Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When you think of Daimler, you think of Mercedes-Benz, and that’s perfectly understandable. Up until recently Mercedes parent company was known as Daimler-Benz. The name comes from Gottlieb Daimler, a German engineer who was a pioneer in early internal combustion engines, and founded Daimler Motors. It eventually became Daimler-Benz, named after the “father of the car” Carl Benz, even though both men hated each other and spent a lot of the 1890s in court suing each other over patents. And Daimler-Benz of course is the company we know as Mercedes-Benz today. But since I can remember the Queen had been driven around in Daimler cars, and although she has German roots, she wasn’t supporting German car industry. These were very British cars. So what’s the connection between the British Daimler company and the German one?
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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Company
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Scout
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Group
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach
reuters.com/article/us-tatamotors-daimler-idUSTRE6280JR20100309
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Daimler_cars
zigwheels.com/news-features/general-news/daimler-ag-rebranded-as-mercedes-benz-ag/44671
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_War_Car
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When you think of Daimler, you think of Mercedes-Benz, and that’s perfectly understandable. Up until recently Mercedes parent company was known as Daimler-Benz. The name comes from Gottlieb Daimler, a German engineer who was a pioneer in early internal combustion engines, and founded Daimler Motors. It eventually became Daimler-Benz, named after the “father of the car” Carl Benz, even though both men hated each other and spent a lot of the 1890s in court suing each other over patents. And Daimler-Benz of course is the company we know as Mercedes-Benz today. But since I can remember the Queen had been driven around in Daimler cars, and although she has German roots, she wasn’t supporting German car industry. These were very British cars. So what’s the connection between the British Daimler company and the German one?
If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: patreon.com/bigcar
Support me using PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
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Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Company
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Scout
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Group
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach
reuters.com/article/us-tatamotors-daimler-idUSTRE6280JR20100309
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Daimler_cars
zigwheels.com/news-features/general-news/daimler-ag-rebranded-as-mercedes-benz-ag/44671
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_War_Car
#bigcar
