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Mercedes-Benz has its origins in Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered motorcycle in January 1886, and by Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a 1873 Bollée steam-engine automobile by the addition of a petrol engine the same year. Mercedes Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG), after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that have become common in other vehicles several years later.

Mercedes-Benz 770 Grand Mercedes Cabriolet 1931

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Mercedes Benz 770 Grand Cabriolet 1931 - The Mercedes-Benz W07 770 Grosser or Grand Mercedes. One of the first products from the newly combined Daimler and Benz concern, the 1930 770 Grosser was the largest Mercedes-Benz model built. A massive 7.7 litre straight eight engine was used (with optional supercharger) and a grand wheelbase of 3.75 metres. It would be easy to say that all owners of this massive automobile were likely to have been megalomaniacs. The two distinct cars that I have built are famous for their particular owners (especially within the context of their historical circumstances) and also for being on display at the Daimler-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.


 

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