The history of the firm Daimler - Benz
Firm Daimler-Benz AG, produces the cars of the mark Gottlieba came into being the Mercedes in 1926 of the connection of firms Daimlera (Daimler Motoren) and Karla Benza (Benz & Cie.).
Gottlieb Daimler (1834 - 1900)
Before Gottlieb Daimler put the own firm, he constructed various technical devices, e.g. water turbines, machines to mills, he improved paper and textile machines. He got to know the clever constructor Wilhelma Maybacha and both undertook works over constructing the combustion engine on the order of the firm Gasmotoren-Fabrik the Deutz in whose Daimler he was the main engineer.
Constructors decided independently to lead works from the firm Deutz in 1882 r.. Daimler built in Cannstatt the small workshop and executed the constructional projects which Maybach finished up in detail there.
First szybkoobrotowy combustion engine 1-cyl. he the project Daimlera was patented on 16 December 1883 r. Daimler and Maybach applied one from the changes of the engine to built in 1885 r. primitive two-wheeled vehicle. The historians of the motorization consider this vehicle in the world first motorcycle.
The tests of the engine in the two-wheeled vehicle were pretended, that is why improved version of engine in 1886 r. was applied to the four-wheeled vehicle the engine - was built in simply to the usual horse carriage. The test this time not was pretended, the engine had too the small power, and the carriage the large weight.
The worked out vehicle came into being named "Stahlradwagen"in 1889 r. especially, that is the "steel vehicle" with the new engine 2-cyl. widlastym. Various firms in engine this were interested, buy the licence on his building. The well-known French firm engines produced on the licence Daimlera Panhard-Levassor and she sold them different firms, e.g. Peugeotowi.
The enterprise came into being under the name Daimler Motoren in 1890 r. - Gesellschaft (factory built on new terrains in Cannstatt) funded by two industrialists from Karlsruhe: Duttenhofera and Lorenza. Daimler brought in to first of all numerous companies already possessed patents.
Vehicles personal Daimlera from 1896/97 r. were built on the scale industrial. Phonix came into being then about the completely different construction than produced so far vehicles Daimlera. In front and the engine was built in not in the back part of this vehicle 2-cyl. 1500 cm3, and pneumatic tires was applied from 1898 r..
First cars were built in 1896 r. usable marks Daimler, weight about load capacity 1500 and 2500 kg, with engines 2-cyl. Phonix about the power 4 and 6 Two years later came into being first small buses KM., also with engines 2-cyl. Phonix, built on the chasses of weight cars.
XIX came into being the various models of usable cars under the end to the lid, the firm Daimler Motoren sold the licence on their building to the firm Motorfahrzeug - und Motorenfabrik Marienfelde (MMB). In 1904 r. MMB the steel oneself the branch of the firm Daimler and she produced exclusively usable cars - weight, buses and engines stacyjne and traction.
Institutions in Marienfelde were the the main caterer of vehicles for the army in the period and the world war. Weight cars were produced with the drive on 4 wheel, armoured cars, cars with the caterpillar drive and at last tanks.
Weight cars and buses and special cars, e.g. fire, movable stations of fuels, and also samowyładowcze cars were produced after finishing the war in Marienfelde farther.
The firm Daimler Motoren had institutions in Unterturkhieim and in Sindelfingen except institutions in Cannstatt and Marienfelde. First main institutions Cannstatt were with the seat of the board of the firm, from 1903 r. them the function distant took over about 3 km institutions Unterturkheim.
Produced in Cannstatt near Stuttgartem personal cars carried surname of the founder of the firm. His son Paul the firm led together with from W. Maybachem after death Daimlera in 1900 r. (Paul Daimler was in the management of Austrian institutions Austro Daimler from 1902 r.). When the very modern car of the mark Daimler worked out in 1901 r. Maybach, he was broadcast in advertising cells I will name Mercedes.
He was the cars the originator of the conferment of the new name Emilio Jellinek, the representative of the firm Daimler in the France. The daughter Jellinka lent cars the name, 13-lelnia then young girl Mercedes.
Cars Mercedes brought back from 1901 r. sport successes in various rallies and races.
The beginning and it the floral war caused that it had been produced instead of personal cars m. in. air engines. Produce in years twentieth in series various models personal cars, which from 1902 r. already the steels the Mercedes was called, and they had on the radiator from 1909 r. convex star trójramienną, used as the sign of the cars of the firm Daimler Motoren-Gesellschaft.
The connection of the firm Daimler Motoren happened with the firm Benz in 1926 r. & Cie. and the firm came into being Daimler-Benz AG, and cars stepped out her under the mark Benz.
Karl Benz (1844 - 1929)
1900 r. Under the Rhenish factory Benza belonged to the largest in the world in relation to the number of produced vehicles.
The factory focused on the production of personal cars, first usable vehicles were already built however from 1894 r. on the chassis personal Victoria not less: waggon and hotel omnibusik to the transport 8 persons. Larger usable vehicles the the next summers came into being, e.g. in years 1900-1901 cars weight Benz Type 7 PS about load capacity 1250 kg.
The large development of the factory Bonza in Mannheim happened in second better halfs of first decade XX age. The financial situation of the factory good was, Benz repurchased in 1908 r. the majority of the action of the firm Suddeutsche Automobilfabrik GmbH (S.A.G.) in Gaggenau, which she specialized oneself in the of cars weight productions and well-known buses under the name "Gaggenau". He became addicted the firm in 1911 r. Benz entirely S.A.G. I will name her nadająć Benz – Werke Gaggenau. From now on the usable vehicles of this the firms were known as Benz – Gaggenau.
During and the production of personal cars was limited the world war. On the needs of the army wytwarzaano weight cars and air engines. Tractors were produced in years twentieth under the mark Benz except personal and usable cars drogowo – agricultural.
In 1926 the firm Benz & Cie. she was joint with the just German firm put by Gottlieba Daimlera.