Büssing's first truck was a 2 ton payload machine powered by a 2-cylinder gasoline engine and featuring worm drive. That successful design was later built under licence by other companies in Germany, Austria, Hungary and by Straker-Squire in England. Before World War I Büssing started to build heavy-duty trucks for its time. These trucks featured with 4 and 6 cylinder engines. (5 tonnes and 11 tonnes respectively). In 1923 Büssing introduced the first rigid three axle chassis which used in upcoming models and allowed Büssing to lead the market share in Germany in commercial vehicles.