Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German brand of automobiles , buses and trucks of the company Daimler AG (formerly Daimler-Benz and DaimlerChrysler). Mercedes-Benz is the oldest car manufacturer in the world. The closest competitors of Mercedes-Benz in the current market for luxury cars are Acura , Alfa Romeo , Audi , BMW , Cadillac , Infiniti , Jaguar , Lexus and Volvo . The famous three-pointed star, designed by Gottlieb Daimler , symbolizes the ability of his motors for use on land, sea or air.

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

The creators of the company date back to 1881 , when Daimler and Benz invented independently of the internal combustion engine car in southwest Germany . Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach , who together invented the four-stroke engine Template: 1914 , worked together in Cannstatt (a district of Stuttgart ); Benz had his shop in Mannheim near Heidelberg . There are no records that both inventors had ever known.

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

With this engine, Daimler and Benz created the world's first car in 1886, initially naming it “Daimler-Benz Motor Wagen Pattent.” This prototype had only three wheels and a single gear, a top speed of 17 km / h, with a maximum power of 0.9 horsepower. Your engine runs on gasoline, but at that time it was sold only in pharmacies. A few months after its invention, the wife of Benz made a trip to visit a relative. Her husband asked her to take the Pattent Motor Wagen to prove it, and did so. As a note of curiosity, every year brings the model of the Mercedes-Benz of Mannheim and is a representation of the era garb. A few years later took out a new version, and with four wheels and two gears, reaching a maximum speed of 20 km / h.

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz

Mercedes benz