Mercedes-Benz Museum Focuses on New SL for 2012
02 January 2012
If you weren't one of the 701,000 visitors to the Mercedes-Benz Museum last year for the 125th anniversary of the automobile, you truly missed out on a great experience. Visitors from over 175 countries around the globe made the... Read More »
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2012 Mercedes-Benz Classic SL legend Calendar
20 July 2011
The year 2012 is the year of the SL legend. Excitement mounts in expectation of the market launch of the new Mercedes-Benz SL (R231) in 2012. The 2012 Classic Calendar takes up this theme and presents the models of the... Read More »
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Commemorative Stamp and Coin for the 125 Year Anniversary of the Automobile
05 May 2011
125 years ago the Kaiserliche Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) in Berlin granted Benz & Co. in Mannheim the patent No. 37,435 for a "vehicle with a gas engine drive system". This patent is see as the birth certificate of the... Read More »
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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 »
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Mercedes-Benz Museum Opens New Exhibition Featuring Emission Free Mobility
26 January 2011
This coming Saturday, January 29, marks 125 years of automotive history, it was in 1886 that Carl Benz received the patent for the first motor car, heralding the birth of the automobile. From January 30, 2011, in addition to experiencing... Read More »
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Mercedes-Benz Classics Take Part in London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
03 November 2010
The first weekend of November hosts a firm fixture in the international classic car calendar: the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in England. At the 2010 event, held on 7 November, Mercedes-Benz Classic will be entering two vehicles –... Read More »
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Mercedes-Benz Museum Prepares for the Automobile’s 125 Anniversary
21 October 2010
On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz received the patent for the world's very first car. It was on that day that the one of the most significant inventions to grace the earth, the automobile, was born. In 2011, the automobile... Read More »
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Mercedes-Benz Museum Collectors’ Fair
14 October 2010
Following the success of last year's Collector's Fair premiere, on Saturday, November 27, 2010 the Mercedes-Benz Museum will be holding its second collectors' fair for models, brochures, literature, pins and accessories. From 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. dealers, collectors and... Read More »
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Event To Be Held around the Lake of Constance
22 September 2010
The impressive countryside round about the Lake of Constance will be the scene of "Mercedes-Benz & Friends" from 23 to 26 September 2010. It kicks off a series of customer-focussed events of Mercedes-Benz Classic and is aimed at the members... Read More »
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Mercedes-Benz History: Biography of Rudolf Caracciola
06 September 2010
Rudolf Caracciola was born on 30 January 1901 in Remagen Germany. As a boy he was fascinated by cars, gathered first experience at the wheel of an "elderly 16/45 Mercedes" during the First World War and made up his mind... Read More »
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