Mersedes-Benz

Mercedes Benz company was founded in 1926 and is now a subsidiary of the group Daimler-Benz. The company's headquarters in Stuttgart.

In 1900, Gottlieb Daimler died, and the case was continued by his son Paul Daimler. Company management took over Wilhelm Maybach, who served before that Gottlieb Daimler for many years. Then, in 1900, he began to develop a new car. The new car has a standard layout of motor parts in front, under the hood was a four-cylinder engine produces 35 hp and radiator. The drive carried to the rear wheels through a gear transmission. The first car made in a two-seater racing car, and in honor of the daughter of one of the owners of the company, Emil Jellinek racer, the model was named Mercedes. The modified Mercedes Jellinek arrives first at the next race in 1899. Since then Daimler-Benz cars have become a beautiful woman's name.

In 1921 it was the first time Mercedes has released a supercharged engine, and in 1923 - six-liter engine model, which became a base for modification to the chassis korotkobaznym - Model K, and subsequently - Model S. Only 1928 cars of this model is gained was 50 wins in the competition, and this gave rise to the creation of a new modification - Model SS, with engine capacity of 7 liters and 200 hp

In the first half of the 40s Mercedes received a large number of orders for luxury cars - the Heads of State and Government rightly considered the best representational Mercedes car.

12 years after the war, in 1963, was released on the model "600". The model was conceived as a class representative Competitive car company Rolls-Royce. Today, Mercedes S600 c 12-cylinder 6-liter engine, which became famous with the help of Russian folklore, has a very powerful and reliable powertrains and surprising agility for his size.

Producing cars and engines are very high quality, the concern with the famous Mercedes brand in the form of three-beam star for almost a hundred years in a row is the undisputed leader in the automotive industry. The company in the near future is going to increase the production of cars with 600,000 copies a year to one million.