Mercedes-Benz has cemented its top place as the only European brand in the top ten of the “Best Global Brands 2021”. The brand with the three-pointed star stands at number eight in the latest rankings published by renowned US brand consultancy Interbrand – a position it has held since 2018. The brand value has risen … Read more
As a constant innovator of automotive engineering, Mercedes-Benz sometimes takes unconventional paths. One example is the F 400 Carving research vehicle, which the brand presented at the Tokyo Motor Show (14 October to 7 November 2001) in October 2001, 20 years ago. It features many future-orientated systems, amongst which the active camber adjustment of the wheels is the main … Read more
The airbag is one of Mercedes-Benz’s outstanding innovations in the field of passive safety. For this success story, 23 October 1971 was an important date: on that day, the then Daimler-Benz AG applied for a patent entitled “Impact protection device for the occupants of a motor vehicle” (patent specification DE 21 52 902 C2) fifty years ago. The brand’s engineers had … Read more
With immediate effect, German Mercedes-AMG customers can take delivery of their new vehicle directly in Affalterbach, in a new delivery hall. The already special event of taking possession of a new vehicle is made even more emotive by the completely newly developed customer touchpoint of the performance and sports car brand AMG. The new delivery … Read more
The Mercedes-Benz brand stands for luxury and fascination like hardly any other. The design, styling and different equipment lines express the personal lifestyles of customers. With the new “MANUFAKTUR” label, Mercedes-Benz is doing even more justice to customers’ growing desire for more individuality, and is enhancing the existing product portfolio with additional exclusivity and luxury: … Read more
It was a glamorous premiere: in October 1971, Mercedes-Benz presented the SLC Coupé at the Paris Motor Show, a popular stage for elegant creations. The four-seater vehicle combined dynamic driving performance with maximum driving comfort and was – for instance – perfect for long-distance journeys. The first model to be showcased at the exhibition in the French … Read more
At the Paris Motor Show in October 1996, Mercedes-Benz presented an exciting, almost unimaginable concept of future motoring, the Mercedes-Benz F 200 Imagination. Today, many of the technologies presented in the concept car have long since become part of everyday life in production vehicles. This underlines the importance of researchers and developers constantly thinking ahead for … Read more
For more than a year now, the eVito Tourer has proven itself to be a specialist in locally emission-free commercial passenger transport tasks and in doing so has demonstrated its suitability for daily operations with battery electric vans from Mercedes-Benz – be that as a hotel shuttle vehicle, a high-capacity taxi or a vehicle for … Read more
The Mercedes-Benz 300 S (W 188) was the star of the Mercedes-Benz stand at the Paris Motor Show from 4 to 14 October 1951. With this model, the Stuttgart brand surpassed the high benchmark it had set only in April of the same year with the prestigious Mercedes-Benz 300 (W 186) Saloon: the sales brochure described the Model 300 as … Read more
“What is good must also be beautiful.” This was the credo of Wilhelm and Karl Maybach at the beginning of the 20th century. Father and son were regarded as gifted designers, trailblazers of automotive luxury and pioneers in matters of style. With a simple-sounding formula, they created highly complex things: perfection and craftsmanship paired with … Read more