Mercedes:
Mercedes Benz is a German manufacturer. The founder of Mercedes is Karl Benz. It was founded in 1926. The headquarters are in Stuttgart, German.
Mercedes and Mercedes Benz:
Everyone who is saying Mercedes is pointing it to Mercedes Benz. Mercedes is the commonly used brand name, that people get to know but the company is Mercedes Benz. The partnership dates long back to 1901. It all started when Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler started the partnership.
Different Class of Mercedes:
- A-Class – Subcompact luxury Hatchback / Sedan/Saloon.
- B-Class – Subcompact luxury Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- C-Class – Compact executive Sedan/Saloon, Estate, Coupé and Cabriolet.
- CLA – Subcompact luxury 4 Door Coupé and Estate.
- CLS – Mid-size luxury 4 Door Coupé and Estate.
Reliability of Mercedes:
Mercedes is a word more than reliability. Consumer Reports have been carrying out long-term reliability tests since 1972 and once placed Mercedes as number one for reliability.
Mercedes and Expensiveness:
BMW and Mercedes-Benz were the most expensive to maintain over 10 years, according to the data. Toyota, on the other hand, was the most economical manufacturer, costing about $5,500 to maintain over a decade. Luxury cars are more expensive because of their limited production volumes. A lot of people believe that luxury cars cost more than regular cars because of their superior quality parts, their bigger and better options because they\’re made from more expensive materials, etc.
Most Expensive Mercedes:
- 2013 Mercedes Benz AMG vision gran turismo concept – $3,000,000. …
- 2015 Mercedes Benz F015 Luxury in Motion – $3,000,000.
- SLR McLaren Mansory Renovatio $1.5 million.
- Concept S-Class Coupe- $2 million.
Best Mercedes:
- 300 SLR.
- 300 SL “Gullwing”
- 300 SEL 6.3.
- G-Class.
- 190E 2.3-16/2.5-16 Cosworth.
- SLS AMG.
- AMG GT.
History:
1871 – Karl Benz establishes his first firm with August Ritter in Mannheim, Germany.
1883 – Karl Benz, along with two new partners, forms Benz & Co., Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik in Mannheim, Germany.
1886 – July 3, 1886, Karl Benz introduces the first automobile.
1903 – Karl Benz retires from the company.
1904 – Karl Benz joins the Benz & Cie supervisory board.
1910 – The Multivalve engine improves both fuel consumption and performance with the first Benz Special Tour Car to employ four valves per cylinder.
1921 – Mercedes increases the power of several cars with a supercharged engine – achieved by pressurizing the fuel-air mixture.
1926 – Karl Benz joins the Daimler AG supervisory board and the company Daimler-Benz is formed.
1929 – Karl Benz dies.
1931 – Mercedes 170 features the first 4-wheel independent suspension allowing each wheel to respond independently. A new hydraulic braking system sets new safety benchmarks and higher performance for the Mercedes 170.
1936 – The 260D is the first diesel passenger automobile, using 30% less fuel than the gasoline counterparts.
1939 – Research begins for passenger-car safety development. The test vehicle has a highly rigid floor, collapsible steering column, and side-impact protection.
1958 – Rigorous crash testing is performed on every newly developed Mercedes.
1963 – Mercedes offers its first SL with an automatic transmission. Having no pushbutton release, all four forward gears is still the current industry standard.
1967 – A separate high-performance division is created – Mercedes-AMG – manufacturing the 300SEL 6.3 V8 Saloon known as the “Red Sow”.
1991 – Mercedes removes environmentally harmful CFC chemicals from all vehicles’ air conditioning systems making them eco-friendly.
1992 – Mercedes get more rapid and precise control with a Controller Area Network – CAN – an electronic breakthrough.
1997 – New Mercedes-Benz car owners get the convenience of the SmartKey and antitheft prevention all in one. An electronic code is used to unlock and start the engine.
2006 – DISTRONIC PLUS with PRE-SAFE Brake looks ahead for stopped traffic, alerts the driver and starts the braking process to slow the vehicle even when cruise control is not engaged.
2010 – Mercedes-Benz equips cars with ATTENTION ASSIST, a driver monitoring system that sense change in driver actions – detects driver drowsiness from lack of dashboard interactions and steering behavior.
