Mercedes was the brand of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft before being merged with Benz & Cie. to Daimler-Benz in 1926, after which the vehicles were called Mercedes-Benz. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG, Daimler Motor Company) was a German multinational-automaker --first in history-- from 1890 to 1926; basing first in Cannstatt nearby Stuttgart, moving later to Stuttgart-Untertürkheim --after the 1903 great blaze-- and to Berlin (1922). ... Karl Benz Replica of the Benz Patent Motorwagen built in 1885 Karl Friedrich Benz (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile. ... Daimler-Benz AG was founded on May 1, 1924 by the merger of Benz & Cie. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ...

After Daimler had sold exclusive licences to foreign companies, they couldn't sell their own cars there anymore.

After car dealer Emil Jellinek suggested a small series of dedicated sports cars which he entered in races as Mércédès (after his daughter Mercedes Jellinek (1889–1929)), DMG also sold there cars under this name. Emil Jellinek (sometimes referred to as Jellinek-Mercedes, Emil) was consul general of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Nice, (born in Leipzig, 1853, died in Geneva, 1918), one of the first to be interested in automobiles in Austria. ... A Honda NSX sports car A TVR Tuscan sports car A sports car is a car designed for sporting performance above utility. ... Mercedes Jellinek Mercedes Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek. ...

The Mercedes 35hp (1900)

In 1899 DMG commissioned some engineers including Wilhelm Bauer, Wilhelm Werner and Hermann Braun, to investigate the possibility of using the Phoenix for sporting events as at that time car racing was the best way of generating publicity in Europe. This article is about magneto, the engine component. ...

On March 30, 1900 Wilhelm Bauer decided spontaneously to enter the Nice-La Turbie hill climb but crashed fatally after hitting a rock on the first turn while avoiding spectators. This caused DMG to abandon racing. Hillclimbing (sometimes known as speed hillclimbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. ...

Nonetheless, Jellinek came to an agreement with DMG on April 2, 1900 by promising the large sum of 550,000 gold marks if Wilhelm Maybach would design a revolutionary sports car for him, to be called the Mercedes, of which 36 units had to be delivered before October 15. The deal also included an order for 36 standard DMG 8 hp cars. Jellinek also became a member of DMG 's Board of Management and obtained the exclusive dealership for the new Mercedes for France, Austria, Hungary, Belgium and United States of America. German 20 Mark banknote from 1914 (www. ...

Jellinek laid down a strict specification for the Mercedes stating "I don't want a car for today or tomorrow, it will be the car of the day after tomorrow". He itemized many new parameters to overcome the problems found in many of the ill-designed "horseless carriages" of the time which made them unsuitable for high speeds and at risk of overturning:

• Long wheelbase and wide track to provide stability.
• Engine to be better located on the car's chassis.
• Lower center of gravity.
• Electric ignition using the new Bosch system (in lieu of a gas heated glow tube).

The model would be officially called the Daimler-Mercedes which the DMG chairman accepted readily as it overcame the problem of the Daimler name in France being owned by Panhard & Levassor. In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the center of the front and rear wheels. ... The ignition system of an internal-combustion engine is an important part of the overall engine system that provides for the timely burning of the fuel mixture within the engine. ... Bosch is the colloquial short name for the German company Robert Bosch GmbH, as well as the last name of: Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) - Dutch painter Robert Bosch (1861-1942) - German industrialist Carl Bosch (1874-1940) - German chemist and engineer Juan Bosch (1909-2001) - Dominican politician and writer Orlando Bosch...

Over the next few months, Jellinek oversaw the development of the new car at first by daily telegrams and later by traveling to Stuttgart. He took delivery of the first one on December 22 1900, at Nice's railway station - it had already been sold to the Baron Henry of Rothschild who had also raced cars in Nice.

In 1901, the car amazed the automobile world. Jellinek again won the Nice races, easily beating his opponents in all the capacity classes and reaching 60 km/h. The director of the French Automobile Club, Paul Meyan, stated: "We have entered the Mercedes era", a sentiment echoed by newspapers worldwide.

The records set by the new Mercedes amazed the entire automobile world. DMG's sales shot up, filling its Stuttgart plant to full capacity and consolidating its future as a car making company. The number of employees steadily increased from 340 in 1900 to 2,200 in 1904. In 1902, on June 23, the company decided to use the Mercedes name as the trademark for its entire automobile production and officially registered it on September 26.