Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈtseːdəs ˈbɛnts]) is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company,Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that later became common in other vehicles. Mercedes-Benz is one of the most well-known and established automotive brands in the world, and is also the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today.

Significant Models Produced

• 1928: SSK racing car
• 1930: 770 "Großer Mercedes" state and ceremonial car
• 1934: 500 K
• 1936: 260 D World's first diesel production car
• 1936: 170
• 1938: W195 Speed Record-breaker
• 1951: Mercedes-Benz 300, knownly as "Adenauer Mercedes"
• 1953: "Ponton" models
• 1954: 300SL "Gullwing"
• 1959: "Fintail" models
• 1960: 220SE Cabriolet^]
• 1963: 600 "Grand Mercedes"
• 1963: 230SL "Pagoda"
• 1965: Mercedes-Benz S-Class
• 1966: 300SEL 6.3
• 1968: W114 "new generation" compact cars
• 1969: C111 experimental vehicle
• 1972: Mercedes-Benz W107 350SL
• 1974: 450SEL 6.9
• 1974: 240D
• 1975: Mercedes-Benz W123 Wagon - Mercedes' first station wagon
• 1976: 300D
• 1979: 500SEL and G-Class
• 1983: 190E 2.3–16
• 1986: First 'E-Class'
• 1991: 600SEL
• 1995: First 'Joint Mercedes-Benz & AMG' (C43 AMG)
• 1995: Mercedes-Benz SL73 AMG, 7.3 V12 (biggest engine ever put in a Mercedes-Benz)
• 1996: Mercedes-Benz Renntech E7.4RS
• 1997: Mercedes-Benz SLK
• 1997: Mercedes-Benz M-Class
• 2004: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
• 2004: Mercedes-Benz CLS
• 2007: E320, GL320 Bluetec, ML320 Bluetec, R320 Bluetec
• 2010: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG