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Mercedes-Benz is simply a mythical luxury car manufacturer, it’s the original car manufacturer. The roots of today’s Mercedes can be traced back to the first automobile, built in 1886. Since then, the company has been an innovator, pioneer and racing giant. and a global status symbol. Here you will find everything you want to know about Mercedes-Benz, from the company’s beginnings to its newest and largest vehicles.
In 1886, a German engineer named Carl Benz granted what is believed to be the world’s first patent for a wheeled chariot powered by a gasoline engine. His invention, creatively called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, went on sale in 1888, becoming the first vehicle commercially (Steam-powered wagons had been tried since the mid-18th century, but proved harmful and impractical and were never commercially viable). The Patent-Motorwagen had 3 wheels, a rudder instead of a guide wheel and no roof or dashboard. But the 954cc single-cylinder engine has explained the format used in almost every single petrol car to this day.
Even after his patent was approved, Carl Benz’s company ran into monetary difficulties. People simply weren’t willing to spend the equivalent of $5,000 to buy Benz’s unproven contraption. Carl’s wife, Bertha, helped replace him. In 1888, Bertha and her sons Eugen and Richard took a Patent-Motorwagen out of the workshop and drove it from the Benz space in Mannheim to the stop at Bertha’s family’s home in Pforzheim, an all-day 106-kilometer adventure. the first highway and the first car marketing gimmick: the Patent-Motorwagen drew crowds anywhere it was seen. Advertising helped Benz’s business thrive.
By 1926, Carl Benz’s company had merged with Daimler, another German gas engine company, to form Daimler-Benz, which sold cars under the Mercedes-Benz brand. Daimler began putting a three-pointed star logo on its cars as early as 1910. , however, the star-in-a-circle edition we know today was recorded in 1937. The star’s three emissions constitute land, sea, and air, everywhere. Daimler hoped to put its internal combustion engines into service.
Emil Jellinek was an Austrian businessman who built a successful business by distributing the first Daimler cars to a high-society clientele. But he was obsessed with racing and competed under a pseudonym: “Mr. Mercedes,” named after his daughter, Mercedes Jellinek. In 1900, Jellinek ordered a revolutionary car from Daimler and insisted that it be called the “Mercedes. “The Mercedes 35 hp is widely regarded as the first modern automobile, building the paradigm that would define automobiles for the next half century, with the motif It Forced a front-mounted engine that drove the rear wheels. 35 horsepower dominated at the start of racing, and since then, every Daimler car has carried the Mercedes badge.
Years before Ferdinand Porsche founded the legendary sports car corporation that bears his name, he was an engineer at Daimler. Porsche began its activity as an automobile manufacturer at Austro-Daimler, the Austrian subsidiary of the German engine manufacturer, in 1906. In 1923, Porsche left the Austrian corporate company to Daimler’s technical director at the Stuttgart headquarters. A few years later, Porsche proposed to Mercedes-Benz to build a small, lightweight car. When this concept was rejected, Porsche left the company and eventually announced a consulting corporation specializing in automotive. design and engineering. Porsche collaborated with the Nazi German government to create the Volkswagen and in 1948 introduced the first sports car to bear the Porsche badge.
Mercedes-Benz has been involved in motorsport since the beginning, and after World War II, the company became highly competitive around the world. But in 1955, a terrible twist of fate at the 24 Hours of Le Mans quickly put an end to Mercedes’ involvement in motorsport. A slow-moving car swerved off Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh, who didn’t have time to react. The Mercedes crashed into the slower car, rolled over and landed in a crowd of spectators, killing 85 others and injuring more than 120. Mercedes ended its factory-backed racing efforts and did not return to motorsport until 1989.
In the post-war period, Mercedes-Benz made great efforts for vehicle safety. In 1951, Mercedes began creating passageways to absorb energy in the event of a collision while also protecting the vehicle’s occupants. In 1958, the automaker began protecting vehicle occupants. Testing each and every new production model, and in 1970, Mercedes began introducing anti-lock brakes.
Two former Mercedes engineers introduced AMG in 1967. Initially, the company specialized in racing engines, but soon evolved with upgrade packages for Mercedes-Benz road cars. In 1986, AMG transformed the Mercedes-Benz E-Class luxury sedan into a 360-horsepower sedan. Hammer, at the time the fastest sedan ever made. While AMG was absolutely independent of Mercedes for years, Daimler bought most of the company in 1999 and took over it completely in 2005. Today, AMG develops high-performance versions of almost every car. in the Mercedes-Benz range.
In 2022, an incredibly rare Mercedes-Benz broke records and became the most expensive car ever sold at auction. The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé was one of two prototypes of what would become the 300 SLR Gullwing. Sold for $142 million, the Mercedes more than doubled the value of the previous record holder. The car was kept in a Mercedes museum for a long time and the company used the proceeds from the sale to create a scholarship fund.
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