Current location - Music Encyclopedia - Today in History - One of the car brand stories, Mercedes-Benz.
One of the car brand stories, Mercedes-Benz.
Speaking of Mercedes-Benz, as the originator of the automobile industry, it can be said that it knows everything. Since the birth of automobile, it can be said that the development history of Mercedes-Benz automobile is the development history of human automobile industry. Now Mercedes-Benz has celebrated its centenary birthday, and its name is as loud as its slogan. So how did Mercedes get its name? What do Mercedes-Benz logo mean? And how to develop step by step to today's scale? Today, I will tell you the story behind the Mercedes-Benz brand.

The origin of Mercedes-Benz brand

Speaking of brands, I have to say two people, Carl Benz and gottlieb daimler. 1886 65438+1On October 29th, these two Germans obtained the patent right of the world's first automobile, marking the birth of the world's first automobile. So this day is called the car birth day.

Karl Benz and gottlieb daimler.

1926, in order to avoid crowding out each other in the growing automobile industry, Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Automobile Company finally came together and founded the world-famous "Mercedes-Benz"? Mercedes. In the past hundred years, with the vigorous development of the automobile industry, many automobile manufacturers have emerged. Up to now, only three or four companies have survived, and only one Mercedes-Benz is a century-old shop.

The origin of Mercedes-Benz logo

Gottlieb daimler applied for a patent for the Trident Star logo at 1909, but Mercedes-Benz belongs to the round badge. Daimler's logo comes from Daimler's letter to his wife. He thinks that the stars he draws on the house at home will bring him good luck. This three-pointed star also symbolizes the development of Mercedes-Benz in three directions: land, sea and air. 1909, in order to commemorate the mass production of his VELO car, Mr. Daimler changed the gear pattern in the three-pointed star to laurel branches to show victory. The "Mercedes" in the logo was taken from the name of his beautiful daughter, Austrian car dealer emil jellinek. "Mercedes-Benz" means lucky in Spanish.

The logo of Mercedes-Benz was originally Mercedes-Benz, surrounded by wheat ears. 1926, Daimler merged with Mercedes-Benz, and the star logo and the ears of Mercedes-Benz finally merged into one, with the words Mercedes-Benz below. Later, the ears of wheat were changed into rings, and the words Mercedes-Benz were removed.

Iterative history of Mercedes-Benz cars

1in August, 934, "Mercedes-Benz" automobile company manufactured the world's first bullet-proof car 770K. The car body is made of 4mm thick steel plate, the windshield is 50mm thick, and the tires are bullet-proof tires with steel wire mesh. The back of the rear seat cushion is equipped with bullet-proof steel plate, and the floor is thickened to 4.5 mm, and the weight of the whole car exceeds 5 tons. It is equipped with a V8 engine with a displacement of 7655ml and can produce 65433 vehicles.

Mercedes 320

1938, the company launched the "Mercedes-Benz" 320 sedan designed according to aerodynamics, which is easier to control and faster than the previous models.

1947 Mercedes-Benz launched the 170 model, which is the first model developed by Mercedes-Benz after World War II and is known as the originator of modern Mercedes-Benz models.

195 1 year, at the first Frankfurt Motor Show, the company introduced the 220 with a brand-new engine (6 cylinders and overhead camshaft), and also introduced the 300 production car with the highest speed in Germany at that time, which was quickly loved by politicians and wealthy businessmen at that time.

300se

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

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".

Today, Mercedes-Benz has become the largest automobile company in Germany, with 12 series and 100 models, with an annual output of more than one million vehicles.

That's all for this issue. I'm talking. See you next time.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.