Memoirs of Mercedes benz

1878 In February, 34-year-old karl benz successfully developed a two-stroke gas engine for the first time.

1882 In April, gottlieb daimler resigned from Otto Company and started a car factory with friends.

1883 In March, gottlieb daimler and wilhelm maybach obtained the patent of the world's first high-speed (600 rpm) engine, and then gottlieb daimler installed it on the four-wheeled carriage ordered from the United States in 1886, making the world's first four-wheeled car.

1885 In September, gottlieb daimler installed its single-cylinder engine on a bicycle and made the world's first motorcycle. In June+10 of the same year, Carl Benz designed and manufactured a three-wheeled car with a gasoline engine.

1in March, 886, the tricycle powered by gasoline engine in karl benz was patented. At the same time, gottlieb daimler also invented his first four-wheel car, and in the same year he obtained a patent for marine engine.

1889 In July, gottlieb daimler first installed a four-speed transmission for its car. 1890 In June, Daimler Automobile Company was established (DMG), and Maibakh designed the first in-line 4-cylinder 4-stroke engine.

1in July, 894, the world's first Paris-Rouen automobile competition, the car with Daimler engine won the championship. 1895 In May, the world's first bus line was put into operation, using Mercedes-Benz and horsepower engines. 1896 in may, Daimler automobile company successfully manufactured the world's first truck. Gottlieb daimler is P & amp; Company L made the world's first four-cylinder engine for automobiles.

1897 In August, the first taxi service company in the world put Daimler's cars into operation as taxis in Stuttgart.

1901April, the first 35-horsepower Mercedes-Benz sports car manufactured by Daimler Automobile Company won the Nice-Latubi Mountain Climbing Championship.

1902 10 In June, Daimler obtained the legal right to use "Mercedes-Benz" and took "Mercedes-Benz" as its new trademark.

1903 13 In February, parsifal, the first car of Mercedes-Benz, was successfully manufactured, with an opposed water-cooled engine and a transmission shaft.

1910110 In October, Mercedes-Benz developed the first four-valve engine.

1965438+In March 2004, Mercedes-Benz manufactured the first aero-engine, 12 cylinder, with 250 horsepower.

1926 On June 29th, Daimler and Mercedes-Benz merged to form Daimler-Benz, which played an important role in automobile history. From then on, all the cars they produced were named "Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz". After that, the company insisted on the policy of producing military products, and was determined to establish a unified German automobile industry-Konzern relying on Deutsche Bank.

1in August, 934, "Mercedes-Benz" automobile company manufactured the world's first bullet-proof car, 770K, which was a limousine specially made for Hitler. The car body is made of 4mm thick steel plate, the windshield is 50mm thick, the tires are bullet-proof steel mesh tires, the rear seat cushion is equipped with bullet-proof steel plate, the floor is thickened to 4.5mm, and the weight of the whole car exceeds 5 tons. Equipped with a V8 engine with a displacement of 7655ml, it can generate 100kw power. This car produced a total of 17 cars, most of which were destroyed in World War II, and only 3 cars became rare treasures.

1in April, 936, Mercedes-Benz successfully installed the diesel engine on the car for the first time, thus greatly reducing the use cost of the car.

1954 company uses gasoline injection device on 300SL car. Therefore, it has become a new technology to eliminate the traditional carburetor.

196 1 year, the company introduced the first automobile 300se with air suspension.

1September 1969, Daimler-Benz Automobile Company attracted the attention of the whole world. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the company launched the C11generation test car, which uses a three-rotor Wankel engine and has an amazing 280 horsepower. A year later, the second generation car c 1 1 1 was introduced. Different from the first generation, it uses a four-rotor Wankel engine with an output of 350 horsepower and outstanding performance.

1972, the company developed a brand-new luxury car 280se. Subsequently, this car was named "S-class" (internal code: w 1 16), which is also the earliest S-series car we are familiar with.

1974, the world's first car with a five-cylinder diesel engine, 240d3.0, was launched.

1978, the company introduced the car 450slc5.0 equipped with 5l displacement light aluminum alloy engine at Frankfurt International Auto Show.

1979, the company entered the off-road vehicle market with the newly developed "G-class".

1986, Mercedes-Benz China Co., Ltd. was established.

1986, Mercedes-Benz (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Hongkong.

1998, Daimler-Benz of Germany and Chrysler of the United States merged into a globally operated Daimler-Chrysler Group.

1999, the company broke through the annual sales of 1 10,000 vehicles for the first time.

In 20 14, Mercedes-Benz will no longer sponsor New York Fashion Week, and the New York Fashion Week in February of 20 15 will be the last time for Mercedes-Benz to sponsor New York Fashion Week.

20 15 Jiangsu provincial price bureau fined 350 million yuan for Mercedes-Benz and 7.869 million yuan for some dealers, which was the highest antitrust in China automobile industry.