Mercedes-Benz

{{See also|List of companies involved in the Holocaust|Diesel emissions scandal|History of the automobile}}

File:Carl-Benz coloriert.jpg (1844–1929) made the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first automobile.]]

Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent-Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry{{cite web|last=Auer|first=Georg|title=A genius whose three-wheeler is seen as the first car|url=http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/benz.htm|publisher=European Automotive Hall of Fame|access-date=14 September 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065921/http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/benz.htm|url-status=live}} and patented in January 1886{{cite web |archive-date=1 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301042155/http://www.edmunds.com/mercedesbenz/history.html |url=http://www.edmunds.com/mercedesbenz/history.html |title=Mercedes-Benz History |publisher=Edmunds.com |access-date=26 September 2010}} – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach, with the addition of a petrol engine, introduced later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG).

Emil Jellinek-Mercedes, an Austrian automobile entrepreneur who worked with DMG, registered the trademark in 1902, naming the 1901 Mercedes 35 hp after his daughter Mercedes Jellinek. Jellinek was a businessman and marketing strategist who promoted "horseless" Daimler automobiles among the highest circles of society. At the time, it was a meeting place for the haute volée of France and Europe, especially in winter. His customers included the Rothschild family and other wealthy clients, but as early as 1901, he was selling Mercedes cars in the "New World" as well, including to billionaires Rockefeller, Astor, Morgan, and Taylor. At the Nice race he attended in 1899, Jellinek drove under the pseudonym "Monsieur Mercédès". Many consider that race the birth of Mercedes-Benz as a brand. In 1901, the name "Mercedes" was re-registered by DMG worldwide as a protected trademark. The first Mercedes-Benz branded vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company on 28 June of the same year.

File:Gottlieb Daimler 1890s2.jpg (1834–1900) – founder of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft]]

Gottlieb Daimler was born on 17 March 1834 in Schorndorf. After training as a gunsmith and working in France, he attended the Polytechnic School in Stuttgart from 1857 to 1859. After completing various technical activities in France and England, he started working as a draftsman in Geislingen in 1862. At the end of 1863, he was appointed workshop inspector at a machine-tool factory in Reutlingen, where he met Wilhelm Maybach in 1865.{{cite book |last=Schildberger |first=Friedrich |title=Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Karl Benz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-s6AAAAMAAJ&q=Gottlieb+Daimler++machine+tool+factory+in+Reutlingen, |url-status=live |publisher=Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft |date=18 July 2007 |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003125811/https://books.google.com/books?id=K-s6AAAAMAAJ&q=Gottlieb+Daimler++machine+tool+factory+in+Reutlingen%2C |archive-date=3 October 2020}}

Throughout the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz produced the 770 model, a car that was notably popular throughout Germany's Nazi period. Adolf Hitler was known to have driven in a model of this car during his time in power, with modified custom bulletproof windshields.{{cite news |last=Klara |first=Robert |title=Hitler's car exerts grim fascination even if it just gave the Führer a lift to the airport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/13/hitler-car-exerts-grim-fascination |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2015 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407133056/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/13/hitler-car-exerts-grim-fascination |archive-date=7 April 2019}} Most of the currently surviving 770 models were sold at auctions to private buyers. One of the cars is currently on display at the War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.{{cite book|title=Junk Jet n°2|url=https://books.googlRoberte.com/books?id=rdZgzlI31W0C&pg=PA6|publisher=igmade.edition|pages=6–|id=GGKEY:W6X3P50T22D|access-date=15 May 2016|archive-date=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329122224/https://books.google.com/books?id=rdZgzlI31W0C&pg=PA6|url-status=live}}

From 1937 onward, Daimler Benz focused increasingly on military products such as the LG3000 lorry and the DB600 and the DB601 aero engines. To build the latter, in 1936, it built a factory hidden in the forest at Genshagen around 10 km south of Berlin. By 1942, the company had mostly stopped producing cars, and was now devoted to war production. According to its own statement, in 1944, almost half of its 63,610 employees were forced labourers, prisoners of war, or concentration-camp detainees.{{Cite web |url=https://www.daimler.com/company/tradition/company-history/1933-1945.html |title=Mercedes-Benz AG Company History Archived copy |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161213143534/https://www.daimler.com/company/tradition/company-history/1933-1945.html |url-status=dead }} Another source quotes this figure at 46,000. The company later paid $12 million in reparations to the labourers' families.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-12-mn-7400-story.html|title=Daimler-Benz to Pay $12 Million for War Forced Labor|date=12 June 1988|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818211903/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-12/news/mn-7400_1_million-for-war-war-forced-labor|url-status=live}}

In 1958, the two companies began a partnership to sell their cars in the United States with Studebaker. A few American-based Daimler Benz dealerships were converted into Mercedes-Benz dealerships when Daimler's non-Mercedes-partnered company closed in 1966.

Over the decades, Mercedes-Benz has introduced many electronic and mechanical innovations and safety features that later became common. Currently, Mercedes-Benz is one of the best-known and longest-standing automotive brands in the world. The pontiff's Popemobile has often been sourced from Mercedes-Benz.

In November 2019, Daimler AG announced that Mercedes-Benz, until that point a company marque, would be spun off into a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary called Mercedes-Benz AG. The new subsidiary would manage the Mercedes-Benz car and van business. Mercedes-Benz-badged trucks and buses would be part of the Daimler Truck AG subsidiary.

For information relating to the three-pointed star symbol of the brand, see under the title Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, including the merger into Daimler-Benz.

In May 2022, Mercedes-Benz announced that it has recently sold the most expensive car at the price of $142 million (€135 million).{{Cite web |date=2022-09-13 |title=Mercedes Benz 300 SLR: The most expensive classic |url=https://autohangar.com/mercedes-benz-300-slr-the-most-expensive-classic/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Autohangar |language=en-US}} The car is a very rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR that has been kept in the German automaker's collection and bought by a private owner. Mercedes in an announcement said that the sale will be used to establish the Mercedes-Benz Fund.{{Cite web |first=Peter |last=Valdes-Dapena |title=Mercedes just sold the world's most expensive car for $142 million |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/business/mercedes-worlds-most-expensive-car/index.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=CNN|date=19 May 2022 }}

In June 2022, Mercedes-Benz recalled almost one million vehicles built between 2004 and 2015, due to potential problems with their braking system, caused by possible "advanced corrosion".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61701235 | title=Mercedes recalls almost 1m cars over faulty brakes | date=6 June 2022 | publisher=BBC News |access-date=2022-06-06 }}

As of the Daimler AG company split, the Mercedes-Benz Cars division now handled the Mercedes-Benz- and the Smart-branded cars' production.{{Cite web|url=https://info.daimler.com/en/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818064206/http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-535019-1-1224454-1-0-0-0-0-0-36-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html|url-status=dead|title=Information on Daimler AG|archivedate=18 August 2011|website=info.daimler.com}}

Mercedes-AMG became a majority-owned division of Mercedes-Benz in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.motortrend.com/womt/112_0009_dreamfac/index.html |title=Behind the Scenes: Mercedez-Benz AMG |work=Motortrend.com |date=26 February 2007 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810024657/http://www.motortrend.com/womt/112_0009_dreamfac/index.html |archive-date=10 August 2010 }} The company was integrated into DaimlerChrysler in 1999,{{cite web|url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614299-1-784019-1-0-0-0-0-1-11701-854934-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Mercedes-AMG: unique, top-quality model line-up is popular worldwide |work=Media.daimler.com |date=10 April 2000 |access-date=12 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414004206/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614299-1-784019-1-0-0-0-0-1-11701-854934-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=14 April 2010 |url-status=dead|at=Turn JavaScript off to see archived page.}} and became Mercedes-Benz AMG on 1 January 1999.{{cite web|url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614299-1-785238-1-0-0-0-0-1-11702-854934-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=The history of Mercedes-AMG GmbH |work=Media.daimler.com |date=20 December 2000 |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225132101/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614299-1-785238-1-0-0-0-0-1-11702-854934-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=25 February 2010 |url-status=dead |author=}}

Daimler's ultraluxury Maybach brand was under the Mercedes-Benz Cars division until December 2012, when production was stopped due to decreased sales.{{cite web |title=Maybach European sales figures |url=http://carsalesbase.com/european-car-sales-data/maybach/ |website=carsalesbase.com |access-date=20 February 2020 |date=23 December 2013 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307094538/http://carsalesbase.com/european-car-sales-data/maybach/ |url-status=live }} It now exists under the Mercedes-Maybach name, with the models being luxury-focused, enhanced models of Mercedes-Benz cars, such as the 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600.{{cite news |last1=Padeanu |first1=Adrian |title=Look inside the gigantic Mercedes-Maybach S600 Pullman |url=https://uk.motor1.com/news/297832/mercedes-maybach-pullman-video/ |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=Motor1.com |date=17 December 2018 |language=en-gb |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220155739/https://uk.motor1.com/news/297832/mercedes-maybach-pullman-video/ |url-status=live }} The Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 SUV debuted in November 2019.{{cite news |last1=Anirudh |first1=S.K. |title=Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 Debuts As a New Benchmark of Luxurious SUVs |url=https://www.news18.com/news/auto/mercedes-maybach-gls-600-debuts-as-a-new-benchmark-of-luxurious-suvs-2396213.html |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=News18 |date=22 November 2019 |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229021546/https://www.news18.com/news/auto/mercedes-maybach-gls-600-debuts-as-a-new-benchmark-of-luxurious-suvs-2396213.html |url-status=live }}

Daimler partnered with BYD Auto to make and sell a battery-electric car called Denza in China.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bertelschmitt/2016/09/08/this-is-teslas-big-chance-in-china-will-it-be-blown-again/|title=This Is Tesla's Big Chance In China. Will It Be Blown Again?|date=8 September 2016|work=Forbes|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=20 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120044504/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bertelschmitt/2016/09/08/this-is-teslas-big-chance-in-china-will-it-be-blown-again/|url-status=live}} However, after reducing its stake in 2021, the Stuttgart-based company has now exited Denza completely: the Mercedes-Benz Group is no longer involved in the Chinese car brand Denza, as it sold its last ten per cent stake in Denza in July 2024.{{cite web|url=//www.electrive.com/2024/09/16/mercedes-benz-exits-denza-completely/|title=Mercedes-Benz exits Denza completely|date=19 September 2024|publisher=electrive|access-date=3 October 2024}} In 2016, Daimler announced plans to sell Mercedes-Benz-badged fully electric battery cars in China.{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-daimler-china-idUKKCN11D0O3|title=Daimler to sell Mercedes-Benz branded all-electric battery cars in China|date=7 September 2016|publisher=Reuters|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=7 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907151455/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-daimler-china-idUKKCN11D0O3|url-status=dead}} Beijing Benz is a joint venture with the BAIC Group to produce the Mercedes-Benz branded cars in China.{{cite web|url=http://ar2009.daimler.com/en/consolidated-financial-statements/notes/2-significant-acquisitions-and-dispositions-of-interests-in-companies-and-of-other-disposals-of-assets-and-liabilities.html|title=2009 Annual Report, 2. Significant acquisitions and dispositions of interests in companies and of other assets and liabilities|publisher=Daimler AG|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811162310/http://ar2009.daimler.com/en/consolidated-financial-statements/notes/2-significant-acquisitions-and-dispositions-of-interests-in-companies-and-of-other-disposals-of-assets-and-liabilities.html|archive-date=11 August 2011|access-date=9 March 2011}}

Established in 1995, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam is a joint venture between Saigon Mechanical Engineering Corporation (SAMCO) and Daimler AG.{{Cite web |last=Sương |first=Thanh |date=2018-10-11 |title=Mercedes-Benz được vinh danh là doanh nghiệp FDI tiêu biểu |url=https://vneconomy.vn/automotive/mercedes-benz-duoc-vinh-danh-la-doanh-nghiep-fdi-tieu-bieu.htm |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Automotive - Thông tin, hình ảnh, đánh giá xe ôtô, xe máy, xe điện {{!}} VnEconomy |language=vi}}{{Cite web |last=Thương |first=Báo Công |date=2016-08-10 |title=Hơn 20 năm chung tay tạo dựng giá trị đích thực |url=https://congthuong.vn/hon-20-nam-chung-tay-tao-dung-gia-tri-dich-thuc-73382.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Báo Công Thương điện tử, kinh tế, chính trị, xã hội |language=vi}} Daimler AG assembles various Mercedes-Benz models from CKD kits at its factory in Ho Chi Minh City.{{Cite web |date=27 August 2019 |title=Vision |url=https://www.mercedes-benz.com.vn/en/passengercars/the-brand/Mercedes-BenzVietnam/vision.module.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827105842/https://www.mercedes-benz.com.vn/en/passengercars/the-brand/Mercedes-BenzVietnam/vision.module.html |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Minh |first=Thanh |date=2022-06-07 |title=Cận cảnh công nghệ sản xuất ô tô trong nhà máy Mercedes-Benz Việt Nam |url=https://vneconomy.vn/automotive/can-canh-cong-nghe-san-xuat-o-to-trong-nha-may-mercedes-benz-viet-nam.htm |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Automotive - Thông tin, hình ảnh, đánh giá xe ôtô, xe máy, xe điện {{!}} VnEconomy |language=vi}}{{Cite web |last=VnExpress |title=Mercedes lắp ráp xe hiệu suất cao AMG tại Việt Nam |url=https://vnexpress.net/mercedes-lap-rap-xe-hieu-suat-cao-amg-tai-viet-nam-4514462.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=vnexpress.net |language=vi}} The factory is a joint venture with Saigon Mechanical Engineering Corporation.{{cite web |title=Start of construction of Mercedes-Benz plant in Vietnam |url=https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko/Start-of-construction-of-Mercedes-Benz-plant-in-Vietnam.xhtml?oid=4912763}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-11 |title=Mercedes-Benz nỗ lực để trở thành một doanh nghiệp FDI mẫu mực |url=https://thanhnien.vn/mercedesbenz-no-luc-de-tro-thanh-mot-doanh-nghiep-fdi-mau-muc-1851267990.htm |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=thanhnien.vn |language=vi}}{{Cite web |last=Trí |first=Dân |date=2015-01-20 |title=Mercedes-Benz bắt tay doanh nghiệp trong nước lắp xe khách |url=https://dantri.com.vn/o-to-xe-may/mercedes-benz-bat-tay-doanh-nghiep-trong-nuoc-lap-xe-khach-1422395910.htm |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Báo điện tử Dân Trí |language=vi}} In 2021-2022, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam invested approximately 33 million USD to upgrade 6 technologies at this factory in preparation for the assembly of AMG models.{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Tạp chí điện tử Hải quan |date=2022-06-07 |title=Mercedes-Benz Việt Nam đầu tư mạnh vào sản xuất và lắp ráp xe sang |url=https://haiquanonline.com.vn/mercedes-benz-viet-nam-dau-tu-manh-vao-san-xuat-va-lap-rap-xe-sang-163485.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Tạp chí điện tử Hải quan Online |language=vi}}{{Cite web |first= |title=Lần đầu tiên Mercedes-Benz đưa vào lắp ráp dòng xe AMG C 43 nổi tiếng ở Việt Nam |url=https://bnews.vn/lan-dau-tien-mercedes-benz-dua-vao-lap-rap-dong-xe-amg-c-43-noi-tieng-o-viet-nam/259214.html |access-date=22 February 2024 |website=bnews.vn (in Vietnamese).}} The 1996 Mercedes E230 was the first model produced by the Mercedes-Benz Vietnam assembly plant and was part of the initial batch assembled locally.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-09 |title=Mercedes-Benz Việt Nam sẽ ra mắt E-Class mới vào tháng 10 tới |url=https://www.tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn/mercedes-benz-viet-nam-se-ra-mat-e-class-moi-vao-thang-10-toi-post144020.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Tin nhanh chứng khoán |language=vi}}{{Cite web |last=baogiaothong.vn |title=Xem lại Mercedes-Benz E-Class đầu tiên xuất xưởng tại Việt Nam |url=https://xe.baogiaothong.vn/xem-lai-mercedes-benz-e-class-dau-tien-xuat-xuong-tai-viet-nam-192198916.htm |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Báo Giao thông |language=vi}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-25 |title=Mercedes-Benz đã bán được bao nhiêu xe tại Việt Nam? |url=https://www.tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn/mercedes-benz-da-ban-duoc-bao-nhieu-xe-tai-viet-nam-post255893.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Tin nhanh chứng khoán |language=vi}}

Other than in its native birthplace, Germany, Mercedes-Benz vehicles are or have been partly manufactured or assembled in:

File:Concesionario de Mercedes-Benz, Múnich, Alemania, 2013-03-30, DD 21.JPG

Before the mid 1990s, Mercedes-Benz had a very strong reputation for quality and durability. Mercedes-Benz's passenger cars were considered as "tanks" or "indestructible" by owners who had their own Mercedes for a very long period. Some objective measures looking at passenger vehicles, such as J. D. Power surveys, demonstrated a downturn in reputation in these criteria in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By mid-2005, Mercedes temporarily returned to the industry average for initial quality, a measure of problems after the first 90 days of ownership, according to J. D. Power.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |title=Business Week, November 2006 |work=BusinessWeek |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628204212/http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |url-status=dead }} In J. D. Power's Initial Quality Study for the first quarter of 2007, Mercedes showed dramatic improvement by climbing from 25th to 5th place and earning several awards for its newer models.{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |title=J. D. Power and Associates Reports: Ford Motor Company Captures Most Awards in 2007 Initial Quality Study |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126103600/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |archive-date=26 November 2009 }} For 2008, Mercedes-Benz's initial quality rating improved by yet another mark, to 4th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |title=2008 Initial Quality Study | J. D. Power and Associates |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125120931/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |archive-date=25 November 2009 }} On top of this accolade, it also received the Platinum Plant Quality Award for their Mercedes branded Sindelfingen, Germany body assembly plant. J. D. Power's 2011 US Initial Quality and Vehicle Dependability Studies both ranked Mercedes-Benz vehicles above average in build quality and reliability.{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |title=2011 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) |publisher=JDpower.com |date=June 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731162017/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |archive-date=31 July 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |title=2011 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study |publisher=JDpower.com |date=March 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810001012/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |archive-date=10 August 2011}} In J. D. Power's United Kingdom Survey in 2011, Mercedes cars were rated above average.[http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096/ JD Power Survey 2011 – The results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106205451/http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096 |date=6 January 2012}}, J. D. Power Survey 2011, 27 May 2011 Additionally, iSeeCars.com study for Reuters in 2014 found Mercedes to have the lowest vehicle recall rate out of competitors.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 Mercedes-Benz has lowest vehicle recall rate in U.S.: study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183303/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 |date=1 October 2015}}, Reuters, 27 March 2014

{{see also|List of Mercedes-Benz vehicles}}

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Mercedes-Benz offers a versatile range of consumer-passenger, light commercial and heavy commercial equipment. These vehicles are manufactured in multiple countries worldwide. The Smart marque of city cars are also produced by Daimler AG.

• A-Class – C-segment hatchback and saloon
• B-Class – C-segment hatchback
• C-Class – D-segment saloon, estate, coupé and cabriolet
• CLA – C-segment saloon and estate
• CLE – E-segment coupé and cabriolet
• E-Class – E-segment saloon and estate
• G-Class – Off-road vehicle
• GLA – C-segment crossover SUV
• GLB – D-segment crossover SUV
• GLC – D-segment crossover SUV
• GLE – E-segment crossover SUV
• GLS – F-segment crossover SUV
• S-Class – F-segment saloon, coupé and cabriolet
• T-Class – M-segment compact MPV
• V-Class – M-segment large MPV
• AMG GT – S-segment coupé and roadster
• AMG GT 4-Door – E-segment liftback
• AMG SL – S-segment roadster
• AMG ONE – S-segment supercar
• EQA – C-segment electric crossover SUV
• EQB – D-segment electric crossover SUV
• EQE – E-segment saloon
• EQE SUV – E-segment electric crossover SUV
• EQS – F-segment electric liftback
• EQS SUV – F-segment electric crossover SUV
• EQT – M-segment electric compact MPV
• EQV – M-segment electric large MPV

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Mercedes-Benz currently offers three types of vans; Citan, Vito, and Sprinter. They are all produced by Daimler AG.

{{See also|List of Mercedes-Benz trucks|l1=List of Mercedes-Benz trucks}}

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File:Heidelberg Airfield - Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5023 - RKF BLESES - 2018-07-20 17-35-27.jpg, a famous allround vehicle by Mercedes-Benz]]

Since December 2021, the Mercedes-Benz Trucks division is part of the Daimler Truck company and includes other sub-companies that were part of the DaimlerChrysler merger. Gottlieb Daimler sold the world's first truck in 1886.{{cite web|url=http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-1224348-1-1247282-1-0-0-0-0-0-108-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Trucks – "Trucks You Can Trust" |date=4 December 2013 |work=daimler.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204172100/http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-1224348-1-1247282-1-0-0-0-0-0-108-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=4 February 2011 }} Their first factory to be built outside Germany after World War II was in Argentina. They originally built trucks, many of which were modified by third parties to be used as buses, popularly named Colectivo.

{{Main|Mercedes-Benz buses}}

Mercedes-Benz has been producing buses since 1895 in Mannheim, Germany. Since 1995, the brands of Mercedes-Benz's buses and coaches are under the umbrella of EvoBus GmbH, since December 2021 belonging to Daimler Truck AG. EvoBus, through its regional subsidiaries, markets them in European countries, while in other regions of the world marketing and sales duties are passed to regional subsidiaries of Daimler Truck. Mercedes-Benz produces a wide range of buses and coaches, mainly for Europe and Asia. The first model was produced by Karl Benz in 1895.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercedes-benz-bus.com/en_GB/home.html|title=Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches: Home|website=www.mercedes-benz-bus.com|language=en|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820234649/https://www.mercedes-benz-bus.com/en_GB/home.html|url-status=live}}

File:Mercedes Citaro C2 n°462 Université STRAN.jpg Citaro (second generation) in June 2014]]

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• 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: W125 Record-breaking experimental
• 1939: 320A
• 1951: 300, known as the "Adenauer Mercedes"
• 1953: "Ponton" models
• 1954: 300SL "Gullwing"
• 1956: 190SL
• 1959: "Fintail" models
• 1960: 220SE Cabriolet
• 1963: 600 "Grand Mercedes"
• 1963: 230SL "Pagoda"
• 1965: S-Class
• 1966: 300SEL 6.3
• 1968: W114 "new generation" compact cars
• 1969: C111 experimental vehicle
• 1972: 350SL, 350SLC
• 1974: 450SEL 6.9
• 1977: W123 – Mercedes' first station wagon
• 1978: 300SD – Mercedes' first turbo diesel
• 1979: 500SEL and G-Class
• 1983: 190E 2.3–16
• 1989: 300SL, 500SL
• 1990: 500E
• 1991: 600SEL
• 1993: C-Class
• 1995: C43 AMG
• 1995: SL73 AMG, 7.3 V12
• 1996: SLK
• 1997: A-Class and M-Class
• 2004: SLR McLaren and CLS-Class
• 2007: BlueTec E320, GL320 Bluetec, ML320 Bluetec, R320 Bluetec
• 2010: SLS AMG
• 2013: CLA-Class
• 2016: AMG GT
• 2019: EQ
• 2021: EQA
• 2022: EQS and AMG ONE

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The Mercedes-Benz 600 or 600S Pullman Guard limousines offer the option of armour-plating and have been used by diplomats worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.gizmag.com/go/6902/|title=Mercedes-Benz builds new armoured Pullman State Limousine|work=gizmag.com|date=27 February 2007|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-date=12 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112014111/http://www.gizmag.com/go/6902/|url-status=live}}

Until 1994, Mercedes-Benz utilized an alphanumeric system for categorizing their vehicles, consisting of a number sequence approximately equal to the engine's displacement in liters multiplied by 100, followed by an arrangement of alphabetical suffixes, indicating body style and engine type.

• "C" indicates a coupe or cabriolet body style (for example, the CL and CLK models, though the C-Class is an exception, since it is also available as a sedan or station wagon).
• "D" indicates the vehicle is equipped with a diesel engine.
• "E" (for "Einspritzung") indicates the vehicle's engine is equipped with petrol fuel injection. Also used for electric models and plug-in hybrids.
• "G" was originally used for the Geländewagen off-road vehicle, but is now applied to Mercedes SUVs in general (G, GLA, GLC, GLE, GLK, and GLS).
• "K" was used in the 1930s, indicating a supercharger ("Kompressor") equipped engine. Three exceptions : the SLK, SSK and CLK, where K indicates "Kurz" (short-wheelbase) (though the SLK{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26543/mr-regular-mercedes-slk-230/|title=The Mercedes SLK230 Is the Rich Man's Miata|last=Regular|first=Mr|date=31 August 2015|website=Road & Track|language=en-US|access-date=16 January 2020|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710232502/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26543/mr-regular-mercedes-slk-230/|url-status=live}} and SSK had a supercharger).
• "L" indicates "Leicht" (lightweight) for sporting models and "Lang" (long-wheelbase) for sedan models.
• "R" indicates "Rennen" (racing), used for racing cars (for example, the 300SLR).
• "S" Sonderklasse "Special class" for flagship models, including the S-Class, SLR McLaren, and SLS sports cars.
• "T" indicates "Touring" and an estate (or station wagon) body style.

Some models in the 1950s also had lower-case letters (b, c, and d) to indicate specific trim levels. For other models, the numeric part of the designation does not match the engine displacement. This was done to show the model's position in the model range independent of displacement or in the price matrix. For these vehicles, the actual displacement in litres is suffixed to the model designation. An exception was the 190-class with the numeric designation of "190" as to denote its entry-level in the model along with the displacement label on the right side of the boot (190E 2.3 for 2.3-litre 4-cylinder petrol motor, 190D 2.5 for 2.5-litre 5-cylinder diesel motor, and so forth). Some older models (such as the SS and SSK) did not have a number as part of the designation at all.

For the 1994 model year, Mercedes-Benz revised the naming system. Models were divided into "classes" denoted by an arrangement of up to three letters (see "Current model range" above), followed by a three-digit (or two-digit for AMG models, with the number approximately equal to the displacement in litres multiplied by 10) number related to the engine displacement as before. Variants of the same model such as an estate version or a vehicle with a diesel engine are no longer given a separate letter. The SLR and SLS supercars do not carry a numerical designation.

Today, many numerical designations no longer reflect the engine's actual displacement, but more of the relative performance and marketing position. Despite its engine displacement in two litres, the powerplant in the A45 AMG produces 355 brake horsepower so the designation is higher as to indicate the greater performance. Another example is the E250 CGI having greater performance than the E200 CGI due to the different engine tuning even though both have 1.8-litre engines. From the marketing perspective, E200 seems more "upscale" than E180. Recent AMG models use the "63" designation (in honor of the 1960s 6.3-litre M100 engine) despite being equipped with either a 6.2-litre (M156), a 5.5-litre (M157) or even a 4.0-litre engine.

Some models carry further designations indicating special features:

• "4MATIC" indicates the vehicle is equipped with all-wheel-drive.
• "BlueTEC" indicates a diesel engine with selective catalytic reduction exhaust aftertreatment.
• "BlueEFFICIENCY" indicates special fuel economy features (direct injection, start-stop system, aerodynamic modifications, etc.)
• "CGI" (Charged Gasoline Injection) indicates direct gasoline injection.
• "CDI" (Common-rail Direct Injection) indicates a common-rail diesel engine.
• "Hybrid" indicates a petrol- or diesel-electric hybrid.
• "NGT" indicates a natural gas-fueled engine.
• "Kompressor" indicates a supercharged engine.
• "Turbo" indicates a turbocharged engine, only used on A-, B-, E- and GLK-Class models.
• "AMG Line" indicates the interior or engine, depending which car, has been fitted with the luxuries of their AMG sports cars.

Model designation badges can be removed at the request of the customer.

Rationalisation of the model nomenclature was announced in November 2014 for future models.{{cite web | last = Ewing | first = Steven | date = 11 November 2014 | url = http://www.autoblog.com/2014/11/11/mercedes-name-changes-gl-maybach/ | title = Mercedes renames utility vehicles, repositions Maybach as sub-brand | publisher = Autoblog.com | access-date = 12 November 2014 | archive-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170630194627/http://www.autoblog.com/2014/11/11/mercedes-name-changes-gl-maybach/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-1760651-1-1760337-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html?TS=1415752768119 | title = Mercedes-Benz expands brand world and introduces new nomenclature: Mercedes-Maybach for the ultimate in exclusivity and individuality | publisher = Daimler AG | date = 11 November 2014 | access-date = 12 November 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141112050328/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-1760651-1-1760337-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html?TS=1415752768119 | archive-date = 12 November 2014 | url-status=dead | df = dmy-all }} The changes consolidate many confusing nomenclature and their placements in the model range, for example—the CL-Class is now called the S-Class Coupé. The naming structure is divided into four categories: core, off-road vehicle/SUV, 4-door coupé, and roadster. AMG GT and V-Class are unaffected by the change. In October 2016, Mercedes unveiled the X-Class; a pickup truck built on the Nissan Navara.{{cite web|url=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mercedes/90977/new-mercedes-x-class-arrives-and-the-premium-pick-up-is-born|title=New Mercedes X-Class arrives and the 'premium pick-up' is born|work=Auto Express|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233351/http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mercedes/90977/new-mercedes-x-class-arrives-and-the-premium-pick-up-is-born|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mercedes-benz-x-class-concept-previews-new-pick|title=Mercedes-Benz X-Class concept previews new pick-up|access-date=1 November 2016|archive-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164747/http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mercedes-benz-x-class-concept-previews-new-pick|url-status=live}} At the 2016 Paris Motor Show, the company announced the EQ, a family of upcoming battery electric vehicles based on a modular platform, expected to represent up to 25% of its global sales by 2025.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/for-decades-the-future-of-electric-vehicles-has-seemed-a-few-years-away/article32657674/|title=For decades the future of electric vehicles has seemed a few years away|last=Bubbers|first=Matt|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=8 November 2016|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429120001/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/for-decades-the-future-of-electric-vehicles-has-seemed-a-few-years-away/article32657674/|url-status=live}}

Note: The CLA is positioned between the A- and B-Class models, while the CLE sits between the C- and E-Classes.

In addition to the revised nomenclature, Mercedes-Benz has new suffix nomenclature for the drive systems.

The revised A45 AMG for the 2016 model year on has shifted the model designation to the right side while AMG is on the left side.{{cite web|title=2016 Mercedes-AMG A 45 gets boosted engine, 0-100km/h in 4.2sec|url=http://performancedrive.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2016-Mercedes-Benz-A-45-AMG-rear-1280x779.jpg|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701031255/http://performancedrive.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2016-Mercedes-Benz-A-45-AMG-rear-1280x779.jpg|url-status=live}} This trend commenced with Mercedes-Maybach with MAYBACH on the left and S500/S600 on the right.{{cite web|title = Mercedes' Ultra Luxury Maybach Brand Is Making A Comeback|url = http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5474f6faecad04f1073ab53e-1200-924/mercedes-maybach-s600-3.jpg|access-date = 22 August 2015|archive-date = 31 July 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150731140421/http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5474f6faecad04f1073ab53e-1200-924/mercedes-maybach-s600-3.jpg|url-status = live}}

{{See also|Diesel emissions scandal}}

Mercedes-Benz has developed multi-concept cars with alternative propulsion, such as hybrid-electric, fully electric, and fuel-cell powertrains. At the 2007 Frankfurt motor show, Mercedes-Benz showed seven hybrid models, including the F700 concept car, powered by a hybrid-electric drivetrain featuring the DiesOtto engine.{{cite web |url=http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Sep07/06_Mercedes_Details_What_To_Expect_At_The_International_Auto_Show_In_Frankfurt.html |title=Mercedes vehicles at the 2007 Frankfurt show |publisher=Emercedesbenz.com |date=6 September 2007 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301012240/http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Sep07/06_Mercedes_Details_What_To_Expect_At_The_International_Auto_Show_In_Frankfurt.html |archive-date=1 March 2010 }} In 2009, Mercedes-Benz displayed three BlueZERO concepts at the North American International Auto Show. Each car features a different powertrain – battery-electric, fuel-cell electric, and gasoline-electric hybrid.{{cite web|url=http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-7153-1-1160703-1-0-0-0-0-0-9293-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO: Modular Drive Concept for Electric Vehicles |publisher=Daimler AG |date=15 December 2008 |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315095222/http://daimler.com/dccom/0-5-7153-1-1160703-1-0-0-0-0-0-9293-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=15 March 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.netcarshow.com/mercedes-benz/2009-bluezero_concept/|title=Mercedes-Benz BlueZero Concept (2009) with pictures and wallpapers|publisher=NetCarShow.com|access-date=26 April 2009|archive-date=17 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217090147/http://www.netcarshow.com/mercedes-benz/2009-bluezero_concept/|url-status=live}} In the same year, Mercedes also showed the Vision S500 PHEV concept with a {{convert|19|mi}} all-electric range and {{CO2}} emissions of 74 grams/km in the New European Driving Cycle.{{cite web |url=http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1072.html |title=The Ultimate Posting on Plug-In Hybrid Developments: Clip & Save |publisher=Calcars.org |access-date=17 December 2009 |archive-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106213843/http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1072.html |url-status=live }}

Since 2002, Mercedes-Benz has developed the F-Cell fuel cell vehicle. The current version, based on the B-Class, has a 250-mile range and is available for lease, with volume production scheduled to begin in 2014. Mercedes has also announced the SLS AMG E-Cell, a fully electric version of the SLS sports car, with deliveries expected in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/10q2/2013_mercedes-benz_sls_amg_e-cell-prototype_drive |title=Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell-Prototype Drive |date=25 June 2010 |publisher=Car and Driver |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818030843/http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/10q2/2013_mercedes-benz_sls_amg_e-cell-prototype_drive |url-status=live }} The Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHYBRID{{cite web|url=http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-633234-1-1129030-1-0-0-0-0-0-9293-7163-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Mercedes-Benz S 400 BlueHYBRID: CO₂ Champion in the Luxury Class with Efficient Hybrid Drive System and Lithium-Ion Technology | Daimler > Brands & Products > News |publisher=Daimler AG |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314054410/http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-633234-1-1129030-1-0-0-0-0-0-9293-7163-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=14 March 2009 }} was launched in 2009, and is the first production automotive hybrid in the world to use a lithium-ion battery.{{cite web|last=Abuelsamid|first=Sam|url=http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/29/mercedes-benz-s400-bluehybrid-first-production-lithium-ion-hybr/|title=Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid, first production lithium ion hybrid|publisher=AutoBlogGreen.com|date=29 February 2008|access-date=26 April 2009|archive-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218003033/http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/29/mercedes-benz-s400-bluehybrid-first-production-lithium-ion-hybr|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.autounleashed.com/mercedes-enters-the-hybrid-game-the-s400-bluehybrid |title=Mercedes enters the hybrid game – the S400 BlueHybrid |publisher=AutoUnleashed.com |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415171428/http://www.autounleashed.com/mercedes-enters-the-hybrid-game-the-s400-bluehybrid |archive-date=15 April 2009 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/13994/mercedes-benz-future-hybrid-lineup.html |title=2007 IAA Report – S-Class hybrid |date=September 2007 |publisher=Caranddriver.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=30 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030094136/http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/13994/mercedes-benz-future-hybrid-lineup.html |url-status=live }} In mid-2010, production commenced on the Vito E-Cell all-electric van.

In 2008, Mercedes-Benz announced that it would have a demonstration fleet of small electric cars in two to three years.{{Cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-03-23-mercedes-electric-car-battery_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=Mercedes sees electric-car progress | first=James R. | last=Healey | date=23 March 2008 | access-date=12 May 2010 | archive-date=19 August 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819143531/http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-03-23-mercedes-electric-car-battery_N.htm | url-status=live }} Mercedes-Benz and Smart are preparing for the widespread uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK by beginning the installation of recharging points across their dealer networks. So far 20 Elektrobay recharging units, produced in the UK by Brighton-based Elektromotive, have been installed at seven locations as part of a pilot project, and further expansion of the initiative is planned later in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.elektromotive.com/html/news-story.php?news_id=59 |title=Elektromotive.com |publisher=Elektromotive.com |date=3 June 2010 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710182211/http://www.elektromotive.com/html/news-story.php?news_id=59 |archive-date=10 July 2011 }}

In the United States, Mercedes-Benz was assessed a record US$30.66 million fine for their decision to not meet the federal corporate average fuel economy standard in 2009.[http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/01/08/huge-fine-for-mercedes-benz-for-poor-fuel-efficiency/ A huge fine for Mercedes-Benz for poor fuel efficiency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609235737/http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/01/08/huge-fine-for-mercedes-benz-for-poor-fuel-efficiency/ |date=9 June 2009 }} by Jeremy Korzeniewski on 8 January 2009, AutoblogGreen Certain Mercedes-Benz cars, including the S550 and all AMG models sold in the United States, also face an additional gas guzzler tax.{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/guzzler/420b08016.pdf |title=Vehicles Subject to the Gas Guzzler Tax for Model Year 2009 (EPA420-B-08-016) |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=26 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226212949/http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/guzzler/420b08016.pdf |url-status=live }} However, newer AMG models fitted with the M157 engine will not be subject to the gas-guzzler tax, due to improved fuel economy,{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/2011_mercedes-benz_s63_amg-auto_shows |first=Mark |last=Gillies |title=2011 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG – Auto Shows |publisher=Car and Driver |date=March 2010 |access-date=15 June 2011 |archive-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609193026/http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/2011_mercedes-benz_s63_amg-auto_shows |url-status=live }} and newer models powered by the M276 and M278 engines will have better fuel economy. In 2008, Mercedes also had the worst {{CO2}} average of all major European manufacturers, ranking 14th out of 14 manufacturers.{{cite web|url=http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid:549 |title=Car company CO₂ Report for 2008 |publisher=Transport & Environment |access-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925150632/http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid%3A549 |archive-date=25 September 2009 }} Mercedes was also the worst manufacturer in 2007 and 2006 in terms of average {{CO2}} levels, with 181 g and 188 g of {{CO2}} emitted per km, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid/513 |title=Car company CO₂ Report for 2007 |publisher=Transport & Environment |access-date=24 November 2008 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728123649/http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid/513 |url-status=live }}

Mercedes-Benz paid an additional US$38 million for failing to meet its CAFE standards for model years 2008–2011.{{cite web |title=CAFE PIC Civil Penalties |url=https://one.nhtsa.gov/cafe_pic/CAFE_PIC_Fines_LIVE.html |website=one.nhtsa.gov |publisher=US Department of Transportation |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907155216/https://one.nhtsa.gov/cafe_pic/CAFE_PIC_Fines_LIVE.html |url-status=dead }}

In May 2017, Mercedes partnered with Vivint Solar to develop a solar-energy home storage battery.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/business/energy-environment/vivint-solar-mercedes-benz-battery.html|title=Mercedes-Benz Brings a New Model (of Battery) to U.S. Homes|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 May 2017|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125074738/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/business/energy-environment/vivint-solar-mercedes-benz-battery.html|url-status=live|last1=Cardwell|first1=Diane}}

In February 2018, it was announced that Mercedes cabin air filters earned the Asthma and Allergy Friendly Certification.{{cite web|url=http://www.4-traders.com/news/New-Automotive-Cabin-Air-Filters-Give-People-with-Asthma-and-Allergies-a-Barrier-From-Pollen-and-Air--26078031/|title=New Automotive Cabin Air Filters Give People with Asthma and Allergies a Barrier From Pollen and Air Pollution|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232008/http://www.4-traders.com/news/New-Automotive-Cabin-Air-Filters-Give-People-with-Asthma-and-Allergies-a-Barrier-From-Pollen-and-Air--26078031/|url-status=live}}

Mercedes opened its sixth battery factory in 2018. Critics deemed the marque's EQS sedan a tough competitor to Tesla, Inc.{{cite news|last=Denton|first=Jack|title=This new 'Tesla fighter' from Mercedes beats out the Model S on two key measures, UBS says|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-new-tesla-fighter-from-mercedes-beats-out-the-model-s-on-two-key-measures-ubs-says-11625052287|access-date=2021-10-08|website=MarketWatch|language=en-US}}{{cite web|date=2017-12-07|title=Mercedes is quietly becoming Tesla's biggest rival {{!}} TBF|url=https://the-business-factory.com/mercedes-is-quietly-becoming-teslas-biggest-rival/|access-date=2021-10-08|website=The Business Factory}} The six factories are established across three continents.

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The brand has also launched its electric EQ brand with the EQC SUV which was set for production in the year 2019. In September 2018, Mercedes unveiled the EQC, its first fully electric car, at an event in Stockholm.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-germany-daimler-mercedes/mercedes-unveils-electric-car-in-direct-german-challenge-to-tesla-idUSKCN1LK26G|title=Mercedes unveils electric car in direct German challenge to Tesla|last=Vaish|first=Esha|work=U.S.|access-date=5 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904211234/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-germany-daimler-mercedes/mercedes-unveils-electric-car-in-direct-german-challenge-to-tesla-idUSKCN1LK26G|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/gunning-for-the-top-spot-mercedes-benz-unveils-its-first-fully-electric-car-in-direct-challenge-to-tesla/articleshow/65683615.cms|title=Gunning for the top spot: Mercedes-Benz unveils its first fully-electric car in direct challenge to Tesla|date=5 September 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175604/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/gunning-for-the-top-spot-mercedes-benz-unveils-its-first-fully-electric-car-in-direct-challenge-to-tesla/articleshow/65683615.cms|url-status=live}}

Mercedes unveiled the VISION AVTR at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Mercedes-Benz VISION AVTR: Is it ready for streets? (Video) – Technology Org |url=https://www.technology.org/2022/01/21/mercedes-benz-vision-avtr/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.technology.org |language=en-US}} The car was inspired by the 2009 science fiction film Avatar.{{Cite web |last=Vaughn |first=Mark |date=2022-12-13 |title=We Drive the Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR Concept Car from Avatar |url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/future-cars/a42211554/we-drive-the-mercedes-benz-vision-avtr-concept-car-from-avatar/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Autoweek |language=en-US}} Whilst the AVTR is a concept car, it is said to "hold clues on features bound for next-generation Mercedes-Benz cars".{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR Concept Driven: Electric Luxury Fit for Giant Blue Aliens |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/mercedes-benz-vision-avtr-first-drive-review/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=MotorTrend |language=en}}

2022 will be the year in which Daimler has said that the company will have invested $11 billion to ensure that every Mercedes-Benz has a fully electric or hybrid version available on the market.{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mercedes-reveals-plans-to-dominate-ev-market-2018-1|title=Mercedes just revealed how it plans to conquer electric cars — and Tesla should be nervous|work=Business Insider|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131000017/http://www.businessinsider.com/mercedes-reveals-plans-to-dominate-ev-market-2018-1|url-status=live}}

While releasing details of the project, Markus Schäfer said,

"Our electric vehicles will be built in six plants on three continents. We address every market segment: from the smart fortwo seater to the large SUV. The battery is the key component of e-mobility. As batteries are the heart of our electric vehicles we put a great emphasis on building them in our own factories. With our global battery network, we are in an excellent position: As we are close to our vehicle plants we can ensure the optimal supply of production. In case of a short-term high demand in another part of the world our battery factories are also well prepared for export. The electric initiative of Mercedes-Benz Cars is right on track. Our global production network is ready for e-mobility. We are electrifying the future."{{Cite news|url=https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/|title=Mercedes-Benz unveils aggressive electric vehicle production plan, 6 factories and a 'global battery network'|date=29 January 2018|work=Electrek|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130161718/https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/|url-status=live}} After Audi declared that it would cut more than 9,000 jobs by 2025, the owner of Mercedes-Benz announced that the company will shed around 10,000 jobs worldwide to focus on electric cars.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50598673|title=Mercedes owner to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide|date=29 November 2019|access-date=1 December 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130161759/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50598673|url-status=live}}

In January 2021, Mercedes-Benz revealed its new electric SUV, the EQA, which will have a range of 426 kilometres and will be on sale in Europe starting 4 February.{{Cite news|last=Carey|first=Nick|date=2021-01-20|title=Mercedes unveils electric compact SUV in bid to outdo Tesla|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-daimler-electric-idUSKBN29P19N|access-date=2021-01-20|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120120946/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-daimler-electric-idUSKBN29P19N|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Mercedes-Benz in motorsport}}

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The two companies which were merged to form the Mercedes-Benz brand in 1926 had both already enjoyed success in the new sport of motor racing throughout their separate histories. A single Benz competed in the world's first motor race, the 1894 Paris–Rouen, where Émile Roger finished 14th in 10 hours 1 minute. Throughout its long history, the company has been involved in a range of motorsport activities, including sports car racing and rallying. On several occasions, Mercedes-Benz has withdrawn completely from motorsport for a significant period, notably in the late 1930s, and after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, where a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR rammed another car (an Austin-Healey), took off into the stands, and killed more than 80 spectators. Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson won the 1955 Mille Miglia road race in Italy during a record-breaking drive with an average speed of almost 98 mph in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/3902283/Mercedes-honours-Stirling-Moss.html |title=Telegraph 23 December 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=23 December 2008 |access-date=12 March 2011 |first=Paul |last=Hudson |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207221102/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/3902283/Mercedes-honours-Stirling-Moss.html |url-status=live }}

Although there was some activity in the intervening years, it was not until 1987 that Mercedes-Benz returned to front line competition, returning to Le Mans, Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM), and Formula One with Sauber. The 1990s saw Mercedes-Benz partner with British engine builder Ilmor (now Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines), and campaign IndyCars under the USAC/CART rules, eventually winning the 1994 Indianapolis 500 and 1994 CART IndyCar World Series Championship with Al Unser Jr. at the wheel. The 1990s also saw the return of Mercedes-Benz to GT racing with the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, which took the company to two titles in FIA's GT1 class.

Mercedes-Benz is currently active in two motorsport categories, Formula One and GT racing.

{{Main|Mercedes-Benz in Formula One}}

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Mercedes-Benz took part in the world championship in 1954 and 1955, but despite being successful with two championship titles for Juan-Manuel Fangio,{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/268/ |title=The official Formula 1 website |publisher=Formula1.com |date=24 June 1911 |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629204547/http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/268/ |archive-date=29 June 2007 }} the company left the sport after just two seasons.

Mercedes-Benz returned as an engine manufacturer in 1994, with the engines being designed and manufactured by Ilmor in Brixworth.{{cite news|title=Ilmor: Bowmen of the Silver Arrows|publisher=Atlasf1.autosport.com|url=http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2001/jan03/tytler.html|access-date=26 April 2009|archive-date=15 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415231412/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2001/jan03/tytler.html|url-status=dead}} It initially partnered with Sauber, before switching to McLaren in 1995. Although the Mercedes engines were not successful at first, they later won drivers' championships for Mika Häkkinen in 1998 and 1999, and for Lewis Hamilton in 2008, as well as a constructors' championship in 1998. Mercedes part-owned McLaren, and the collaboration had been extended into the production of road-going cars such as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.

In 2007, McLaren-Mercedes was fined a record US$100 million for stealing confidential Ferrari technical data.{{cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2007/September/130907-02.html |title=FIA: $100M fine handed to Mercedes |publisher=FIA |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408103136/http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2007/September/130907-02.html |archive-date=8 April 2009 }}

In 2009, Ross Brawn's newly conceived Formula One team, Brawn GP used Mercedes engines to win the titles. At the end of the season, Mercedes-Benz sold its 40% stake in McLaren to the McLaren Group and bought 70% of the Brawn GP team jointly with an Abu Dhabi-based investment consortium. Brawn GP was renamed Mercedes GP for the 2010 season and became the main team for Mercedes-Benz. The company continued providing engines to other teams under customer relationships.{{cite web|last1=Benson|first1=Andrew|title=Formula 1 2016: All you need to know about the teams|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/30913845|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 November 2016|date=3 July 2016|archive-date=11 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111145441/http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/30913845|url-status=live}}

After major rule changes in {{F1|2014}}, Mercedes clinched the drivers' and constructors' titles with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, after dominating much of the season. Mercedes repeated the feat in {{F1|2015}}, winning 16 out of 19 races, and again in {{F1|2016}}, winning 19 of the 21 races. In the following years, Mercedes continued their success by winning the drivers' championships from 2017 to 2020 and the constructors' championships from 2017 to 2021, becoming the first team to win seven consecutive "double-championships".{{Cite web|date=2020-11-01|title=Hamilton wins wild race in Imola as Mercedes clinch seventh-straight constructors' title|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-wins-wild-race-in-imola-as-mercedes-clinch-seventh-straight.3B7QIQp1BeTM7SMlKlcoj8.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119174919/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-wins-wild-race-in-imola-as-mercedes-clinch-seventh-straight.3B7QIQp1BeTM7SMlKlcoj8.html|archive-date=19 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Formula1.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/f1-mercedes-constructors-2021-hamilton-25677987|title = Mercedes win eighth straight constructors' title as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP|website = Daily Mirror|date = 12 December 2021}} In these years, Hamilton was the champion in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, while Rosberg won in 2016.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-15|title=Lewis Hamilton seals historic 7th title with peerless wet-weather victory in Turkey|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-seals-historic-7th-title-with-peerless-wet-weather-victory-in.4wK1atemiXDvWXQxOknL4J.html|access-date=2020-11-15|website=Formula1.com|language=en|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117064210/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-seals-historic-7th-title-with-peerless-wet-weather-victory-in.4wK1atemiXDvWXQxOknL4J.html|url-status=live}} Their unbeaten streak was broken in 2021, when Max Verstappen of Red Bull-Honda won the drivers' championship.

{{Main|Mercedes EQ Formula E Team}}

Prior to pre-season testing of the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, it was announced that Mercedes, through its EQ branch, would join the championship with drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and 2019 FIA Formula 2 champion Nyck de Vries. The team named their Spark Gen2 challenger the Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow 01. De Vries clenched the title in 2020-21 season while Vandoorne won the championship in 2021-22 season. After winning both driver and team world championships, Mercedes EQ left Formula E and sold the team to McLaren.

In June 1909, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) registered both a three-pointed and a four-pointed star as trademarks, but only the three-pointed star was used. To DMG, the star symbolized Gottlieb Daimler's aims for universal motorization: on land, water and in the air.{{cite web |url=http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/classic/the-true-story-behind-the-mercedes-benz-three-pointed-star/ |title=The True Story Behind the Mercedes-Benz Three-Pointed Star |first=Jim |last=Davis |publisher=emercedesbenz.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216014826/http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/classic/the-true-story-behind-the-mercedes-benz-three-pointed-star/ |archive-date=16 February 2016|date=22 June 2012}}

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• Paul Bracq – major designer of automobiles in the 20th century
• Adolf Daimler – chief engineer, COO and member of the board of directors 1899–1913. Son of Gottlieb Daimler and developer of the brand logo.{{cite web | author=Daimler | title=The Mercedes star is born | website=Daimler AG | date=2018 | location=Stuttgart, Germany | language=en | url=https://www.daimler.com/company/tradition/mercedes-benz/birth.html | access-date=9 September 2018 | archive-date=1 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501121251/https://www.daimler.com/company/tradition/mercedes-benz/birth.html | url-status=live }}
• Béla Barényi – car safety pioneer (rigid passenger safety shell), joined Daimler-Benz in 1937{{cite web |url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-657486-1-862061-1-0-0-0-0-0-11702-614318-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Daimler press release 8 June 2009 |publisher=Media.daimler.com |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708221557/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-657486-1-862061-1-0-0-0-0-0-11702-614318-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Wilhelm Maybach – automotive pioneer, first met Gottlieb Daimler in 1865{{cite web |url=http://www.mercedes-benz-classic.com/content/classic/mpc/mpc_classic_website/en/mpc_home/mbc/home/knowledge/overview/wilhelm_maybach.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Classic website |publisher=Mercedes-benz-classic.com |access-date=12 March 2011 |archive-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130181009/http://www.mercedes-benz-classic.com/content/classic/mpc/mpc_classic_website/en/mpc_home/mbc/home/knowledge/overview/wilhelm_maybach.html |url-status=live }}
• Ferdinand Porsche – founder of Porsche, joined Mercedes in 1923 and developed the Kompressor{{cite web |url=http://www.porsche.com/middle-east/_uae_/accessoriesandservice/classic/philosophyandclassicworld/world/tradition/ferdinand/ |title=Porsche website |publisher=Porsche.com |access-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228034518/http://www.porsche.com/middle-east/_uae_/accessoriesandservice/classic/philosophyandclassicworld/world/tradition/ferdinand/ |archive-date=28 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Bruno Sacco – joined Daimler-Benz as a designer in 1958. Head of Design in 1975, retired in 1999{{cite web |url=http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=728&type=inductees |title=Automotive Hall of Fame |publisher=Automotive Hall of Fame |access-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720172358/http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=728&type=inductees |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}
• Rudolf Uhlenhaut – joined Daimler-Benz in 1931, his designs included the Silver Arrows, the 300 SL and 300SLR{{cite web |url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614822-1-874810-1-0-0-0-0-0-11702-614318-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=A Nazi War Criminal's Life in Argentina |publisher=Spiegel Online International. |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125130652/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614822-1-874810-1-0-0-0-0-0-11702-614318-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Adolf Eichmann – Nazi leader and war criminal. Worked in Argentina's factory after WWII{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-long-road-to-eichmann-s-arrest-a-nazi-war-criminal-s-life-in-argentina-a-754486-2.html |title=A Nazi Criminal life in Argentina |newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=April 2011 |publisher=Spiegel.de |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502152917/https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-long-road-to-eichmann-s-arrest-a-nazi-war-criminal-s-life-in-argentina-a-754486-2.html |url-status=live }}
• Rudolf Caracciola – one of the greatest GP drivers in history drove MB Silver Arrows in competition.
• Josef Ganz – Technical consultant and "Godfather" of the *Mercedes-Benz W136, with the revolutionary Independent suspension, Swing axle layout.
• Juan Manuel Fangio – Five-time Formula 1 World Champion, honorary president of Mercedes-Benz Argentina from 1987 until his death in 1995.
• Michael Schumacher – Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion, drove for Mercedes in the World Endurance Championship in the 80s and then in their Formula One Team from 2010 till 2012.
• Lewis Hamilton – Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion, drove for Mercedes in their Formula One Team from {{F1|2013}} to {{F1|2024}} who holds the all-time record for most pole positions ({{F1stat|HAM|poles}}) and race victories ({{F1stat|HAM|wins}}).{{Cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/lewis-hamilton.html |title=Lewis Hamilton – F1 Driver for Mercedes |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126135957/https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/lewis-hamilton.html |url-status=live }} Despite being a Mercedes driver since 2013, Hamilton has competed using Mercedes engines since 2007 and has been affiliated with Mercedes since he was 13 years old.
• Nico Rosberg – 2016 Formula 1 World Champion, drove for Mercedes in their Formula One Team from 2010 till 2016. Rosberg won all his races and achieved all his pole positions with Mercedes and is currently a brand ambassador for Mercedes.
• Toto Wolff – CEO and Team Principal of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

Numerous technological innovations have been introduced on Mercedes-Benz automobiles throughout the many years of their production, including:

• The internal combustion engine automobile was developed independently by Benz and Daimler & Maybach in 1886.
• Daimler invented the honeycomb radiator of the type still used on all water-cooled vehicles today.
• Daimler invented the float carburetor which was used until replaced by fuel injection.
• The "drop chassis" – the car originally designated the "Mercedes" by Daimler was also the first car with a modern configuration, having the carriage lowered and set between the front and rear wheels, with a front engine and powered rear wheels. All earlier cars were "horseless carriages", which had high centres of gravity and various engine/drive-train configurations.
• The first passenger road car to have brakes on all four wheels (1924).{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsafe.com/magazine/2007spring/manufacturers.html |title=Magazine |publisher=Roadsafe.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201112125/http://www.roadsafe.com/magazine/2007spring/manufacturers.html |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}
• In 1936, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D was the first diesel-powered passenger car.
• Mercedes-Benz were the first to offer direct fuel injection on the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.
• The "safety cage" or "safety cell" construction with front and rear crumple zones was first developed by Mercedes-Benz in 1951. This revolutionized the automotive industry with passive safety.{{cite book |last1=Shaw |first1=John |last2=Onkvisit |first2=Sak |title=International Marketing: Strategy and Theory |date=28 January 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-38636-9 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/International_Marketing/ElJ-AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=1951+Mercedes+innovation+safety&pg=PA149&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/03/11/010089.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Safety Innovations |publisher=Theautochannel.com |date=13 September 2010 |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402120531/https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/03/11/010089.html |url-status=live }}
• In 1959, Mercedes-Benz patented a device that prevents drive wheels from spinning by intervening at the engine, transmission, or brakes. In 1987, Mercedes-Benz applied for its patent by introducing a traction control system that worked under both braking and acceleration.
• An anti-lock braking system (ABS) was first offered on the W116 450SEL 6.9. They became standard on the W126 S-Class starting production in 1979 and first sold in most markets in 1980.
• Airbags were first introduced in the European market, beginning with the model year 1981 S-Class.
• Mercedes-Benz was the first to introduce pre-tensioners to seat belts on the 1981 S-Class. In the event of a crash, a pre-tensioner will tighten the belt instantaneously, removing any 'slack' in the belt, which prevents the occupant from jerking forward in a crash.
• In September 2003, Mercedes-Benz introduced the world's first seven-speed automatic transmission called '7G-Tronic'.
• Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), brake assist,[http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jun06/22_Mercedes_Debuts_PRE_SAFE_Brake_System_1.html Mercedes Introduces PRE-SAFE Brake Safety System] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124144753/http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jun06/22_Mercedes_Debuts_PRE_SAFE_Brake_System_1.html |date=24 January 2008 }} Posted on 22 June 2006, The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog and many other types of safety equipment were all developed, tested, and implemented into passenger cars – first – by Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz has licensed some of its innovations for use by competitors. Crumple zones and ABS were included in 1990s safety legislation in Europe and the US.{{cite book |last1=Mann |first1=D. |title=Automotive Plastics and Composites: Worldwide Markets and Trends to 2007 |date=8 December 1999 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-08-052774-1 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Automotive_Plastics_and_Composites/TcQ7fUuJdcAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crumple+zones+ABS+%22standard%22+vehicles&pg=PA106&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}

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• The (W211) E320 CDI which has a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) 3.0-litre V6 common rail diesel engine (producing {{convert|224|hp|abbr=on|disp=or}}), set three world endurance records. It covered {{convert|100000|mi|km}} in a record time, with an average speed of {{convert|224.823|km/h|2|abbr=on}}. Three identical cars did the endurance run (one set above record) and the other two cars set world records for time taken to cover {{convert|100000|km|0}} and {{convert|50000|mi|km}} respectively. After all three cars had completed the run, their combined distance was {{convert|300000|mi|km}} (all records were FIA approved).{{cite web|url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=105638 |title=New Mercedes Diesel Engine Breaks World Endurance Record |publisher=Edmunds.com |access-date=29 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923201841/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId%3D105638 |archive-date=23 September 2009}}{{clarify|whats the innovation on this?|date=June 2011}}
• Mercedes-Benz pioneered a system called Pre-Safe to detect an imminent crash – and prepares the car's safety systems to respond optimally. It also calculates the optimal braking force required to avoid an accident in emergency situations and makes it immediately available for when the driver depresses the brake pedal. Occupants are also prepared by tightening the seat belt, closing the sunroof and windows, and moving the seats into the optimal position.
• At 181 horsepower per litre, the M133 engine installed in Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG was (as of June 2013) the most powerful series-production four-cylinder turbocharged motor, and has one of the highest power densities of a passenger vehicle.{{cite web |url=http://www.mercedes-amg.com/webspecial/a45/index_eng.php |title=Performance: AMG 2.0-Liter Turbo Engine |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516101508/http://www.mercedes-amg.com/webspecial/a45/index_eng.php |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Mercedes-Benz won the Safety Award at the 2007 What Car? Awards.

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In the 1980s Mercedes built the world's first robot car, together with the team of Professor Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University Munich.{{cite web |url=http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/robotcars.html |first=Jürgen |last=Schmidhuber |title=Prof. Schmidhuber's highlights of robot car history |year=2009 |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303200320/http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/robotcars.html |url-status=dead}} Encouraged in part by Dickmanns' success, in 1987 the European Union's EUREKA programme initiated the Prometheus Project on autonomous vehicles, funded to the tune of nearly €800 million. In 1995 Dickmanns' re-engineered autonomous S-Class Mercedes took a long trip from Munich in Bavaria to Copenhagen in Denmark, and back. On highways, the robot achieved speeds exceeding {{convert|175|km/h|abbr=on}} (permissible in some areas of the German Autobahn).

In October 2015, the company introduced the Vision Tokyo, a five-seat self-driving electric van powered by a hybrid hydrogen fuel-cell system. The super-sleek van is touted as "a chill-out zone in the midst of megacity traffic mayhem."{{cite web|title = Mercedes' Vision Tokyo Concept: A Self-Driving Rave Van|url = https://www.yahoo.com/autos/mercedes-benz-vision-tokyo-concept-031507979.html|website = www.yahoo.com/autos|access-date = 27 October 2015|archive-date = 20 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151120084800/https://www.yahoo.com/autos/mercedes-benz-vision-tokyo-concept-031507979.html|url-status = live}}

Several companies, including Brabus, Renntech and Carlsson, have become car tuners (or modifiers) of Mercedes Benz models, in order to increase performance and/or luxury of a given model.

AMG is Mercedes-Benz's in-house performance-tuning division, specialising in high-performance versions of most Mercedes-Benz cars. AMG engines are all hand-built,{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/content/ireland/mpc/mpc_ireland_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/AMG_.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Ireland – New cars – AMG |publisher=Mercedes-benz.ie |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729180548/http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/content/ireland/mpc/mpc_ireland_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/AMG_.html |archive-date=29 July 2010 }} and each completed engine receives a tag with the signature of the engineer who built it. AMG has been wholly owned by Mercedes-Benz since 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=5667 |title=History of AMG |publisher=Pistonheads.com |date=18 October 2002 |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716012316/http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=5667 |url-status=live }} The 2009 SLS AMG, a revival of the 300SL Gullwing, is the first car to be entirely developed by AMG.

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In football (soccer), Mercedes-Benz sponsored the Germany national team until 2018. Mercedes-Benz sponsors Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and provided until June 2023 the naming rights for their stadium, the former Mercedes-Benz Arena.{{cite web|url=https://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/club/2023/weltmarken-buendnis/|title=Alliance of global brands for VfB|work=vfb.de|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=27 June 2023|access-date=27 June 2023}} The company formerly held a ten-year naming rights contract to the Caesars Superdome, an American football stadium in New Orleans, from 2011 to 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7058178/mercedes-benz-buys-naming-rights-superdome-home-new-orleans-saints |title=Mercedes-Benz buys naming rights for Superdome, home of New Orleans Saints – ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=4 October 2011 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=10 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210163704/http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7058178/mercedes-benz-buys-naming-rights-superdome-home-new-orleans-saints |url-status=live }} On 24 August 2015, Mercedes-Benz was announced as the naming rights sponsor for the Atlanta Falcons' new home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, (Mercedes-Benz's US headquarters are in Greater Atlanta) which opened in August 2017.{{cite news|last1=Tucker|first1=Tim|title=Falcons officially announce Mercedes-Benz as naming rights partner|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/football/falcons-officially-announce-mercedes-benz-naming-rights-partner/TjGGcmoNPeueRJnIWXuPCL/|access-date=8 June 2021|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|archive-date=26 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826003138/http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/falcons-officially-announce-mercedes-benz-as-namin/nnP9Y/|url-status=live}}

Mercedes-Benz worked with English magician Steven Frayne, also known as Dynamo, to create a video called Dynamo vs Coulthard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mercedes-benz-dynamo-v-coulthard-weapon7/1193927|title=Mercedes-Benz 'Dynamo v Coulthard' by Weapon7|date=2 August 2013|publisher=www.campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=12 June 2019|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416135240/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mercedes-benz-dynamo-v-coulthard-weapon7/1193927|url-status=live}} Formula One driver David Coulthard drove Dynamo around a track at race-speed in a Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, before Dynamo successfully drove around the same track in the same car whilst blindfolded and surrounded by pyrotechnics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rubberrepublic.com/portfolio/dynamo-vs-coulthard/|title=Mercedes-Benz: Dynamo vs Coulthard |publisher=Rubber Republic |access-date=12 June 2019|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416135238/https://www.rubberrepublic.com/portfolio/dynamo-vs-coulthard/|url-status=live}} The stunt was part of the finale for Series 3 of Dynamo: Magician Impossible, screened on UK television channel Watch.

To promote the release of Mario Kart 8, Nintendo and Mercedes-Benz partnered up to have three of their cars in their history, the 2014 Mercedes-Benz GLA, the 1957 SL 300 Roadster, and the 1934 W25 Silver Arrow as karts in the game. As part of the partnership, Mario, Luigi, and Peach appeared in Japanese commercials to promote the 2014 Mercedes-Benz GLA.{{Cite web|last=Pitcher|first=Jenna|date=2014-08-06|title=Mario Kart 8 Mercedes Car DLC Hits This Month With Update|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/06/mario-kart-8-mercedes-car-dlc-hits-this-month-with-update|access-date=2022-01-17|publisher=IGN|language=en}}

The Mercedes-Benz was chosen by Mitsubishi Electric as an official sponsor of AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, along with Maspion Holdings, Wuling, Gree, Yanmar and Tiger Brokers.

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• {{cite book |last1=Abele |first1=Rüdiger |last2=Thomas |first2=Peter |title=Driving Force: 70 years of Mercedes-Benz diesel technology |date=2007 |publisher=Delius Klasing |location=Bielefeld, Germany |isbn=9783768819299 |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/eBook-Driving-Force.xhtml?oid=9914016&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD05MjY1ODIzJnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9OTI2NTgyMyZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZzb3J0RGVmaW5pdGlvbj1QVUJMSVNIRURfQVQtMiZ0aHVtYlNjYWxlSW5kZXg9MSZyb3dDb3VudHNJbmRleD01JmZyb21JbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI4&rs=4}}
• {{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Dennis |title=Mercedes-Benz: Silver Star Century |series=First Gear series |date=2001 |publisher=MBI Publishing Company |location=Osceola, WI |isbn=0760309493}}
• {{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Dennis |title=Daimler and Benz: The Complete History – The Birth And Evolution of The Mercedes-Benz |date=2006 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=0060890266 |author-mask1=6}}
• {{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Dennis |title=Mercedes-Benz |series=First Gear series |date=2008 |publisher=Motorbooks |location=Minneapolis, MN |isbn=978-0760333723 |author-mask1=6}}
• {{cite book |last1=Alfieri |first1=Bruno |last2=Meier |first2=Richard |author-link2=Richard Meier |last3=Piano |first3=Renzo |author-link3=Renzo Piano |title=Form. Mercedes-Benz: The Roots and Rationale of Beauty |date=1995 |publisher=Automobilia |location=Milan |isbn=887960080X}}
• {{cite book |last1=Boesen |first1=Victor |last2=Grad |first2=Wendy |title=The Mercedes-Benz Book |date=1981 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |isbn=0385125542}}
• {{cite book |last1=Butterfield |first1=Leslie |title=Enduring Passion: The Story of the Mercedes-Benz Brand |date=2005 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Chichester, UK |isbn=047001802X}}
• {{MBPersonenwagen-3}}
• {{MBPersonenwagen-4 |author-mask=7}}
• {{cite book |last1=Heilig |first1=John |title=Mercedes: Nothing But the Best |date=1998 |publisher=Apple Press |location=London |isbn=1850768587}}
• {{cite book |last1=Hille-Priebe |first1=Nicole |editor1-last=Bolsinger |editor1-first=Markus |title=Design by Mercedes-Benz |date=2008 |publisher=Delius Klasing |location=Bielefeld, Germany |isbn=9783768825375}}
• {{cite book |last1=Hoppe |first1=Heinz C. |title=Serving the Star Around the World: the "Simple Life" in East Prussia to the Daimler-Benz Board of Management |date=1992 |publisher=Südwest Verlag |location=München |isbn=3517013609 |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/eBook-Ein-Stern-fuer-die-Welt-A-star-for-the-world---in-German-only.xhtml?oid=9914542&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD05MjY1ODIzJnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9OTI2NTgyMyZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZzb3J0RGVmaW5pdGlvbj1QVUJMSVNIRURfQVQtMiZ0aHVtYlNjYWxlSW5kZXg9MSZyb3dDb3VudHNJbmRleD01JmZyb21JbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI4&rs=8}}
• {{cite book |last1=Kimes |first1=Beverly Rae |title=The Star and the Laurel: The Centennial History of Daimler, Mercedes, and Benz, 1886–1986 |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/eBook-The-Star-and-the-Laurel.xhtml?oid=9913994&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD05MjY1ODIzJnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9OTI2NTgyMyZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZzb3J0RGVmaW5pdGlvbj1QVUJMSVNIRURfQVQtMiZ0aHVtYlNjYWxlSW5kZXg9MSZyb3dDb3VudHNJbmRleD01JmZyb21JbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI4&rs=3 |date=1986 |publisher=Mercedes-Benz of North America |location=Montvale, NJ|isbn=0936573015}}
• {{Deutsche Autos-6}}
• {{Deutsche Autos-OuS |author-mask=7}}
• {{cite book |last1=Langworth |first1=Richard M. |title=Mercedes-Benz: The First Hundred Years |date=1984 |publisher=Beekman Books |location=New York |isbn=0517381990}}
• {{cite book |last1=Legate |first1=Trevor |title=The Ultimate History of Mercedes-Benz: From the flamboyant 540K and the fabulous 300SL Gullwing to today's SLS AMG supercar |date=2010 |publisher=Parragon Books |location=Bath, Somerset, UK |isbn=9781407549798}}
• {{cite book |editor-last=Lewandowski |editor-first=Jürgen |title=Mercedes-Benz, 1886–1986. |volume=Two volume set |date=1986 |publisher=Edita |location=Lausanne |isbn=2880011949 |language=en,fr,de}}
• {{cite book |last1=Lewandowski |first1=Jürgen |title=Mercedes-Benz: Typen und Geschichte |trans-title=Mercedes-Benz: Types und History |date=2004 |publisher=Delius Klasing |location=Bielefeld, Germany |isbn=376881534X |language=de |author-mask=10}}
• {{cite book |last1=Löwisch |first1=Roland |title=Mercedes-Benz: Sternstunden der Autogeschichte |trans-title=Mercedes-Benz: Star Moments in Auto History |date=2019 |publisher=Heel Verlag |location=Königswinter, Germany |isbn=9783958439405 |language=de}}
• {{cite book |last1=Ludvigsen |first1=Karl E. |author-link=Karl Ludvigsen |title=Mercedes-Benz Guide |date=1962 |publisher=Sports Car Press |location=New York |oclc=1004806664}}
• {{cite book |last1=Michelli |first1=Joseph A. |title=Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way |date=2016 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education |location=New York |isbn=9780071806305}}
• {{cite book |last1=Niemann |first1=Harry |author-link1=:de:Harry Niemann (Publizist) |title=Sternenmaler: Mercedes-Benz-Werbung aus einem Jahrhundert |trans-title=Star Painters: Mercedes-Benz Advertisements from a Century |date=2008 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |isbn=9783613028647 |language=de}}
• {{Deutsche Autos-2}}
• {{Deutsche Autos-4 |author-mask=7}}
• {{MBPersonenwagen-2 |author-mask=7}}
• {{cite book |last1=Peters |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Zöllter |first2=Jürgen |title=The Challenge: Accelerating the Mercedes-Benz Brand |date=2004 |publisher=Delius Klasing |location=Bielefeld, Germany |isbn=3768815951 |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/eBook-The-Challenge-Accelerating-the-Mercedes-Benz-Brand.xhtml?oid=9914182&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD05MjY1ODIzJnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9OTI2NTgyMyZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZzb3J0RGVmaW5pdGlvbj1QVUJMSVNIRURfQVQtMiZ0aHVtYlNjYWxlSW5kZXg9MSZyb3dDb3VudHNJbmRleD01JmZyb21JbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI4&rs=5}}
• {{cite book |last1=Roleff |first1=Paul |title=Southern Star: Mercedes-Benz in Australia |date=2000 |publisher=DaimlerChrysler Australia/Pacific |location=Mulgrave, Vic, Australia}}
• {{cite book |last1=Schildberger |first1=Friedrich |title=Chronik Mercedes-Benz Fahrzeuge und Motoren |trans-title=Chronicle Mercedes-Benz Vehicles and Motors |date=1978 |publisher=Daimler-Benz AG |location=Stuttgart–Untertürkheim |oclc=312295896 |edition=6th, expanded |language=de}}
• {{cite book |last1=Scott-Moncrieff |first1=David |title=Three-Pointed Star: The Story of Mercedes-Benz |date=1979 |orig-date=1955 |publisher=Gentry Books |location=London |isbn=0856140589 |edition=rev. and updated}}
• {{cite book |last1=Seiff |first1=Ingo |title=Mercedes-Benz: Portrait of a Legend |date=1989 |publisher=Macdonald Orbis |location=London |isbn=0356176177}}
• {{cite book |last1=Simsa |first1=Paul |last2=Spross |first2=Hans Jürgen |last3=Wendt |first3=Horst I. |title=Der Stern ihrer Sehnsucht: Plakate und Anzeigen von Mercedes-Benz: Zeitdokumente der Gebrauchskunst von 1900 bis 1960 |trans-title=The Star of your Longing: Posters and advertisements from Mercedes-Benz: Contemporary documents of applied art from 1900 to 1960 |date=1995 |publisher=Hatje Cantz Verlag |location=Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany |isbn=3893227067 |language=de |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=9914308&relId=1001&resultInfoTypeId=175&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD05MjY1ODIzJnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9OTI2NTgyMyZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZzb3J0RGVmaW5pdGlvbj1QVUJMSVNIRURfQVQtMiZ0aHVtYlNjYWxlSW5kZXg9MSZyb3dDb3VudHNJbmRleD01JmZyb21JbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI4&rs=7#toRelation}}
• {{cite book |last1=Sparrow |first1=David |last2=Stobbs |first2=William |title=Mercedes-Benz Legends |date=1993 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |series=Osprey Classic Marques series |location=London |isbn=1855322919}}
• {{cite book |last1=Staud |first1=René |title=Art of Mercedes |date=2019 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |isbn=9783613041356 |language=en,de}}
• {{cite book |last1=Steinwedel |first1=Louis William |title=The Mercedes-Benz Story |date=1979 |publisher=Rand McNally |location=Chicago |isbn=0528880306}}
• {{cite book |last1=Ullyett |first1=Kenneth |title=The Mercedes-Benz Companion |date=1966 |publisher=Stanley Paul |location=London |oclc=930477713}}
• {{cite book |last1=Vann |first1=Peter |title=Fantastic Mercedes-Benz Automobiles |date=1995 |publisher=Motorbooks International |location=Osceola, WI|isbn=0760300151}}
• {{cite book |last1=Vieweg |first1=Christof |title=Mercedes-Benz das Buch: Geschichte, Technik, Design |trans-title= Mercedes-Benz The Book: History, Technology, Design |date=2016 |publisher=Edition SternZeit |location=Sipplingen, Germany |isbn=9783981735345 |language=de}}
• {{cite book |last1=Vlasic |first1=Bill |last2=Stertz |first2=Bradley A. |title=Taken for a Ride: How Daimler-Benz Drove off with Chrysler |date=2000 |publisher=William Morrow |location=New York |isbn=0688173055}}
• {{cite book |last1=Waller |first1=David |title=Wheels on Fire: The Amazing Inside Story of the DaimlerChrysler Merger |date=2001 |publisher=Coronet |location=London |isbn=0340770376 |edition=rev. and updated}}
• {{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Rod |title=Mercedes-Benz Part One: The road cars |series=Auto Review series, no. 143 |date=2018 |publisher=Zeteo Publishing |location=Leeds, UK |oclc=1181036366}}
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• {{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Nicky |title=Mercedes: The Enduring Legend |date=1991 |publisher=Gallery Books |location=New York |isbn=0831758562}}

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