showing up on a "Big Mercedes". She tought i would come in Mercedes car.
      You must have seen her face when i showed up in my Unimog.
      "This is not what i was expecting when you said Big Mercedes..." she said.
      "What? Its a Unimog,never heard of it? its still a Mercedes-Benz."
      "I did hear about it,i was just joking with you. Lets go." she replied.
      She climbed into the cab and we went on with the date.
      And yes,i did use my Unimog as a first date car. I wanted to be a little different.

    • @blue69422
      @blue69422 Před 4 lety +18

      @@TheRealVGR that's awesome mad respects 😂

    • @Eatinbritches
      @Eatinbritches Před 4 lety +28

      Why the hell would anyone laugh at you for having a UNIMOG? Possibly the most badass truck ever built. Kudos. Take care of it.

  • @blue.dt2000
    @blue.dt2000 Před 4 lety +216

    "You never heard of"
    Me, a german: Hold my Bratwurst

    • @RC-ty5ym
      @RC-ty5ym Před 4 lety +2

      Aber bitte mit Ketchup!

    • @DSP16569
      @DSP16569 Před 4 lety +2

      Döner! - Today we hold our Döner!!!

    • @RC-ty5ym
      @RC-ty5ym Před 4 lety

      @@DSP16569 Genau. Mit viel Salat und extra viel Fleisch.

    • @niceguy-lc8xb
      @niceguy-lc8xb Před 4 lety +2

      Einmal Döner mit alles

    • @philippkaltenleitner7861
      @philippkaltenleitner7861 Před 4 lety +1

      In Österreich ist es genau gleich. Jede Feuerwehr hat mindestens 1

  • @connor.kasper
    @connor.kasper Před 3 lety +1

    New Zealand actually uses Unimogs for their army. Very cool trucks. One came to my school in Hawkes Bay and everyone was in the back chillin and i was in the drivers seat.

  • @Fellow_Scandinavian
    @Fellow_Scandinavian Před 2 lety

    I have always known about the Unimog, and i love it.

  • @tuffels3123
    @tuffels3123 Před 4 lety +31

    "Never heard of the UNIMOG"
    I live in Gaggenau, where the Unimog was built from 1951 to 2002.
    We have a Museum only for it.

    • @axelboltz3077
      @axelboltz3077 Před 4 lety +1

      What else should deserve a Museum in Gaggenau. Throwing logs into the river?

    • @94crisx
      @94crisx Před 4 lety +1

      I am from Greece and only in my village we have 15 of them 3 406 120 is mine

  • @crisrose9707
    @crisrose9707 Před 4 lety +152

    Donut: "you've never heard of"
    CZcams audience: "ima bout to end this mans whole career"

  • @chriscole1726
    @chriscole1726 Před 3 lety

    My friend had one 30 years ago with a camper on it and a gun turret I love em

  • @bandguy360
    @bandguy360 Před 2 lety

    Another great vid Pump

  • @Calgrissom
    @Calgrissom Před 4 lety +109

    “The truck you’ve never heard of”
    Forza Players: *chuckles in Iron Knight engine*

    • @ocallaghan3865
      @ocallaghan3865 Před 4 lety +3

      Daf turbo twin x1 was planned to be in fh4 and produces more power mainly in torque while being 3 decades older

    • @swordscar6278
      @swordscar6278 Před 3 lety +5

      The 2400 hp 12.7l engine that I wanna put in a super car

  • @shomaiiii
    @shomaiiii Před 4 lety +133

    “You’ve never heard of”
    FH4: Am I a Joke to you???

    • @juku619
      @juku619 Před 4 lety

      Farming Simulator : are you kidding me?

    • @auriis
      @auriis Před 4 lety

      @@skizzik121 its an open world game, where you dont have to race all the time (that'd be the forza motorsport series) you can also just cruise around

    • @skizzik121
      @skizzik121 Před 4 lety

      @@auriis my reply was to someone else asking what FH4 was. I'm well aware. They deleted their comment so I removed my answer

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous Před 3 lety +1

    So the bigger UNIMOGs are pretty much a semi-truck + tractor all with great off-road capabilities? Awesome.

  • @Mugtree
    @Mugtree Před 2 lety

    Brilliant video. Thank you

  • @Exoticschill
    @Exoticschill Před 4 lety +205

    “That’s nearly as long as Nissan’s been making the 370Z” son, my chest.

  • @7_7_5
    @7_7_5 Před 4 lety +61

    You've never heard of
    me: am i too german to understand this joke?

  • @De4Th_ST4R
    @De4Th_ST4R Před 4 lety +100

    Peeps all over world fighting against corona.
    No one:
    Literally no one:
    Donut: Keeps prevent you from hairlosses, try that.

  • @frostypenguin2888
    @frostypenguin2888 Před 4 lety +62

    Dont worry, I have the LEGO version so I’m pretty much a genius on the unimog

    • @gaby8583
      @gaby8583 Před 4 lety +3

      I have it too, and god damn it's big

    • @nikhilsharma3563
      @nikhilsharma3563 Před 4 lety

      How much did it cost you?

    • @sneaky_krait7271
      @sneaky_krait7271 Před 4 lety

      Just posted the same comment, still haven't put it together though, I want to make it RC

    • @halfwaydecentmechanics814
      @halfwaydecentmechanics814 Před 4 lety

      Sneaky_Krait I did that with a LEGO Technic race car and it worked!

    • @juku619
      @juku619 Před 4 lety

      In Farming Simulator i have it

  • @Mateo-kw9gq
    @Mateo-kw9gq Před 2 lety +1

    One of my family friends owns one from the 60s. Thing has like a billion gears. He keeps in the Sierra’s and it is used to carry luggage in and out of a valley. Super sick truck.

  • @konagang4234
    @konagang4234 Před 4 lety +1

    Here in germany unimog is love unimog is life, they are everywhere

  • @noaht2005
    @noaht2005 Před 4 lety +26

    'Never hear of the unimog.' I'm pretty sure every car guy in Europe knows what unimog is

    • @TheSpekkel1
      @TheSpekkel1 Před 4 lety +3

      Yes I have seen these, in pretty much every country in Europe, being used by civilians, military, firefighters, etc who ever needs a big offroad truck.
      But to be fair this channel is american and most of their audience is as well, I think so yea.

    • @noaht2005
      @noaht2005 Před 4 lety

      spekkel 1 I’ve seen one once at a careers fair and I think it was for military or emergency things. I have read about them though, and seen them in forza

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety

      Most of the military buffs in the States know it exists too, just not the friggen range of their capabilities.

  • @bennetfox
    @bennetfox Před 4 lety +25

    An AMC Jeep can go everywhere and a Unimog can go everywhere else. 😁

  • @dosdahrk4504
    @dosdahrk4504 Před 3 lety

    Unimog....army badass machine these are fkn crazy if you ever get to drive one....plain and simple...AWESOME