Mercedes Benz

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Mercedes-Benz is a multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG, and the brand is used for luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks.
Mercedes-Benz is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name first appeared in 1926 under Daimler-Benz but traces its origins to Daimler's 1901 Mercedes and to Karl Benz's 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, widely regarded as the first automobile.

History

Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company.Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that later became common in other vehicles.Mercedes-Benz is one of the most well-known and established automotive brands in the world, and is also the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today. For information relating to the famous three-pointed star, see under the title Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft including the merger into Daimler-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz McLaren

Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren

Between 2003 and 2009, Mercedes-Benz produced a limited-production sports car with McLaren Cars. The resulting Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was an extension of the collaboration by which Mercedes engines are used by the Team McLaren-Mercedes Formula One racing team, which was then part owned by Mercedes. McLaren ceased production of the SLR in 2009 and went on to develop its own car, the McLaren MP4-12C, launched in 2011.

Current Models

A-Class - Hatchback

A Class

B-Class - Multi-Activity

B Class

C-Class - Saloon, Estate & Coupé

C Class

CL-Class - Luxury Coupé

CL Class

CLS-Class - 4 Door Coupé

CLS Class

E-Class - Saloon, Estate, Coupé & Cabriolet

E Class

G-Class - Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

G Class

GL-Class - Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

GL Class

GLK-Class - Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

GLK Class

M-Class - Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

M Class

R-Class - Luxury Tourer Vehicle (LTV)

R Series

S-Class - Luxury Sedan

S Class

SL-Class - Roadster

SL Class

SLK-Class - Roadster

SLK Class

SLS AMG—Coupé and Roadster

SLS AMG

Viano—Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV)

Viano

AMG

Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, engineers, manufactures and customizes Mercedes-branded vehicles. Originally an independent engineering firm specializing in performance improvements for Mercedes vehicles, DaimlerChrysler took a controlling interest in 1990, then became sole owner of AMG in 2005. Mercedes-AMG GmbH is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG and is headquartered in Affalterbach, Germany.

AMG models typically have more aggressive looks, a higher level of performance, better handling and stability, and more extensive use of carbon fiber than their regular Mercedes counterparts. AMG models are typically the most expensive and highest-performance of each Mercedes class, with the exception of non-AMG V12 models found in the most expensive nameplates of the lineup.

History of AMG

AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 under the name AMG Engine Production and Development, Ltd.  by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in Burgstall an der Murr, near Stuttgart. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach,(Aufrecht's birthplace)

In 1990, with AMG having become a high-profile purveyor of modified Mercedes cars, Daimler-Benz AG and AMG signed a contract of cooperation, allowing AMG to leverage Daimler-Benz's extensive dealer network and leading to commonly developed vehicles (the first one being the Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG, in 1993)

On 1 January 1999 DaimlerChrysler, as it was called between 1998 and 2007, acquired 51 percent of AMG shares, and AMG was renamed to Mercedes-AMG GmbH. On 1 January 2005 Aufrecht sold his remaining shares to DaimlerChrysler, and since then Mercedes-AMG GmbH has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG