Mercedes-Benz 1517

Truck

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Mercedes-Benz 1517 on record.

Netherlands
1991โ€“1997
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1990โ€“2015
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Finland Netherlands Spain

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/truck/mercedes-benz/1517/full

Registration history

1991: 3 vehicles 3 1992: 2 vehicles 1994: 1 vehicle 1996: 1 vehicle 1997: 2 vehicles 1991 1997
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1990: 2 vehicles 2 2003: 1 vehicle 2010: 1 vehicle 2015: 1 vehicle 1990 2015
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1991 3
1992 2
1994 1
1996 1
1997 2
Finland
1990 2
2003 1
2010 1
2015 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "truck/mercedes-benz/1517",
  "name": "1517",
  "make": {
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    "name": "Mercedes-Benz"
  },
  "kind": "truck",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
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    "es",
    "fi",
    "nl"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 6,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "truck/mercedes-benz/1517-l",
    "truck/mercedes-benz/1517l"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit โ€” see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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