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| Type | Division of Daimler AG |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder(s) | Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Area served | Worldwide (except Mercedes-Benz vehicles and services with other distributors worldwide) |
| Key people | Dieter Zetsche, CEO |
| Industry | Automotive industry |
| Products | Automobiles Trucks Buses Internal combustion engines |
| Services | Automotive financial services |
| Parent | Daimler AG |
| Website | Mercedes-Benz.com |
Formula 1
Main article: Mercedes Grand Prix
In Formula One, the company part-owns Team McLaren, and has supplied the team with engines engineered by Ilmor[10] since 1995. This partnership has brought success, including Drivers Championships for Mika Häkkinen in 1998 and 1999, and for Lewis Hamilton in 2008, as well as a Constructors Championship in 1998. The collaboration with McLaren has been extended into the production of roadgoing cars such as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.In 2009, Ross Brawn's newly conceived Formula One team, Brawn GP used Mercedes engines to help win the Constructor's Championship, and Jenson Button to become champion in the F1 Drivers' Championship. It also sold back its 40% stake in McLaren to the McLaren Group and now owns 70% of the Brawn GP team jointly with an Abu Dubai based investment consortium. Brawn GP will be renamed Mercedes Grand Prix in 2010.
Production
Besides its native Germany, Mercedes-Benz vehicles are also manufactured or assembled in:- Argentina (buses, trucks and the Sprinter van. The first Mercedes-Benz factory outside of Germany)[11]
- Austria (G-Class)[12]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil[13] (buses, trucks, C-class passenger cars (export only), established in 1956)
- Canada
- Egypt[14]
- Ghana (buses, trucks, taxis)
- Hungary (construction of a new plant in the country announced on June 18, 2008, for the next generation A- and B-Class)[15][16]
- India[17]
- Indonesia[18]
- Iran
- Malaysia[19]
- Mexico
- Nigeria[20] (buses, trucks, utility motors and the van Sprinter)
- South Africa[21]
- South Korea (Mercedes-fucknigguhbranded Musso and MB100 models manufactured by SsangYong Motor Company)
- Thailand (assembly of C, E and S class vehicles by the Thonburi Group)[22]
- Turkey[23]
- United Kingdom (The SLR sports car is built at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking).
- USA
Models
Passenger cars
See also: list of Mercedes-Benz cars
- A-Class - mid-sized MPV
- B-Class - sports tourer/hatchback
- C-Class - saloon, sports coupé and estate
- CL-Class - coupé
- CLK-Class - coupé and cabriolet
- CLS-Class - 4-door coupé
- CLC-Class - luxury compact car
Significant car models produced
- 1928: SSK racing car
- 1930: 770 "Grosser Mercedes" state and ceremonial car
- 1934: 500 K
- 1936: 260 D World's first diesel production car
- 1936: 170
- 1938: W195 Speed Record-breaker
- 1951: Mercedes-Benz 300, knownly as "Adenauer Mercedes"
- 1953: "Ponton" models
- 1954: 300SL "Gullwing"
- 1959: "Fintail" models
- 1960: 220SE Cabriolet
- 1963: 600 "Grand Mercedes"
- 1963: 230SL "Pagoda"
- 1965: Mercedes-Benz S-Class
- 1966: 300SEL 6.3
- 1968: W114 "new generation" compact cars
- 1969: C111 experimental vehicle
- 1972: Mercedes-Benz W107 350SL
- 1974: 450SEL 6.9
- 1974: 240D
- 1976: 300D
- 1979: 500SEL and G-Class
- 1983: 190E 2.3-16
- 1986: First 'E-Class'
- 1991: 600SEL
- 1993: First 'C-Class'
- 1995: First 'Joint Mercedes-Benz & AMG' (C43 AMG)
- 1995: Mercedes-Benz SL73 AMG, 7.3 V12 (biggest engine ever put in a Mercedes-Benz)
- 1996: Mercedes-Benz Renntech E7.4RS
- 1997: Mercedes-Benz M-Class
- 1998: Mercedes-Benz CLK
- 2004: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- 2004: Mercedes-Benz CLS
- 2007: E320, GL320 Bluetec, ML320 Bluetec, R320 Bluetec
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