These are the production years for every STIHL chainsaw.
Whether it’s for interest’s sake or something more technical, a lot of people want to know what period their chainsaw was made. So we have put together this definitive list of when each STIHL chainsaw was made from 1926 to the present day.
STIHL gas chainsaws
The very first STIHL chainsaw, the STG1, was patented by Andreas Stihl in 1926—it was also the first electric chainsaw.
The second STIHL chainsaw was gas. This was the Type A which was produced from 1929 to 1932.
Early STIHL Chainsaws
- Stihl A | 1929 – 1932 (two-man, 235 cc, 46 kg)
- Stihl BD | 1934 – 1939 (two-man, 300 cc, 53 kg)
- Stihl BBU | 1936 – 1954 (two-man bow saw, 158 cc, 30 kg)
- Stihl B 2 Z | 1937 – 1938 (two-man, 450 cc, 59.8 kg)
- Stihl KS 43 | 1943 – 1971 (two-man, 247 cc, 37.5 kg)
Find out more about these early STIHL chainsaws here.
Now, let’s pick things up from 1950.
Series 1101
- Stihl BL | 1950 – 1959
Series 1102
- Stihl BLK | 1954 – 1973
Series 1106
- Stihl Contra 06 | 1959 – 1968
- Stihl Contra S 06 | 1964 – 1968
- Stihl Contra 070 | 1959 – 1968
- Stihl 070 | 1968 – 1977
- Stihl 090 | 1968 – 1977
Series 1107
- Stihl 07 | 1961 – 1965
- Stihl 07 S | 1965 – 1968
Series 1108
- Stihl 08 | 1963 – 1965
- Stihl 08 S | 1965 – 1994
- Stihl S10 | 1968 – 1973
Series 1109
- Stihl 090 G | 1969 – 1985
(There are also rumors of a 096 chainsaw which most likely does not exist).
Series 1110
- Stihl 040 | 1966 – 1967
- Stihl 041 | 1967 – 1975
- Stihl 041 FB | 1976 – 1986
- Stihl 041 AV | 1967 – 1986
- Stihl 041 AVE | 1968 – 1973
- Stihl 041 AVS | 1977 – 1983
- Stihl 041 AVQ | 1981 – 1985
Series 1111
- Stihl 050 | 1968 – 1972
- Stihl 051 | 1972 – 1985
- Stihl 075 | 1974 – 1980
- Stihl 076 | 1980 – 1986
Series 1112
- Stihl 041 G | 1969 – 1975
Series 1113
- Stihl 030 | 1970 – 1971
- Stihl 031 | 1971 – 1982
- Stihl 031 E | 1973 – 1982
- Stihl 031 Q | 1980 – 1982
- Stihl 032 | 1978 – 1985
Series 1114
- Stihl 020 AV | 1971 – 1979
- Stihl 020 AVP | 1972 – 1979
- Stihl 020 Super | 1979 – 1994
Series 1115
- Stihl 045 | 1974 – 1980
- Stihl 045 Super | 1977 – 1980
- Stihl 056 AV | 1980 – 1985
- Stihl 056 AVE | 1980 – 1984
Series 1116
- Stihl 015 | 1973 – 1980
- Stihl 015 AV | 1976 – 1983
- Stihl 015 AVE | 1974 – 1983
- Stihl 015 AVEQ | 1978 – 1983
Series 1117
- Stihl 042 AV | 1976 – 1980
- Stihl 048 | 1980 – 1985
Series 1118
- Stihl 028 AV, 028 WB | 1979 – 1980
- Stihl 028 AVEQ | 1979 – 1983
- Stihl 028 AVS | 1983 – 1990
Series 1119
- Stihl 038 AVE | 1980 – 1985
- Stihl 038 AVEFB | 1983 – 1985
- Stihl 038 AVS | 1982 – 1985
- Stihl 038 AVSFB | 1985 – 1993
- Stihl 038 AVM | 1984 – 1989
- Stihl 038 MAGNUM | 1985 – 1997
Series 1120
- Stihl 09 Mini Boss | 1993 – 2006
- Stihl 009 | 1980 – 1989
- Stihl 009 LE | 1982 – 2009
- Stihl 010 AV | 1978 – 1982
- Stihl 010 AVE | 1982 – 1985
- Stihl 011 AVEQ | 1980 – 1990
- Stihl 011 AVT | 1980 – 1982
- Stihl 011 AVET | 1982 – 1996
- Stihl 012 AVE | 1986 – 1994
- Stihl 012 AVET | 1986 – 1989
Series 1121
- Stihl 024 AVEQWB | 1985 – 1994
- Stihl 024 AVES | 1984 – 1989
- Stihl 024 AVEQ | 1982 – 1985
- Stihl 026 | 1988 – 2002
- Stihl 026 Pro | 1996 – 2002
- Stihl MS 260, 260 Pro | 2002 – 2011
Series 1122
- Stihl 064 AV | 1986 – 1997
- Stihl 066 | 1988 – 2003
- Stihl MS 660 | 2004 – 2014
- Stihl MS 650 | 2005 – 2012
Series 1123
- Stihl 021 | 1990 – 2002
- Stihl 023 | 1990 – 2002
- Stihl 023 C, 023 L | 1996 – 2002
- Stihl 025 | 1991 – 2002
- Stihl MS 210 | 2002 – 2008
- Stihl MS 230 | 2002 – 2012
- Stihl MS 250 | 2002 – Current
Series 1124
- Stihl 084 | 1985 – 1997
- Stihl 088 | 1997 – 2004
- Stihl MS 880 | 2004 – 2019
- Stihl MS 881 | 2019 – Current
Series 1125
- Stihl 034 AV | 1984 – 1993
- Stihl 036 | 1991 – 2001
- Stihl 036 Pro | 1996 – 2001
- Stihl 036 QS | 1997 – 2002
- Stihl MS 360, 360 P, 360QS | 2002 – 2005
Series 1127
- Stihl 029 | 1992 – 2000
- Stihl 039 | 1992 – 2000
- Stihl MS 290 | 2000 – 2012
- Stihl MS 310 | 2000 – 2009
- Stihl MS 390 | 2000 – 2009
Series 1128
- Stihl 044 | 1988 – 2001
- Stihl 046 | 1996 – 2001
- Stihl MS 440 | 2001 – 2012
- Stihl MS 460 | 2001 – 2012
- Stihl MS 461 | 2013 – 2018
Series 1129
- Stihl 020 T | 1996 – 2002
- Stihl MS 200 | 2002 – 2012
- Stihl 200 T | 2002 – 2012
Series 1130
- Stihl 017 | 1995 – 2002
- Stihl 018 | 1999 – 2002
- Stihl MS 170 | 2002 – current
- Stihl MS 180 | 2002 – Current
- Stihl MS 180 C-B | 2002 – 2012
Series 1132
- Stihl 019 T | 1997 – 2002
- Stihl MS 191 T | 2002 – 2006
Series 1133
- Stihl MS 270 | 2003 – 2010
- Stihl MS 280 | 2003 – 2010
Series 1135
- Stihl MS 361 | 2004 – 2010
Series 1137
- Stihl MS 192 | 2005 – 2014
- Stihl MS 192 T | 2005 – 2014
- Stihl MS 193 | 2014 – 2020
- Stihl MS 193 T | 2014 – 2020
- Stihl MS 194 T | 2020 – current
Series 1138
- Stihl MS 441 | 2007 – 2012
- Stihl MS 441 C-M | 2011 – 2019
Series 1139
- Stihl MS 171 | 2009 – current
- Stihl MS 181 | 2009 – current
- Stihl MS 211 | 2009 – current
Series 1140
- Stihl MS 311 | 2009 – current
- Stihl MS 391 | 2009 – current
- Stihl MS 362, 362 C-Q | 2010 – current
- Stihl MS 362 C-M | 2014 – current
Series 1141
- Stihl MS 271 | 2010 – current
- Stihl MS 271 50th Anniversary Edition | 2024 – current
- Stihl MS 291 | 2010 – current
- Stihl MS 261 | 2010 – current
- Stihl MS 261 C-MQ | 2014 – 2019
- Stihl MS 261 C-M | 2014 – current
Series 1142
- Stihl MS 462 C-M | 2019 – current
Series 1143
- Stihl MS 241 C-M, 241 C-MQ | 2014 – 2018
- Stihl MS 251, 251 C-BE | 2013 – current
Series 1144
- Stihl MS 661 C-M | 2014 – current
Series 1145
- Stihl MS 201 T | 2011 – 2015
- Stihl MS 201 | 2011 – 2015
- Stihl MS 201 T C-M, 201 C-EM | 2015 – current
Series 1146
- Stihl MS 150 C-E, MS 150 T C-E | 2013 – current
Series 1147
- Stihl MS 500i | 2019 – current
New STIHL saws
The Stihl MS 400 C-M was launched in October 2019. It is the world’s first chainsaw equipped with a magnesium piston.
The Stihl GTA 26 was released in 2021. This is Stihl’s mini chainsaw that is great for pruning tree branches and shrubs.
The Stihl GTA 40 is a pro-mini chainsaw, which was first released in 2024 in the UK.
The Stihl MS 162 was released in 2022. It’s a small entry-level saw similar to the 170.
The Stihl MS 363 came out in late 2024 but is only for sale in a select few countries. It’s described as a non-M-Tronic MS 400.
Unknown production years
- Stihl AV-69
- Stihl AV-70
- Stihl MS 380
- Stihl MS 381
- Stihl MS 382
- Stihl MS 640
- Stihl MS 651
- Stihl MS 720
- Stihl MS 780
Most of these saws were not sold in the USA, usually due to emissions or safety standard reasons.
Stihl battery chainsaws
Series 1252
- Stihl MSA 120 | unknown
- Stihl MSA 140 | unknown
- Stihl MSA 160 | 2014 – current
- Stihl MSA 161 T | 2019 – current
- Stihl MSA 200 | 2020 – current
- Stihl MSA 220 | 2020 – current
- Stihl MSA 220 T | 2020 – current
- Stihl MSA 300 | 2021 – current
Stihl electric chainsaws
Series 1202
- Stihl E30 | 1967 – 1985
Series 1203
- Stihl E15 | 1967 – 1985
Series 1204
- Stihl E10 | 1973 – 1984
Series 1206
- Stihl E14 | 1984 – 1997
Series 1207
- Stihl E20 | 1985 – 1998
- Stihl E220Q | 1999 – 2002
- Stihl MSE 220 | 2003 – 2014
Series 1208
- Stihl E140, E180 | 1998 – 2002
- Stihl MSE 140, 141, 180 | 2003 – 2014
- Stihl MSE 141 C-Q | 2017 – Current
Series 1209
- Stihl MSE 170 C-BQ, 210 C-BQ | 2014 – Current
Series 1210
- Stihl MSE 250 C-Q | 2015 – Current
More about STIHL corded electric.
STIHL production years
The history of Stihl Chainsaws is fascinating…
Whether you were looking for the production years made for antique Stihl chainsaws or one of the more modern models, we hope you found the answer here.
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