Venues in Hildesheim, Herborn and Ulm.

The "Unimog Billiard" demanded precision above all else. With a super-sized billiard queue attached to the mounting plate of a new Unimog U 323, the object was to pot as many rubber balls as possible. This called for clever use of the 231 hp from the new top-of-the-line model of the 300 Series. Accuracy in controlling a Leistikow watering boom was demanded by the so-called "ball shower", which was an allusion to the European football championships. Five wheat-beer glasses had to be navigated to in a Unimog U 423 in hydrostatic driving mode within the shortest possible time and filled with water. Floating in each glass, a miniature football indicated the water level from a distance. The competitors in the Unimog Challenge 2016 played "4 in a row" with the help of a Hauer front loader. Their task was to fill the "4 in a row wall" with wood chips – against the clock, of course. For the "turning area" test, the contestants had to demonstrate that they could use the all-wheel steering to turn a Unimog even in a small area of just 6.5 by 6.5 metres. The fifth and final exercise called on the competitors to negotiate a tree trunk course in a Unimog U 4023 with extreme off-road capability while spilling as little water as possible from a barrel mounted on the platform.