If you want to ask about the important automobile brands in automobile history, you have to mention Mercedes-Benz. Let's talk about the story of Mercedes-Benz today. The first car in the world was invented by Carl Benz, one of the founders of Mercedes-Benz, and was known as the "inventor of the car", and applied for a patent at that time. Gottlieb daimler, another founder of Mercedes-Benz, invented the world's first four-wheeled car.
On1886 65438+129 October, they obtained the patent right of the world's first car, marking the birth of the world's first car. The great inventions of two people changed the world, and this day is also called the automobile birth day.
1883, Carl Benz founded the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Company in Mannheim. 1890, Daimler and Maibakh established their own engine company, Daimler Engine Research Institute, or DMG for short.
1899 In March, Amy Jerinek, then a member of the management committee of Daimler Company, drove a car named after her daughter Mercedes. After winning the first prize in the "Nice Tour" car competition, she suggested that all cars produced by Daimler Company should be named after Mercedes, and Daimler readily agreed.
From 1900 to 65438+February 22nd, Daimler Automobile Company showed its customers the first Mercedes brand car. 190 1 year, the "Simplex" brand car designed by wilhelm maybach adopted "Daimler Benz" as the trademark for the first time.
1909, Daimler company put a trident star, four trident stars and Mercedes-Benz in a ring; 1923, the trident is placed on the engine radiator, and the trident logo is formed.
1926 On June 29th, Daimler Company and Mercedes-Benz Company merged to form Daimler-Benz Company, which played an important role in automobile history. From then on, all the cars they produced were named "Mercedes-Benz". The logo of Mercedes-Benz was originally surrounded by the letters "Mercedes-Benz" and cassia twig.
1926, Daimler merged with Mercedes-Benz, and the star logo and laurel branch of Mercedes-Benz finally merged into one. The following is the word Mercedes-Benz. Later, laurel branches were changed into rings, and the words Mercedes-Benz were removed.
With the merger of two automobile manufacturers with a long history, the factory applied for the patent right of the trademark again. The star symbol on this ring has evolved into today's pattern, which has been used to this day and has become one of the most famous trademarks in the world.
1In May, 1998, Daimler-Benz acquired Chrysler Automobile Company for $36 billion, and the company changed its name to Daimler Chrysler.
In 2005, Beijing Benz Co., Ltd. was jointly invested and established by Beijing Automobile Co., Ltd. and Daimler AG. On May 4th, 2007, the cooperation between Daimler Benz and Chrysler Automobile Company was terminated.
On June 4, 2007, 10 officially completed the separation procedure from Chrysler and changed its name to Daimler AG. 2065438+On February 23, 2008, Geely Group acquired 9.69% of Daimler's shares for about 9 billion US dollars, becoming the largest shareholder of Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz.