Technical-physical solutions for a perfect vehicle concept: Frank Knothe – Born in Dresden on 24 February 1942
Mercedes-Benz S-Class: pioneer in vehicle safety
In his professional career as an engineer, Frank Knothe had a hand in developing numerous Mercedes-Benz passenger car model series. On 1 July 1991, he succeeded the well-known head of testing, Hans Werner (“tall Werner”), as the Head of the Complete Vehicle Testing Department. With the structural change to individual model series, he became Head of Complete Vehicle Engineering for the S-Class, the SL-Class and the SLK-Class on 1 July 1994. He fulfilled this role until he retired in 2006.
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