Wimmer submitted on 4/22/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 7:56:30 AMThe history behind the Mercedes-Benz brand and the three-pointed star
Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz
The invention in the 1880s of the high-speed engine and the automobile enabled Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz – independently of one another – to lay the foundations for the motorization of road transport. With the help of financial backers and partners, they both invested their private developments in their own enterprises – in Mannheim, Benz founded the firm Benz & Cie. Read More