Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is an automotive brand associated with Germany. Its commonly cited modern founding or brand-launch year is 1926, and its headquarters or principal operating base is in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. Understanding that background is important because some names began as independent companies, while others were created later as specialist marques within larger automotive groups. Mercedes-Benz was created in 1926 when the businesses of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler merged as Daimler-Benz. Benz had patented a petrol-powered automobile in 1886, while Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach were developing high-speed engines and early motor vehicles. The Mercedes name came from vehicles marketed by Emil Jellinek around the turn of the century. The marque is famous for luxury, safety engineering, motorsport and innovations that influenced the wider automobile industry. Its three-pointed star became one of the world’s most recognisable automotive symbols.