Mercedes-Benz History

This car is a old car and a good car too.Not every one can buy this car it is high price car.When you think of excellence in the car industry, you think of Mercedes-Benz. The company has shown itself to be one of the top manufacturers in the world for quality, high-end cars. No other company has been able to touch all the bases as Mercedes has in luxury cars, buses, vans, trucks, and SUV's, along with its major involvement motor car racing.
Mercedes-Benz was originated in the 1880s by two men: Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. They invented the internal combustion engine powered vehicle. What is funny about Mercedes-Benz is that the two originators never even knew each other, though their work was almost directly related. They both resided in Southwest Germany.
Daimler and his friend Wilhelm Maybach both help in inventing the four-stroke engine in Cannstatt, which is a district of Stuttgart. They worked never knowing that they would one day be one of the originators of a luxury automobile.Early in the 1890s, Daimler was building his cars at Unterturkheim. They were built and raced successfully. It was so successful that an Austrian dealer by the name of Emil Jellinek entered the cars in the races and often won. He decided to name the cars after his daughter whose name was Mercedes. He was very impressed with the work of Daimler and Maybach that he decided to make a large order from the two. The only stipulations were that he would decide some design modifications to be made, and that the cars were to be named after his daughter Mercedes. He also demanded that he would get the full resell rights to the countries: Austria, Hungary, France, Belgium and the United States. He believed so much in the cars, he decided to invest a large portion of his assets to the company.
Using Mercedes as the name of the cars made prevented legal problems. Before he even met Emil Jellinek, Daimler had sold the rights to his name and designs to companies overseas. This is the reason for high end cars that were built then and are still being built which are named Daimler. They are made and sold in England.Mercedes was going to have a factory in New York, but when a fire destroyed a former piano factory, it killed any hopes of an American-built Mercedes Benz.Originally, the two original designers of the luxury car didn't have a company together. They were actually rivals in the company world. Daimler had his company Daimler Motorengesellschaft and Benz had his, Benz and Cie. Having hard times in the 1920's created a pressure for the two companies to work together. They did end up doing just this. In 1926, the two companies merged and became Daimler-Benz AG. At this time, the company was producing Mercedes cars and trucks.The company's logo has become the symbol of luxury as far as cars are concerned. When you see a Mercedes logo, you think of excellence and class. The logo consists of a three point silver star, surrounded by a circle. This symbol represents Daimler's original wishes to create an engine that is small, reliable, and powerful. They are meant to be able to travel on land, air, or sea.Mercedes-Benz cars also have a reputation of being one of the best kinds of vehicles anywhere in the world. They usually make their cars with the purpose of quality over quantity. Mercedes has a focus on state of the art engineering. Many times, Mercedes will have a feature that will not be present in the company's competitor's vehicle for years. For this reason, Mercedes is one of the most expensive vehicles made, compared to competitors making similar, but not equal, clones. The company has created a reputation for quality and reliability equaled by none.Mercedes is also known for their sports cars. Models included are the supercharged SSK and Gullwing 300SL, which were produced in 1954.
Mercedes has teamed with McLaren to build a super car. They did this in 1993 when they released the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, which has a supercharged 8 cylinder engine. It eats up 5.5l of gas, while being very powerful. This car featured about 500 horsepower, and 780 nm of torque. Whatever your choice of cars, vans, buses or SUV's, Mercedes has something that will suit your needs. The company comes from a very prosperous past, and creates a reputation for being a step above the rest. As the needs of the consumer changes, so does the design of Mercedes. They continue to make a car for the driver, without losing focus on their goal of power and reliability. The racing side of Mercedes has also picked up in 2005 with the winning of many of the years racing. Mercedes-Benz, as a company, is strong, and they are going to be strong for many years to come.And this car will made more great car in future.