DAIMLER - Pioneer on Internal combustion engines

Gottileb Daimler (1834-1900), Germany , was a pioneer in the development of internal combustion engine and automobiles. He , along with Wihelm Maybach (later luxury car manufacturer), worked in Deutz,  the engine development company of Nicolaus Otto, the inventor of the Otto cycle and Petrol engine. Both Daimler and Maybach left Deutz in 1880 after differences with Otto.

In the year 1885 , Daimler fitted a small engine on to a wooden framed motorcycle called "Riding Car"  and Maybach drove the "automobile" for a few miles at a maximum speed of 7 mph. Later on they fitted bigger engines to stagecoaches and thus began the automotive era.

After the death of Daimler in 1900, businessman Emil Jellinek entered in to discussions with the company to design and develop new engines for racing purposes and called it by his 10 year old daughter's name , Mercedes and thus born the Mercedes brand.

The Daimler logo - three point star - signifies dominance in Land, water & air. The word Mercedes added later on

 

A 1901 , 35 hp Mercedes car.

In the year 1926 , Daimler and Benz & Cie merged to form the company Daimler Benz - the three point star of Daimler surrounded by the laurels of Benz.

 

 In 1998 , Daimler Benz acquired Chrysler corporation and renamed itself as DaimlerChrysler and in 2007 , it divested Chrysler to become Daimler AG

BENZ - Europe's and the World's first Automobile.

Karl Friedrich Benz (1844 - 1929) is credited with developing the first gasoline powered automobile in the world. He founded the company Benz & Cie in the year 1883 and was awarded a patent for a motorwagen in 1885. In 1886, the first gasoline powered automobile , the Benz Patent Motorwagen was publicly demonstrated , thus becoming the world's first gasoline powered automobile.

The motorwagen was made famous by Bertha Benz in 1888, who without the knowledge of Karl Benz , drove it to Pforzheim - a distance of 66 miles, recoding the first long distance automobile journey. Fuelling the vehicle by getting "gasoline" form pharmacies - the first filling stations,  she was also credited with inventing the brake lining when she asked a shoe maker to nail leather on to the brake blocks to make the vehicle to stop in shorter distance. She had also suggested to Karl Benz to add an extra gear to make hill climbing better - may be the first customer feedback mechanism.

 

Some of the famous and large selling models of Benz & Cie are -

Benz Viktoria

 The logo of the original Benz & cie

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The Benz and Cie merged with Daimler group in 1926 as Daimler-Benz, naming its cars as Mercedes Benz, the Mercedes name coming form the Daimler group.