Mercedes Benz is one of the most celebrated names among the Luxury automobile brands in the world. The German automobile company has been around for more than a century, now operated by Daimler-Benz and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The people behind Mercedes are responsible for the dawn of modern day internal combustion engine, in true sense they invented the automobile.
Carl Benz is regarded to be the founder of this company, his 1986 patent ‘Benz Patent Motorwagen’ is widely considered to be the first automobile. Later that year, Daimler along with engineer Wilhelm Maybach also converted a stage coach with a petrol engine and got rid of the horse powered transportation. Although Benz and Daimler both stayed in south Germany and worked around the same time on their respective models, they never met each other.
‘A replacement for the Horse’, this is the slogan Carl Benz used for advertisement of his 1886 Patent Motor Car. He wasn’t as successful as Daimler as far as recognition and fame is concerned. Daimler’s car garnered more recognition following his successful attempts in racing but he could not witness one of the most outstanding designs Maybach produced for the joint company DMG.
Mercedes was made famous by Adolf Hitler who drove these cars with bulletproof windshields. They were very famous during Germany’s Nazi period and they have remained popular, strongly supported by their far-from-average clients some even believed Benz was a Nazi himself.
Ever since, Mercedes-Benz is a name synonymous with Quality, Class, cutting-edge engineering and sheer brilliance and is considered one of the best automakers in the world. Today the brand produces luxury automobiles, buses, trucks and coaches.
Sources: Wikipedia – Benz Files
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The best vehicles are Mercedes benz products. If you have not driven a benz, you are yet to start driving. Benz is my best from dusk to dawn. No second option!
I personally don’t mind owning a Benz someday
This is a brand for the high and mighty, for people of class.