King Rose Archives | 1901-1960 Mercedes-Benz: From Humble Beginnings to Racing Glory @KingRoseArchives | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
While tinkering in their workshops, German automobile inventors Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler gave the world the first automobiles powered by an internal combustion engine. Over 100 years later, the company bearing their name is still considered to be among the most innovative automobile manufacturers in the world. From their first single-cylinder motor wagons to elegant town cars for wealthy industrialists in the 1920s and futuristic Grand Prix racers in the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz carved out a niche as the builder of the best cars possible. It’s sport custom-bodied road cars from the 1930s command over $5 million dollars at auctions today.
When Benz and Daimler began, the creation of cars for motorsport was a way to gain traction for their innovations, and demonstrate the cars' performance. In March 1901, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft's new model, the Mercedes 35 hp generated wonderful buzz during Nice racing week, and this race car (commissioned by Emil Jellinek and named after his daughter, Mercedes) laid the foundation for many more successes.
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While tinkering in their workshops, German automobile inventors Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler gave the world the first automobiles powered by an internal combustion engine. Over 100 years later, the company bearing their name is still considered to be among the most innovative automobile manufacturers in the world. From their first single-cylinder motor wagons to elegant town cars for wealthy industrialists in the 1920s and futuristic Grand Prix racers in the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz carved out a niche as the builder of the best cars possible. It’s sport custom-bodied road cars from the 1930s command over $5 million dollars at auctions today.
When Benz and Daimler began, the creation of cars for motorsport was a way to gain traction for their innovations, and demonstrate the cars' performance. In March 1901, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft's new model, the Mercedes 35 hp generated wonderful buzz during Nice racing week, and this race car (commissioned by Emil Jellinek and named after his daughter, Mercedes) laid the foundation for many more successes.
For availability and licensing inquiries, please contact:
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