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| Type | Division of Daimler AG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive industry |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder(s) | Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Area served | Worldwide (except Mercedes-Benz vehicles and services with other distributors worldwide) |
| Key people | Dieter Zetsche, CEO |
| Products | Automobiles Trucks Buses Internal combustion engines |
| Services | Automotive financial services |
| Parent | Daimler AG |
| Website | Mercedes-Benz.com |
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG), after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz. Mercedes-Benz has its origins in Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886, and by Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that have become common in other vehicles several years later.
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