Today we are revealing some interesting and surprising facts about one of the most dominant and long-lasting brands in the luxury automotive industry for this we are going to focus all of our attention on Mercedes-Benz. 

How Mercedes-Benz was formed?

Mercedes-Benz was established when two German automobile companies run by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merged to create the Daimler-Benz patent company in 1926 and soon after it was renamed, Mercedes-Benz. 

The first Mercedes-Benz owned by Hitler

The first joint car they produced was the Mercedes 770 model which Hitler was known to drive with a bulletproof windshield over the used. Mercedes-Benz has been a leader in innovation in technology and safety and has developed some of the most popular luxury cars of all time. 

Mercedes's slogan is the best or nothing and we know this reflects the mindset of many people out there. Mercedes-Benz is an excellent source of inspiration for future billionaires due to their luxury mindset in forward-thinking ways not to mention their longevity and their drive for success.

Now let's take a look at the facts you didn't know about Mercedes-Benz:

Karl Benz created the first modern automobile. Karl Benz was actually the first to create and patent the model automobile in 1886 his vehicle was called the patent motorwagen and it was comprised of 3  wheels a Steel Tube frame of wooden panels in a small gasoline-powered engine it only had two-thirds HP. But Karl had to start from somewhere his wife Bertha Benz financed and marketed the invention.

Story Behind Naming Mercedes

Mercedes's name came from an 11-year-old girl. The Mercedes brand name came about as a result of Austria diplomat and racing enthusiast Emil Jellinek insisting that the series of 36 sports cars he ordered from the Daimler company be renamed after his 11yr old daughter Mercedes. 

The car was completed in 1901 and Jellinek dominated in every racing event entered with them. Daimler decided to stick with the name after quickly developing an impressive reputation and they trademark the brand in 1902.

The invention of the Brake pad

Bertha Benz was the first person to take a road trip in a modern automobile. Bertha Benz the wife of Karl Benz brought National attention to the Benz patent motorwagen when she and her sons drove the car over 130 miles round trip. The first time the automobile had been driven a considerable distance. She took off without telling her husband with her two sons aged 13 and 15 hoping to prove the viability of the invention. 

But people were not used to seeing cars on the road so many become frightened and some even thought the horseless carriage was to work of the devil she solves several problems with the automobile along the way like cleaning a blocked few lines with her hat pin and having a cobbler install leather when the wooden breaks began to fail to make the world's first pair of the brake pad.

What does the 3 points logo represent in Mercedes?

The three-pointed logo almost had a fourth point added, the Mercedes-Benz three-point logo represents its domination of the land, air, and water. The Logo has evolved through the years with the first three-point starter being used in 1909, there was discussion about adding the fourth point to represent space as well.

The First Driver's License

Karl Benz was given the very first driver's license individual states and countries started exploring the need to issue driver's licenses in the early 1900 but Karl Benz had the distinction of being the first to secure a license to operate a motor vehicle. 

In 1888 he requested written permission from local authorities after there had been several complaints in his community about the noise and smell of his first modern automobile prototype.

Now, who owns the Mercedes?

Daimler AG owns Mercedes. Daimler-Benz was transitioned over a new name Daimler AG in 1998, They own all of Mercedes divisions such as Benz, the AMG, and a Maybach.

 Karl Benz was born on the 25th of November 1844 in Karlsruhe Germany. He attended Polytechnic University there before gaining his first practical experience at various mechanical engineering companies. He was a German Mechanical Engineer.

Karl Benz - Automotive Innovator

The early life of Karl Benz

After gaining some experience from various mechanical firms then he founded his own company with his one fellow companion in 1872 Eisen geese of iron which was later named Factory of Machines and sheet metal however it was not much of a success at first and it was only the dowry of Karls's wife Bertha that saved them from immediate loss.

Karl Benz developed his two-stroke engine design

In 1877 Karl Benz started developing 2 stroke engine and after 2 years it ran sufficiently for the first time. The patent for gas-fueled Four-stroke cycle engines was already owned at that time by the Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz (Daimlers company). 

Nevertheless, Benz did patent some of his inventions such as his engine speed regulator, a stock corporation under the name Gasmotoren-Fabrik Mannheim (Karl's company) was set up in 1882 Karl Benz resigned from it a short time later though.

Benz & Companie Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik

Only the founding of the Benz & Companie Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik and the entrepreneur Max rose and Frederick Wilhelm led Benz to eventual success. The company established in 1883 expanded quickly and was even able to grant licenses for the construction of gas fuel engines. For Benz, it finally became possible to devote his time to the development of the car engine. 

What was Karl Benz's company?

Unlike Gottlieb Daimler who integrated his engine into the carriage. Karl Benz was aiming for the development of an entire vehicle and not installing the engine in the carriage. But to make a full vehicle. 

It featured wire wheels with a four-stroke engine of his own design and the Motorwagen worked as power was transmitted using two roller changes to the rear axial. Karl Benz finished his creation in 1885 and named it Benz's patent Motorwagen (motorcar).

In 1886 he was able to present his first Benz patent motor car to the public a three-wheeled vehicle powered by a four-stroke gasoline engine. From 1885 to 1887 three models with slight variations were produced. 

Bertha Benz first lady to drive a car

One woman thought it was ready for the world. His wife Bertha Benz. Without knowing Karl she took the car. She undertook the first long-distance drive in the world. At that time no one believed it was a car on the road.

Bertha Benz and her sons traveling on motorwagen

With the so-called model 3 Bertha Benz, in 1888 at a distance of 100 kilometers from Mannheim to the Pforzheim she experienced an adventurous drive of 65 miles without her husband but with her two sons Eugen and Richard but she only let Karl know after a happy and safe arrival of them.