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    • A-Class

      A-Class Coupé, Saloon

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      The A-Class

      Between temptation and reason.

    • B-Class

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      The B-Class Sports Tourer

      Designed to fit your life

    • C-Class

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      The C-Class Saloon

      Experience a car like no other

    • CL-Class

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      The CL-Class Coupé

      A masterpiece from Mercedes Benz

    • CLC-Class

      CLC-Class

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      The CLC-Class Sports Coupé

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLK-Class

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      CLK-Class Cabriolet

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLS-Class

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      The CLS-Class Coupé

      The technology of seduction

    • E-Class

      E-Class.

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      The E-Class Saloon

      See Mercedes-Benz in a new light.

    • G-Class

      The G-Class

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      The G-Class Cabriolet

      A modern classic

    • GL-Class

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      The GL-Class Off-Roader

      Off-road driving with on-road feel.

    • M-Class

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      M-Class Off-roader

      Refined power.

    • R-Class

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      The R-Class SUV Tourer

      The new form of space travel

    • S-Class

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      The S-Class Saloon

      Looking ahead, driving ahead

    • SL-Class

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      The SL-Class Roadster

      The legendary sports car

    • SLK-Class

      SLK-Class

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      The SLK-Class Roadster

      All you need for an enjoyable drive

    • SLR

      SLR

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      The SLR Coupé

      The rebirth of a legend

Mercedes-Benz racing tradition

1894 1901 1903
1908 1910 1914
1910: The Blitzen-Benz conquers America
The search for higher and higher speeds was reaching fever pitch. A worldwide stir was caused by one of the most fascinating cars of this era, the Blitzen-Benz ("the Lightning Benz") of 1910. Its design was based on the successful Benz Grand Prix cars of 1908. Engineers Victor Héméry, Hans Nibel and colleagues created an imposing automobile with a mighty 21,500 cm³ four-cylinder engine. It would remain the fastest car in the world for a long time to come. Developing a power output of 200 hp guaranteed breathtaking performance. The most impressive proof was provided in 1911, when the American Bob Burman established a speed record of 228.1 km/h over a mile with a flying start in Daytona Beach – a record that remained unbroken until 1919.

At the time, record runs were always staged on sand tracks. The achievement of these daredevil drivers is all the more impressive considering the relatively miserable state of the roads and the fact that the vehicles had no windscreen. The impressive Blitzen-Benz also reveals the first aerodynamic influences in vehicle design.

Neither Mercedes nor Benz officially participated in motorsport competitions during World War I and two years afterwards. The success story was continued by individual drivers at the wheel of German cars, such as the American Ralph de Palma, who won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race in a Mercedes in 1915.
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1894-1921
1922-1930
1931-1939
1951-1955
1956-1980
1981-1994