The origin of Mercedes-Benz

The brand Mercedes-Benz belongs to Daimler Company, and the reason may not be clear to many people. Let's say the year in the following words ~ ~

Carl Benz and Gottliep Daimler were the founders of automobiles, just as Wright invented the airplane.

As brothers.

Karl Benz

As early as 1883, karl benz founded "Mercedes-Benz Company and Rheinland Gas Engine Factory".

Then in 1885, Carl Benz designed a three-wheeled car with a gasoline engine, but the car at this time is not the four-wheeled car seen on the street now.

1886 65438+1On October 29th, karl benz obtained the patent right. So Germans call the year when the car was born 1886.

Gottliep Daimler

1886 At the end of the year, with the assistance of Wilhelm Maibakh, Daimler installed its own engine on a wagon, which was the first wagon in the world. At the same time, Gottliep Daimler, the inventor of the world's first four-wheeled vehicle, is also known as the "father of the world's automobiles".

1890 founded Daimler Automobile Company in Stuttgart. In the same year, wilhelm maybach became the chief engineer of Daimler Automobile Company.

After Mercedes-Benz and Daimler invented Hyundai respectively, the two companies began to market their products.

1894, Mercedes-Benz launched the world's first gasoline engine.

1896, Daimler introduced the world's first gasoline engine truck.

Emil Jellinek

1887, a man named Emile Jelinek, then Austrian Consul General in Nice, France, was also a wealthy businessman. He heard that Daimler made a four-wheel car with advanced performance. Emil was very interested in this and went to Stuttgart for an exploration tour. He just got off the train and found a local car called Doppel Phaeton. Moreover, this car is just a car owned by Daimler. Emil also rode in this car, which left a deep impression on him. He immediately decided to buy one and go back to Austria. He wrote a letter to Maibakh of Daimler at that time, expressing that he was satisfied with Daimler's car, but the horsepower was not enough. At that time, the "Doppel Phaeton" car, which means a light carriage with four wheels, had only six horsepower. It can be said that riding a bike is faster than it. Maibakh immediately changed his mind and moved towards the concept of high power. And after 1 years, Emile was very satisfied with the modified model and recommended his aristocratic relatives to place many purchase orders for Daimler. Considering Emil's strength, Daimler authorized him to be a dealer. Thus, the world's first car dealer was born, and he was Emil.

Ten years later, on 1898, Emile ordered three new "Phoenix" cars from Daimler and named them after his daughter's "Mercedes-Benz". It happened that he took part in a local mountain racing competition in his Mercedes-Benz and won the third place. He thought it was his daughter's name that brought good luck, so he suggested that Daimler name all its cars after Mercedes. On the one hand, the name of Mercedes-Benz really sounds good, on the other hand, Daimler hopes to rely on this Austrian aristocrat to open the Austrian market, so the two sides hit it off, and Mercedes-Benz became the name of all Daimler cars this year ~ ~

1in April, 898, Maibakh successfully developed and launched a car named "Mercedes-Benz" with 35 horsepower and more comfortable seats. Unexpectedly, as a result, Daimler's car sales increased greatly, which really seemed to be favored by the goddess of luck. Since then, Daimler automobile company's automobile brand has a fixed name-Mercedes-Benz.

The good times didn't last long. As a result of World War I, Germany was in an unprecedented predicament. The economic recession and the decline in automobile sales have greatly affected the development of industry. At the same time, the powerful rival Ford Motor Company of the United States rose on the other side of the Atlantic, and cheap Ford cars flooded the German market, which can be said to be worse.

1926, in order to survive and develop the automobile industry in the future, with the cooperation of many parties, Germany and Automobile Co., Ltd.

Mercedes-Benz and Daimler formally merged into Daimler-Benz Automobile Company, and its product Mercedes-Benz was changed to Mercedes-Benz on 1989, belonging to Daimler-Benz Industrial Group.