5 AWESOME FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT MERCEDES BENZ.

Are you a Mercedes Benz fan and can’t get enough of the car?

Don’t worry this one right here is just for you, as we are going to look at what Mercedes Benz is all about, and its history some of which would raise eyebrows and leave many in awe at the great reputation Mercedes has set for itself in the automotive industry.

1. CARL BENZ’S WIFE TOOK THE FIRST CAR OUT ON A ROAD TRIP.

Because no one was willing to spend $5,000 on a contraption they didn’t know would work. Carl’s wife Bertha decided to change that. In 1888, Bertha and her sons Eugen and Richard snuck a Patent Motorwagen out of the workshop and drove it from the Benz home in Mannheim to visit Bertha’s family in Pforzheim, a 66-mile trip that took all day. It was the first car trip, and the first automotive marketing stunt: the Patent-Motorwagen drew crowds wherever it was seen. The publicity helped the Benz company flourish.

2. THE MEANING OF THE THREE-POINTED STAR.

As we are all familiar with the Mercedes Benz badge which is unique in its own way, I’m sure we’re all puzzled as to why they chose this as their logo for over a century. Well, by 1926, Carl Benz’s company had merged with Daimler, another German firm specializing in gasoline engines, to form Daimler-Benz, which sold automobiles under the Mercedes-Benz brand. Daimler began putting a three-pointed star logo on its cars as early as 1910, but the star-in-a-circle version we know today was registered in 1937. The three points of the star represent land, sea, and air—everywhere Daimler hoped to put its internal combustion engines into service.

3. MERCEDES WAS NAMED FOR A RACING DRIVER’S DAUGHTER.

Emil Jellinek was an Austrian businessman who built a profitable business distributing early Daimler automobiles to high-society customers. But his obsession was racing, and he competed under a pseudonym: “Monsieur Mercedes,” after his daughter, Mercedes Jellinek. In 1900, Jellinek ordered a revolutionary car from Daimler, and insisted that it be called “Mercedes.” The Mercedes 35 HP is widely considered the first modern automobile, setting the paradigm that would define cars for the next half-century, with the driver sitting behind a front-mounted engine that powered the rear wheels. The 35 HP was dominant in early racing, and ever since then, Daimler cars have all worn the Mercedes badge.

4. MERCEDES WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE BRAKES ON ALL FOUR WHEELS.

By the middle of 1924, all Mercedes-Benz vehicles were sold with brakes on all four wheels – solidifying their priority on safety. Following that accomplishment, by 1931, Mercedes introduced the 170, which had suspension on all four corners. Up front, leaf springs absorbed imperfections in the road, while the rear was fixed with an innovative spring suspension system.

5. MERCEDES DEVELOPED A SELF-DRIVING CAR IN 1995.

While autonomous vehicles seem to be the next innovation in automotive technology, Mercedes introduced an autonomous self-driving system in the 1995 W140 S Class. Packed with microsensors, the vehicle was the equivalent of a supercomputer at the time. It drove over 1,000 miles on the Autobahn and reached speeds of 115mph with little to no human input. While the system was implemented in production vehicles, the technology was developed into the many intelligent driver-assist features found in modern Mercedes-Benz cars today.

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