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Mercedes-Benz

March 14, 2023

This article is about the brand and the namesake vehicle manufacturer. For other uses, see Mercedes-Benz (disambiguation).

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛɐ̯ˈtseːdəsˌbɛnts, -dɛs-] (listen)),[6][7] commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[1] Mercedes-Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes-Benz. From November 2019 onwards, Mercedes-Benz-badged heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) are managed by Daimler Truck, a former part of the Mercedes-Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.[8]

Mercedes-Benz
Product typeAutomotive
Owner
  • Mercedes-Benz AG
    (passenger cars and light commercial vehicles)
  • Daimler Truck
    (heavy commercial vehicles)
CountryGermany
Introduced28 June 1926; 96 years ago (1926-06-28)
Websitemercedes-benz.com
Mercedes-Benz AG
TypeSubsidiary (AG)[1]
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorMercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG
FoundedNovember 2019; 3 years ago (2019-11)
Headquarters
Stuttgart
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO[2]
Products
Production output
2,164,187 cars worldwide (2020)[3]
Brands
Services
ParentMercedes-Benz Group[1]
Divisions
  • Mercedes-Benz Cars[4]
  • Mercedes-Benz Vans
Subsidiaries
Websitemercedes-benz.com

The brand's origins lie in Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft's 1901 Mercedes and Carl Benz's 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self-propelled automobile. The slogan for the brand is "the best or nothing".[9]

History

See also: List of companies involved in the Holocaust and Diesel emissions scandal
 
Karl Benz (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 creation of the first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry[10] and patented in January 1886[11] – 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, a European 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 in his adopted home. 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 well-known people, but Jellinek's plans went further, and as early as 1901, he was selling Mercedes cars in the "New World", as well, including United States billionaires Rockefeller, Astor, Morgan, and Taylor. At the Nice race he attended in 1899, Jellinek drove under the pseudonym "Monsieur Mercédès" as a way of concealing his less fancy real name. 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.[12] 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.[11][13]

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.[14]

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.[15] 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. The pontiff's Popemobile has often been sourced from Mercedes-Benz.[16]

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 statement, in 1944, almost half of its 63,610 employees were forced labourers, prisoners of war, or concentration-camp detainees.[17] Another source quotes this figure at 46,000. The company later paid $12 million in reparations to the labourers' families.[18]

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.[19] Currently, Mercedes-Benz is one of the best-known and longest-standing automotive brands in the world.

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.[1]

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).[20] 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.[21]

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".[22]

Subsidiaries and alliances

As of the Daimler AG company split, the Mercedes-Benz Cars division now handled the Mercedes-Benz- and the Smart-branded cars' production.[23]

Mercedes-AMG

Mercedes-AMG became a majority-owned division of Mercedes-Benz in 1999.[24] The company was integrated into DaimlerChrysler in 1999,[25] and became Mercedes-Benz AMG on 1 January 1999.[26]

Mercedes-Maybach

Daimler's ultraluxury Maybach brand was under the Mercedes-Benz Cars division until December 2012, when production was stopped due to decreased sales.[27] 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.[28] The Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 SUV debuted in November 2019.[29]

China

Daimler partnered with BYD Auto to make and sell a battery-electric car called Denza in China.[30] In 2016, Daimler announced plans to sell Mercedes-Benz-badged fully electric battery cars in China.[31] Beijing Benz is a joint venture with the BAIC Group to produce the Mercedes-Benz branded cars in China.[32] In 2018, Mercedes-Benz voluntarily apologized for sparking controversy within China by quoting the Dalai Lama on one of their promotional Instagram posts.[33]

Production

Factories

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

Sovereign state Continent Note
Algeria Africa Manufactures buses and trucks in cooperation with SNVI (Actros, Zetros, Unimog, and G-Class, Sprinter).
Argentina South America Manufactures buses, trucks, the Vito and the Sprinter van. This is the first Mercedes-Benz factory outside of Germany. Built in 1951.[34]
Australia Australia Various models were assembled at the Australian Motor Industries facility in Port Melbourne from 1959 to 1965.[35]
Austria Europe G-Class[36]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe
Brazil South America Manufactures trucks and buses. Established in 1956. The A-Class (W168) was produced from 1999 to 2005 and the C-Class was produced until 2010 as well.[37]
Canada North America Fuel cell plant in Burnaby, British Columbia, opened 2012.
Colombia South America Assembly of buses, Established in Soacha 2012 and Funza 2015
China Asia Beijing Benz, manufactures A-Class, C-Class, E-Class, GLA, GLB, GLC and EQC for mainland China market.
Denmark Europe Bohnstedt-Petersen A/S assembled the models 130 and W136 between 1935 and 1955, although no production took place during the Second World War. Between 1955 and 1966 the models W120, W121 and W110, together with the van L319 and a number of trucks and buses, were assembled by the company in Hillerød. Assembly of special variants of Mercedes-Benz trucks continued until 1984.[38]
Egypt Africa Via Egyptian German Automotive Company E-Class, C-Class and GLK
Finland Europe Valmet Automotive, New A-series (W176) is manufactured in Uusikaupunki since late 2013, being the first Mercedes-Benz passenger car ever built in that country.
Hungary[39] Europe Manufacturing plant in Kecskemét, making B-Class and CLA.[40]
Jordan Asia Bus company factory, Elba House, Amman.
India Asia Pune (C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, GLA, GLE and some AMG models).[41] Chennai (Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.) Buses, Trucks & Engine Manufacturing unit, Bangalore (R&D), Jamshedpur with Tata Motors at Tata Motors.[42]
Indonesia[43] Asia Assembly of Axor, A, C, E, GLA, GLC, GLE, GLS, S class vehicles and select entry level AMG models. Manufactures coach buses.
Iran[44] Asia
Malaysia Asia Assembly of C, E and S class vehicles by DRB-HICOM.
Mexico North America Mercedes-Benz Mexico fully manufactures some Mercedes and Daimler vehicles completely from locally built parts (C-Class, E-Class, M-Class, International trucks, Axor, Atego, and Mercedes Buses), manufactures other models in complete knock down kits (CL-Class, CLK-Class, SL-Class, SLK-Class) and manufactures a select number of models in semi knockdown kits which use both imported components and locally sourced Mexican components (S-Class, CLS-Class, R-Class, GL-Class, Sprinter).
Nigeria Africa Assembly of buses, trucks, utility motors and the Sprinter van[45]
Russia Eurasia Joint venture Mercedes-Benz Car Trucks Vostok in Naberezhnye Chelny (jointly Kamaz). Available in trucks Actros, Axor, multi-purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks Unimog. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Classic is also produced in Russia.
Serbia Europe FAP produces Mercedes-Benz trucks under license.
Spain Europe Factory at Vitoria-Gasteiz Mercedes-Benz Vito, Viano and V-Class have been built there.
South Africa[46] Africa The assembly plant is located in East London, in the Eastern Cape province, where both right and left hand versions of the C-class are built.
South Korea Asia Mercedes-Benz Musso and MB100; Ssangyong Rexton Mercedes-Benz models manufactured by SsangYong Motor Company.
Taiwan Asia Assembly of Actros by the Shung Ye Group[47]
Thailand Asia Completely Knocked Down (CKD) production of A, GLA, C, E, S Classes and Semi-Knocked Down (SKD) production of C-coupe, GLC, GLC-coupe, GLE and CLS.[48] Additionally, local production of Mercedes-AMG such as C43, E53 and CLS53 have been integrated to the existing production lines[49] making it unofficially regarded as the largest Mercedes-Benz factory by number of classes produced under a single roof. The factory is operated by contract manufacture the Thonburi Group under supervision of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing (Thailand).[50]
Turkey Eurasia Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş. Some of Mercedes-Benz Busses like "Travego" and "Tourismo" was build is Hoşdere plant.Other Then Manufacturing, R-D and Aftersales was also avaible. (If i did writing mistakes please correct it.)[51][52][53]
United Kingdom Europe The SLR sports car was built at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. Brackley, Northamptonshire, is home to the Mercedes Grand Prix factory, and Brixworth, Northamptonshire is the location of Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines
United States North America The Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class Sport Utility, the full-sized GL-Class Luxury Sport Utility and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class vehicles are all built at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International production facility near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[54] Trucks (6,000 per year in the early eighties) were once assembled in Hampton, Virginia.[55]
Vietnam Asia Assembly of E-Class, C-Class, S-Class, GLK-Class and Sprinter. Established in 1995.[56]

Quality rankings

 
Mercedes-Benz dealer in Munich, Germany

Mercedes-Benz normally has a strong reputation for quality and durability. 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.[57] 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.[58] For 2008, Mercedes-Benz's initial quality rating improved by yet another mark, to 4th place.[59] On top of this accolade, it also received the Platinum Plant Quality Award for their Mercedes branded Sindelfingen, Germany body assembly plant.[59] J. D. Power's 2011 US Initial Quality and Vehicle Dependability Studies both ranked Mercedes-Benz vehicles above average in build quality and reliability.[60][61] In J. D. Power's United Kingdom Survey in 2011, Mercedes cars were rated above average.[62] Additionally, iSeeCars.com study for Reuters in 2014 found Mercedes to have the lowest vehicle recall rate out of competitors.[63]

Models

See also: List of Mercedes-Benz vehicles
 
Mercedes-Benz A-Class (subcompact executive hatchbacks and sedans)
 
Mercedes-Benz B-Class (subcompact executive Tourers)
 
Mercedes-Benz C-Class (compact executive car)
 
Mercedes-Benz E-Class (executive car)
 
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (full-size luxury sedan)
 
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class (subcompact luxury SUV)
 
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class (compact luxury SUV)
 
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (mid-size luxury SUV)
 
Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class (full-size luxury SUV)

Current model range

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.

Models

Vans

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

Trucks

See also: List of Mercedes-Benz trucks
 
Mercedes-Benz Zetros used for snowplowing
 
Unimog, 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.[64] 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.

Buses

Main article: 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.[65]

 
A STRAN Citaro (second generation) in June 2014

Significant models produced

The Mercedes-Benz 600 or 600S Pullman Guard limousines offer the option of armour-plating and have been used by diplomats worldwide.[66]

Car nomenclature

Pre-1994

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[67] 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, and SL-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.

1994 to 2014

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.

2015 and beyond

Rationalisation of the model nomenclature was announced in November 2014 for future models.[68][69] 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.[70][71] 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.[72]

Core Off-Road Vehicles/SUV 4-Door Coupé Roadster
A GLA CLA
B GLB
C GLC SLC
E GLE CLS
S GLS SL
— G — —

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

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

Current New Example
Natural Gas Drive c for "compressed natural gas" B 200 c
BlueTec

CDI

d for "diesel" E 350 d

GLA 200 d

PLUG-IN HYBRID

Electric Drive

e for "electric" S 500 e

B 250 e

Fuel Cell f for "fuel cell" B 200 f
HYBRID

BlueTEC HYBRID

h for "hybrid" S 400 h

E 300 h

4MATIC 4MATIC (all-wheel drive) E 400 4MATIC

The revised A45 AMG for 2016 model year on has shifted the model designation to the right side while AMG is on the left side.[73] This trend commenced with Mercedes-Maybach with MAYBACH on the left and S500/S600 on the right.[74]

Environmental record

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.[75] 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.[76][77] In the same year, Mercedes also showed the Vision S500 PHEV concept with a 19 miles (31 km) all-electric range and CO2 emissions of 74 grams/km in the New European Driving Cycle.[78]

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.[79] The Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHYBRID[80] was launched in 2009, and is the first production automotive hybrid in the world to use a lithium-ion battery.[81][82][83] 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.[84] 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.[85]

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.[86] Certain Mercedes-Benz cars, including the S550 and all AMG models sold in the United States, also face an additional gas guzzler tax.[87] However, newer AMG models fitted with the M157 engine will not be subject to the gas-guzzler tax, due to improved fuel economy,[88] 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.[89] 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.[90]

Mercedes-Benz paid an additional US$38 million for failing to meet its CAFE standards for model years 2008–2011.[91]

In May 2017, Mercedes partnered with Vivint Solar to develop a solar-energy home storage battery.[92]

In February 2018, it was announced that Mercedes cabin air filters earned the Asthma and Allergy Friendly Certification.[93]

Electric cars

Mercedes opened its sixth battery factory in 2018. Critics deemed the marque's EQS sedan a tough competitor to Tesla, Inc.[94][95] The six factories are established across three continents.

 
Mercedes-Benz EQC

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.[96][97]

Mercedes unveiled the VISION AVTR at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.[98] The car was inspired by the 2009 science fiction film Avatar.[99] Whilst the AVTR is a concept car, it is said to "hold clues on features bound for next-generation Mercedes-Benz cars".[100]

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.[101]

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."[102] 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.[103]

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.[104]

Motorsport

Main article: Mercedes-Benz in motorsport
 
A DMG Mercedes Simplex 1906 in the Deutsches Museum

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.[105]

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.

Formula One

Main article: Mercedes-Benz in Formula One
 
Both Mercedes-AMG Formula One cars at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

Mercedes-Benz took part in the world championship in 1954 and 1955, but despite being successful with two championship titles for Juan-Manuel Fangio,[106] 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.[107] 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.[108]

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.[109]

After major rule changes in 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 2015, winning 16 out of 19 races, and again in 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".[110][111][112] In these years, Hamilton was the champion in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, while Rosberg won in 2016.[110] Their unbeaten streak was broken in 2021, when Max Verstappen of Red Bull-Honda won the drivers' championship.

Formula E

Main article: 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.

Logo history

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.[113]

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Logo of the Mercedes automobile brand by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft.

Noted employees

Innovations

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).[122]
  • 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 is considered by many as the most important innovation in automobile construction from a safety standpoint.[19][verification needed]
  • 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,[123] 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. As a result, crumple zones and ABS are now standard on all modern vehicles.[19][verification needed]
 
Mercedes M156 engine
  • The (W211) E320 CDI which has a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) 3.0-litre V6 common rail diesel engine (producing 224 hp or 167 kW), set three world endurance records. It covered 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in a record time, with an average speed of 224.823 km/h (139.70 mph). Three identical cars did the endurance run (one set above record) and the other two cars set world records for time taken to cover 100,000 kilometres (62,137 mi) and 50,000 miles (80,000 km) respectively. After all three cars had completed the run, their combined distance was 300,000 miles (480,000 km) (all records were FIA approved).[124][clarification needed]
  • 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.[125]

Mercedes-Benz won the Safety Award at the 2007 What Car? Awards.[122]

Robot cars

Main article: Driverless car

In the 1980s Mercedes built the world's first robot car, together with the team of Professor Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University Munich.[126] 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 175 km/h (109 mph) (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."[127]

Tuners

Several companies have become car tuners (or modifiers) of Mercedes Benz, in order to increase performance and/or luxury to 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,[128] 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.[129] The 2009 SLS AMG, a revival of the 300SL Gullwing, is the first car to be entirely developed by AMG.

Sponsorships

 
Mercedes-Benz sponsors the Germany national football team.

In football (soccer), Mercedes-Benz sponsored the Germany national team until 2018. Mercedes-Benz sponsors Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and provides the naming rights for their stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Arena. 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.[130] 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.[131]

Mercedes-Benz worked with English magician Steven Frayne, also known as Dynamo, to create a video called Dynamo vs Coulthard.[132] 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.[133] 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 3 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.[134]

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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mercedes, benz, this, article, about, brand, namesake, vehicle, manufacturer, other, uses, disambiguation, german, pronunciation, mɛɐ, ˈtseːdəsˌbɛnts, dɛs, listen, commonly, referred, mercedes, sometimes, benz, german, luxury, commercial, vehicle, automotive, . This article is about the brand and the namesake vehicle manufacturer For other uses see Mercedes Benz disambiguation Mercedes Benz German pronunciation mɛɐ ˈtseːdesˌbɛnts dɛs listen 6 7 commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926 Mercedes Benz AG a Mercedes Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019 is headquartered in Stuttgart Baden Wurttemberg Germany 1 Mercedes Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes Benz From November 2019 onwards Mercedes Benz badged heavy commercial vehicles trucks and buses are managed by Daimler Truck a former part of the Mercedes Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021 In 2018 Mercedes Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world having sold 2 31 million passenger cars 8 Mercedes BenzProduct typeAutomotiveOwnerMercedes Benz AG passenger cars and light commercial vehicles Daimler Truck heavy commercial vehicles CountryGermanyIntroduced28 June 1926 96 years ago 1926 06 28 Websitemercedes benz comMercedes Benz AGTypeSubsidiary AG 1 IndustryAutomotivePredecessorMercedes Benz division of Daimler AGFoundedNovember 2019 3 years ago 2019 11 HeadquartersStuttgart GermanyArea servedWorldwideKey peopleOla Kallenius Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO 2 ProductsAutomobiles Light commercial vehiclesProduction output2 164 187 cars worldwide 2020 3 BrandsMercedes Benz Mercedes EQ Mercedes MaybachServicesFinancial services Automobile repairParentMercedes Benz Group 1 DivisionsMercedes Benz Cars 4 Mercedes Benz VansSubsidiariesMercedes AMG 5 Smart Automobile 50 Websitemercedes benz comThe brand s origins lie in Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft s 1901 Mercedes and Carl Benz s 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen which is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self propelled automobile The slogan for the brand is the best or nothing 9 Contents 1 History 2 Subsidiaries and alliances 2 1 Mercedes AMG 2 2 Mercedes Maybach 2 3 China 3 Production 3 1 Factories 3 2 Quality rankings 4 Models 4 1 Current model range 4 1 1 Models 4 1 2 Vans 4 1 3 Trucks 4 1 4 Buses 4 2 Significant models produced 4 3 Car nomenclature 4 3 1 Pre 1994 4 3 2 1994 to 2014 4 3 3 2015 and beyond 4 4 Environmental record 4 5 Electric cars 5 Motorsport 5 1 Formula One 5 2 Formula E 6 Logo history 7 Noted employees 8 Innovations 8 1 Robot cars 9 Tuners 10 Sponsorships 11 See also 12 References 12 1 Notes 12 2 Bibliography 13 External linksHistory EditSee also List of companies involved in the Holocaust and Diesel emissions scandal Karl Benz 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 creation of the first internal combustion engine in a car seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen financed by Bertha Benz s dowry 10 and patented in January 1886 11 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 a European 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 in his adopted home At the time it was a meeting place for the haute volee of France and Europe especially in winter His customers included the Rothschild family and other well known people but Jellinek s plans went further and as early as 1901 he was selling Mercedes cars in the New World as well including United States billionaires Rockefeller Astor Morgan and Taylor At the Nice race he attended in 1899 Jellinek drove under the pseudonym Monsieur Mercedes as a way of concealing his less fancy real name 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 12 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 11 13 Gottlieb Daimler 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 14 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 15 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 The pontiff s Popemobile has often been sourced from Mercedes Benz 16 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 statement in 1944 almost half of its 63 610 employees were forced labourers prisoners of war or concentration camp detainees 17 Another source quotes this figure at 46 000 The company later paid 12 million in reparations to the labourers families 18 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 19 Currently Mercedes Benz is one of the best known and longest standing automotive brands in the world 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 1 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 20 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 21 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 22 Subsidiaries and alliances EditAs of the Daimler AG company split the Mercedes Benz Cars division now handled the Mercedes Benz and the Smart branded cars production 23 Mercedes AMG Edit Mercedes AMG became a majority owned division of Mercedes Benz in 1999 24 The company was integrated into DaimlerChrysler in 1999 25 and became Mercedes Benz AMG on 1 January 1999 26 Mercedes Maybach Edit Daimler s ultraluxury Maybach brand was under the Mercedes Benz Cars division until December 2012 when production was stopped due to decreased sales 27 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 28 The Mercedes Maybach GLS 600 SUV debuted in November 2019 29 China Edit Daimler partnered with BYD Auto to make and sell a battery electric car called Denza in China 30 In 2016 Daimler announced plans to sell Mercedes Benz badged fully electric battery cars in China 31 Beijing Benz is a joint venture with the BAIC Group to produce the Mercedes Benz branded cars in China 32 In 2018 Mercedes Benz voluntarily apologized for sparking controversy within China by quoting the Dalai Lama on one of their promotional Instagram posts 33 Production EditFactories Edit Other than in its native birthplace Germany Mercedes Benz vehicles are or have been partly manufactured or assembled in Sovereign state Continent NoteAlgeria Africa Manufactures buses and trucks in cooperation with SNVI Actros Zetros Unimog and G Class Sprinter Argentina South America Manufactures buses trucks the Vito and the Sprinter van This is the first Mercedes Benz factory outside of Germany Built in 1951 34 Australia Australia Various models were assembled at the Australian Motor Industries facility in Port Melbourne from 1959 to 1965 35 Austria Europe G Class 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina EuropeBrazil South America Manufactures trucks and buses Established in 1956 The A Class W168 was produced from 1999 to 2005 and the C Class was produced until 2010 as well 37 Canada North America Fuel cell plant in Burnaby British Columbia opened 2012 Colombia South America Assembly of buses Established in Soacha 2012 and Funza 2015China Asia Beijing Benz manufactures A Class C Class E Class GLA GLB GLC and EQC for mainland China market Denmark Europe Bohnstedt Petersen A S assembled the models 130 and W136 between 1935 and 1955 although no production took place during the Second World War Between 1955 and 1966 the models W120 W121 and W110 together with the van L319 and a number of trucks and buses were assembled by the company in Hillerod Assembly of special variants of Mercedes Benz trucks continued until 1984 38 Egypt Africa Via Egyptian German Automotive Company E Class C Class and GLKFinland Europe Valmet Automotive New A series W176 is manufactured in Uusikaupunki since late 2013 being the first Mercedes Benz passenger car ever built in that country Hungary 39 Europe Manufacturing plant in Kecskemet making B Class and CLA 40 Jordan Asia Bus company factory Elba House Amman India Asia Pune C Class E Class S Class GLA GLE and some AMG models 41 Chennai Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd Buses Trucks amp Engine Manufacturing unit Bangalore R amp D Jamshedpur with Tata Motors at Tata Motors 42 Indonesia 43 Asia Assembly of Axor A C E GLA GLC GLE GLS S class vehicles and select entry level AMG models Manufactures coach buses Iran 44 AsiaMalaysia Asia Assembly of C E and S class vehicles by DRB HICOM Mexico North America Mercedes Benz Mexico fully manufactures some Mercedes and Daimler vehicles completely from locally built parts C Class E Class M Class International trucks Axor Atego and Mercedes Buses manufactures other models in complete knock down kits CL Class CLK Class SL Class SLK Class and manufactures a select number of models in semi knockdown kits which use both imported components and locally sourced Mexican components S Class CLS Class R Class GL Class Sprinter Nigeria Africa Assembly of buses trucks utility motors and the Sprinter van 45 Russia Eurasia Joint venture Mercedes Benz Car Trucks Vostok in Naberezhnye Chelny jointly Kamaz Available in trucks Actros Axor multi purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks Unimog Mercedes Benz Sprinter Classic is also produced in Russia Serbia Europe FAP produces Mercedes Benz trucks under license Spain Europe Factory at Vitoria Gasteiz Mercedes Benz Vito Viano and V Class have been built there South Africa 46 Africa The assembly plant is located in East London in the Eastern Cape province where both right and left hand versions of the C class are built South Korea Asia Mercedes Benz Musso and MB100 Ssangyong Rexton Mercedes Benz models manufactured by SsangYong Motor Company Taiwan Asia Assembly of Actros by the Shung Ye Group 47 Thailand Asia Completely Knocked Down CKD production of A GLA C E S Classes and Semi Knocked Down SKD production of C coupe GLC GLC coupe GLE and CLS 48 Additionally local production of Mercedes AMG such as C43 E53 and CLS53 have been integrated to the existing production lines 49 making it unofficially regarded as the largest Mercedes Benz factory by number of classes produced under a single roof The factory is operated by contract manufacture the Thonburi Group under supervision of Mercedes Benz Manufacturing Thailand 50 Turkey Eurasia Mercedes Benz Turk A S Some of Mercedes Benz Busses like Travego and Tourismo was build is Hosdere plant Other Then Manufacturing R D and Aftersales was also avaible If i did writing mistakes please correct it 51 52 53 United Kingdom Europe The SLR sports car was built at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking Brackley Northamptonshire is home to the Mercedes Grand Prix factory and Brixworth Northamptonshire is the location of Mercedes Benz HighPerformanceEnginesUnited States North America The Mercedes Benz GLE Class Sport Utility the full sized GL Class Luxury Sport Utility and the Mercedes Benz C Class vehicles are all built at the Mercedes Benz U S International production facility near Tuscaloosa Alabama 54 Trucks 6 000 per year in the early eighties were once assembled in Hampton Virginia 55 Vietnam Asia Assembly of E Class C Class S Class GLK Class and Sprinter Established in 1995 56 Quality rankings Edit Mercedes Benz dealer in Munich Germany Mercedes Benz normally has a strong reputation for quality and durability 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 57 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 58 For 2008 Mercedes Benz s initial quality rating improved by yet another mark to 4th place 59 On top of this accolade it also received the Platinum Plant Quality Award for their Mercedes branded Sindelfingen Germany body assembly plant 59 J D Power s 2011 US Initial Quality and Vehicle Dependability Studies both ranked Mercedes Benz vehicles above average in build quality and reliability 60 61 In J D Power s United Kingdom Survey in 2011 Mercedes cars were rated above average 62 Additionally iSeeCars com study for Reuters in 2014 found Mercedes to have the lowest vehicle recall rate out of competitors 63 Models EditSee also List of Mercedes Benz vehicles Mercedes Benz A Class subcompact executive hatchbacks and sedans Mercedes Benz B Class subcompact executive Tourers Mercedes Benz C Class compact executive car Mercedes Benz E Class executive car Mercedes Benz S Class full size luxury sedan Mercedes Benz GLA Class subcompact luxury SUV Mercedes Benz GLC Class compact luxury SUV Mercedes Benz GLE Class mid size luxury SUV Mercedes Benz GLS Class full size luxury SUV Current model range Edit 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 Models Edit A Class Subcompact luxury Hatchback and Sedan B Class Subcompact luxury Multi Purpose Vehicle C Class Compact executive luxury Sedan Saloon Estate Coupe and Cabriolet CLA Subcompact luxury 4 Door Coupe and Estate CLS Mid size luxury 4 Door Coupe E Class Mid size executive luxury Sedan Saloon Estate Coupe and Cabriolet G Class Luxury off road vehicle GLA Subcompact luxury Crossover GLB Compact luxury Crossover GLC Compact luxury Crossover GLE Mid size luxury Sport utility vehicle GLS Full size luxury Sport utility vehicle S Class Full Size luxury Sedan Saloon Coupe and Cabriolet T Class Compact luxury Multi Purpose Vehicle V Class Luxury Multi Purpose Vehicle AMG GT Luxury sports car AMG GT 4 Door Luxury sports 4 Door Coupe AMG SL Luxury grand tourer roadster AMG ONE Super sports car EQA Luxury electric Crossover EQB Luxury electric Crossover EQC Luxury electric Crossover EQE Luxury electric Sedan Saloon EQE SUV Luxury electric Sport utility vehicle EQG Luxury electric Off road vehicle EQS Luxury electric Sedan Saloon EQS SUV Luxury electric Sport utility vehicle EQT Luxury electric compact Multi Purpose Vehicle EQV Luxury electric Multi Purpose VehicleVans Edit Mercedes Benz Sprinter Mercedes Benz currently offers three types of vans Citan Vito and Sprinter They are all produced by Daimler AG Trucks Edit See also List of Mercedes Benz trucks Mercedes Benz Zetros used for snowplowing Unimog 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 64 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 Buses Edit Main article 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 65 A STRAN Citaro second generation in June 2014 Significant models produced Edit 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 W107 350SL 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 Mercedes Benz EQ 2021 Mercedes Benz EQA 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS The Mercedes Benz 600 or 600S Pullman Guard limousines offer the option of armour plating and have been used by diplomats worldwide 66 Car nomenclature Edit Pre 1994 Edit 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 Gelandewagen 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 67 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 and SL 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 1994 to 2014 Edit 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 2015 and beyond Edit Rationalisation of the model nomenclature was announced in November 2014 for future models 68 69 The changes consolidate many confusing nomenclature and their placements in the model range for example the CL Class is now called the S Class Coupe The naming structure is divided into four categories core off road vehicle SUV 4 door coupe 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 70 71 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 72 Core Off Road Vehicles SUV 4 Door Coupe RoadsterA GLA CLAB GLBC GLC SLCE GLE CLSS GLS SL G Note The CLA is positioned between the A and B Class models while the CLS sits between the E and S Classes In addition to the revised nomenclature Mercedes Benz has new suffix nomenclature for the drive systems Current New ExampleNatural Gas Drive c for compressed natural gas B 200 cBlueTec CDI d for diesel E 350 d GLA 200 dPLUG IN HYBRID Electric Drive e for electric S 500 e B 250 eFuel Cell f for fuel cell B 200 fHYBRID BlueTEC HYBRID h for hybrid S 400 h E 300 h4MATIC 4MATIC all wheel drive E 400 4MATICThe revised A45 AMG for 2016 model year on has shifted the model designation to the right side while AMG is on the left side 73 This trend commenced with Mercedes Maybach with MAYBACH on the left and S500 S600 on the right 74 Environmental record Edit 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 75 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 76 77 In the same year Mercedes also showed the Vision S500 PHEV concept with a 19 miles 31 km all electric range and CO2 emissions of 74 grams km in the New European Driving Cycle 78 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 79 The Mercedes Benz S400 BlueHYBRID 80 was launched in 2009 and is the first production automotive hybrid in the world to use a lithium ion battery 81 82 83 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 84 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 85 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 86 Certain Mercedes Benz cars including the S550 and all AMG models sold in the United States also face an additional gas guzzler tax 87 However newer AMG models fitted with the M157 engine will not be subject to the gas guzzler tax due to improved fuel economy 88 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 89 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 90 Mercedes Benz paid an additional US 38 million for failing to meet its CAFE standards for model years 2008 2011 91 In May 2017 Mercedes partnered with Vivint Solar to develop a solar energy home storage battery 92 In February 2018 it was announced that Mercedes cabin air filters earned the Asthma and Allergy Friendly Certification 93 Electric cars Edit Mercedes opened its sixth battery factory in 2018 Critics deemed the marque s EQS sedan a tough competitor to Tesla Inc 94 95 The six factories are established across three continents Mercedes Benz EQC 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 96 97 Mercedes unveiled the VISION AVTR at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas 98 The car was inspired by the 2009 science fiction film Avatar 99 Whilst the AVTR is a concept car it is said to hold clues on features bound for next generation Mercedes Benz cars 100 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 101 While releasing details of the project Markus Schafer 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 102 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 103 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 104 Motorsport EditMain article Mercedes Benz in motorsport A DMG Mercedes Simplex 1906 in the Deutsches Museum 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 Emile 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 105 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 Formula One Edit Main article Mercedes Benz in Formula One Both Mercedes AMG Formula One cars at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix Mercedes Benz took part in the world championship in 1954 and 1955 but despite being successful with two championship titles for Juan Manuel Fangio 106 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 107 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 Hakkinen 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 108 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 109 After major rule changes in 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 2015 winning 16 out of 19 races and again in 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 110 111 112 In these years Hamilton was the champion in 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 and 2020 while Rosberg won in 2016 110 Their unbeaten streak was broken in 2021 when Max Verstappen of Red Bull Honda won the drivers championship Formula E Edit Main article 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 Logo history EditIn 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 113 1902 1909 note2 1 1909 1916 note2 1 1909 1916 note2 1 1916 1926 note2 1 1926 present 1930 1989 1989 2008 2010 present Notes a b c d Logo of the Mercedes automobile brand by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Noted employees EditPaul 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 114 Bela Barenyi car safety pioneer rigid passenger safety shell joined Daimler Benz in 1937 115 Wilhelm Maybach automotive pioneer first met Gottlieb Daimler in 1865 116 Ferdinand Porsche founder of Porsche joined Mercedes in 1923 and developed the Kompressor 117 Bruno Sacco joined Daimler Benz as a designer in 1958 Head of Design in 1975 retired in 1999 118 Rudolf Uhlenhaut joined Daimler Benz in 1931 his designs included the Silver Arrows the 300 SL and 300SLR 119 Adolf Eichmann Nazi leader and war criminal Worked in Argentina s factory after WWII 120 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 current driver for their Formula One Team since 2013 who holds the all time record for most pole positions 103 and race victories 103 121 Despite being a Mercedes driver since 2013 Hamilton has competed his entire career 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 Innovations EditNumerous 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 amp 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 122 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 is considered by many as the most important innovation in automobile construction from a safety standpoint 19 verification needed 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 123 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 As a result crumple zones and ABS are now standard on all modern vehicles 19 verification needed Mercedes M156 engine The W211 E320 CDI which has a variable geometry turbocharger VGT 3 0 litre V6 common rail diesel engine producing 224 hp or 167 kW set three world endurance records It covered 100 000 miles 160 000 km in a record time with an average speed of 224 823 km h 139 70 mph Three identical cars did the endurance run one set above record and the other two cars set world records for time taken to cover 100 000 kilometres 62 137 mi and 50 000 miles 80 000 km respectively After all three cars had completed the run their combined distance was 300 000 miles 480 000 km all records were FIA approved 124 clarification needed 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 125 Mercedes Benz won the Safety Award at the 2007 What Car Awards 122 Robot cars Edit Main article Driverless car In the 1980s Mercedes built the world s first robot car together with the team of Professor Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University Munich 126 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 175 km h 109 mph 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 127 Tuners EditSeveral companies have become car tuners or modifiers of Mercedes Benz in order to increase performance and or luxury to 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 128 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 129 The 2009 SLS AMG a revival of the 300SL Gullwing is the first car to be entirely developed by AMG Sponsorships Edit Mercedes Benz sponsors the Germany national football team In football soccer Mercedes Benz sponsored the Germany national team until 2018 Mercedes Benz sponsors Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and provides the naming rights for their stadium the Mercedes Benz Arena 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 130 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 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