If we look back
into the origin of Mercedes, we will get its foundation in somewhere around the
1880s. Since, this time, it has been seen as the trademark of automobiles and
no one can control looking back at the Mercedes when it passes by. Its
popularity among the travelers has coerced to include Mercedes in the wedding chauffeur car services.
The London chauffeur service providers are offering the series of
Mercedes Benz for all its chauffeur packages. Wedding, birthday parties,
official tours, or corporate tours, every celebration is incomplete with the
indulgence Mercedes.
However, very few people are aware of the in-depth history of Mercedes-Benz. So, here we have compiled 5 truths that you didn’t know about the German luxury brand:
Karl Benz invented the first automobile
Back in the year
18886, Karl Benz invented the first vehicle that we call as cars. The internal
combustion vehicle was first driven around in 1886. It was called Patent
Motorwagen that was a three-wheeled vehicle accumulating a steel tube frame,
small gasoline-powered engine, and wooden panels. At that time, it was just 2/3
horsepower that was obviously far less than the usual horse speed.
Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz the
wife of Karl Benz played a huge role in advertising the giant automobile group.
She helped in financing the project and did take care of the whole advertising
process. Although, she was not the inventor of the luxury vehicle, yet she with
her sons Richard and Eugen went out on the first trip from Mannheim to
Pforzheim. The trip was of approximately 120 miles and Bertha did stop in
between to have some ligroin petroleum and a can of red bull.
The origin of Mercedes
In the above
section, we discussed facts about Benz, but who was Mercedes. Emil Jellenik was
a customer of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft,
this is the company that would later merge with Benz & Co.Rheinische
Gasmotoren-Fabrik to form Mercedes-Benz.
His daughter’s name was Mercedes and he used this name to mark his trade name
in 1902. Since then, this name was added with Benz and all the products started
coming out with this name only. Since that time, it has never been a look back
for Mercedes and its series.
Mercedes-Benz Logo
Mercedes
three-pointed logo was a four-pointed star in the beginning. Each of these
points represented the mobility on air, water and land and the fourth point was
meant for representing space. But later on, the company decided on skipping the
space part and stayed with the three stars from 1910 onwards. The circle came
into existence a little later in 1916.
Adolf-Hitler: a Mercedes fan
Adolf Hitler was
a diehard fan of Mercedes Benz and after he was appointed as the German
Chancellor, he started funding Mercedes and Audi. Along with the race cars, he
was also fond of Mercedes road cars.
With a very
bright starting, Mercedes kept ruling the heart of automobile lovers and is now
counted among dream cars of many.
