Carl Benz – A Life Dedicated to Cars in Comic Book Form
05 February 2013
The very first comic book, titled "Carl Benz – A life dedicated to cars", covers how the car was invented in colorful images how the car was invented as well as providing an insight into the fascinating life of car... Read More »
Birthplace of Mercedes-Benz Founder Carl Benz Discovered
13 June 2011
In the year of the 125th anniversary of the automobile, an important gap has now been closed in the life story of Carl Benz, and therefore also in the corporate history of Daimler AG. The latest historical research suggests that... Read More »
Maybach Landaulet History and Technical Specs
21 February 2011
Mercedes-Benz landaulets in the post-war period saw a functional transformation of the landaulet, from a versatile body design for city and country motoring to a vehicle used almost solely as a parade car. This led to the landaulet design becoming an... Read More »
Maybach Landaulet In-Depth Look
21 February 2011
The combination of tradition and modernity embodied in the Maybach Landaulet study, makes this a truly unique vehicle of its time. The highly unusual body shape already defines the car as something quite out of the ordinary. But the unique... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz Displays Fortitude Amidst Adversity
17 February 2011
New technology always has its critics, and not surprisingly, the automobile was no different. What did Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor, think of the new technology of his day? "I believe in the horse - the automobile is... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz History: Diesel Passenger Car Premiered 75 Years Ago
16 February 2011
The Mercedes-Benz 260 D in the W 138 series was the world's first series-production diesel passenger car. Seventyfive years ago in February 1936, 50 years after the invention of the petrol-powered automobile by Carl Benz, Mercedes-Benz presented this revolutionary vehicle... Read More »
125 Year Anniversary of the Automobile Celebrated by Daimler
31 January 2011
Exactly 125 years to the day after Carl Benz registered his "vehicle with gas-engine drive" under patent number 37435 with the Berlin Patent Office in 1886, Daimler AG has celebrated the anniversary of the automobile. Approximately 1,400 invited guests were... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz 125th Birthday: Benz Patent-Motorwagen To the Reinvention of the Motor Car
14 December 2010
It was on 29 January 1886 that Carl Benz filed an application in Berlin for a patent on his three-wheeled motor car. Ever since, that day has been considered the official birthday of the motor car, which, in 2011, celebrates... Read More »








