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Flutes: Daimler's traditional radiator grille topped by now-vestigial cooling fins adopted by 1905. The Daimler Company Limited (/ ˈ d eɪ m l ər / DAYM-lər), before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry.
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (German: [ˈɡɔtliːp ˈdaɪmlɐ]; 17 March 1834 – 6 March 1900) [ 1 ] was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg, a federal state of the German Confederation), in what is now Germany. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development.
Engine developed from the Daimler Armoured Car's engine. Daimler's ambulance of this period was based on this chassis. First Daimler with bevel gear final drive since the Edwardian era. Early use of electrically-operated windows and centre divider. [15] DE36 [13] 1946–1953 straight-8, 5460 cc 85.09 120.015 205 Daimler's last straight-eight
The Daimler Motorized Carriage was the first car produced by German engineers Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, who founded Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG). The first car was sold in 1892. From 20 July 1872, Maybach and Daimler often worked as engineers in other companies at the same time, designing engines and accessories to engines for ...
Karl Benz (1844–1929) made the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first automobile.. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry [10] and patented in January 1886 [11] – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a ...
Mercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive company headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufacturers. Daimler-Benz was formed with the merger of Benz & Cie., the world's oldest car company, [4] and Daimler Motoren ...
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile [1][a] and was the first car put into production. [8] It was patented in January 1886 and unveiled in public later that year.
Bertha Benz (German: [ˈbɛʁta ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field ...