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Karl Benz's hobby brought him to a bicycle repair shop in Mannheim owned by Max Rose and Friedrich Wilhelm Eßlinger. In 1883 the three founded a new company, Benz & Company Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik, referred to as, Benz & Cie. which produced industrial machines in Mannheim.
In 1886, Carl Benz built a motorized tricycle and later a four-wheeler, the Victoria, was built in 1893.
In 1882, some short distance away, Gottlieb Daimler and his partner Wilhelm Maybach developed the first high-speed four-stroke engine which was completed in 1883.
October 1883, Mannheim, Benz founded the firm Benz & Cie.
November 1890, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) was formed.
In 1899, Emil Jellinek, started racing under his pseudonym Mercédès, which referred to the team and driver.
December 22, 1900, Emil Jellinek, recieved a car developed by Wilhelm Maybach, the chief engineer at DMG, for his race team. This car "with its low center of gravity, pressed-steel frame, lightweight high-performance engine and honeycomb radiator, it featured numerous innovations and is regarded today as the first modern automobile" and was call a 'Mercedes'
June 23, 1902, Emil Jellinek legally registered 'Mercédès' and obtained permission to call himself Jellinek-Mercedes.
June 1909, Gottlieb Daimler and The DMG had both a three-pointed and a four-pointed star registered as trademarks and was using Mercedes as a brand name.
1924, DMG and Benz & Cie., formed a separate and competitive syndicate.
June 1926, DMG and Benz & Cie., merged to form Daimler-Benz AG. "At this point a new trademark was designed, which brought together the main characteristics of both the existing emblems - the world-renowned three-pointed star belonging to Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was surrounded with its trade name 'Mercedes' as well as that of the equally famous name 'Benz', whose laurel wreath entwined the two names together."
ref: Daimler Communications, 70546 Stuttgart/Germany, 2009
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Useful Dates and Events
1986 to 1926: Benz cars by Benz & Cie.
1892 to 1926: Daimler cars, by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG)
1900- 1926: Mercedes cars, by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG)
1926 on: Mercedes-Benz cars, by Daimler-Benz AG.
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4.25.13 Nissan building Mercedes-Benz engines in the USA:
Nissan will build Mercedes-Benz 4 cylinder gasoline engines in Nissan's North American, Decherd, Tennessee engine plant. The agreement is for 250,00 engines per year starting in 2014. One half of the production run will go into the Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedans from the USA based Mercedes-Benz, Alabama plant. If that is not enough to keep track of, the other half of the Nissan USA built Mercedes-Benz engines will find their way into Nissan's Infinity entry-level compact, said to be based on the Etherea concept car.
So if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is therefore a German-Japanese-USA car. Right! But which one? Or does it matter any more.
3.21.13 Stuttgart:
Daimler AG:
Lightweight construction is seen as an integral component of Daimler's strategy on the road to sustainable mobility. Reducing all of Mercedes-Benz vehicles by approximately 10 percent is one of the company's development goals. As part of the process, researchers from the fields of business and science will be working in the ARENA2036 Research Campus project at the University of Stuttgart on topics related to "flexible production and function-integrated lightweight construction" or "The right material in the right place".
With the goal being the car of the future, target year 2036, and the 150th anniversary of the invention of the automobile, experts in ARENA2036 (Active Research Environment for the Next Generation of Automobiles), carry out fundamental research into lightweight construction technologies and production car models.
The ARENA2036 Research Campus is among the winners of the "Research Campus - public/private partnership for innovations" competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Image Credit: Daimler AG 2012
4.23.2012 Stuttgart/Beijing:
The Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe, appearing at Auto China, 23 April to 2 May 2012, will be making a convincing statement for avant-garde design in the sporty executive coupe segment.
The four-door coupe is a nonconformist; A provocative and masculine design. Technical highlights include headlamp design featuring innovative indicators. Also the new four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with 155 kW (211 hp) and the all-wheel drive system 4MATIC will be a strong feature for this concept model.
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8.1.2011 Stuttgart/Munich:
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive, the first round-the-world drive with fuel-cell vehicles, successfully concluded On June 1, 2011.
Milestones worth noting:
Three B-Class F-CELL car drive more than 30,000 km around the world with 90,000 km covered with zero emissions.
The World Drive vehicles operated in downtown areas, country roads, lengthy stretches of highway and unfinished surfaces.
Daimler and The Linde Group are developing an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles, a three years project, of constructing an additional 20 hydrogen filling stations in Germany,
It is reported that Mercedes-Benz will have a Fuel-Cell powered car available for sale in 2014. FULL STORY - pdf
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