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    • A-Class

      A-Class Coupé, Saloon

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      The A-Class

      Between temptation and reason.

    • B-Class

      B-Class

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      The B-Class Sports Tourer

      Designed to fit your life

    • C-Class

      C-Class

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      The C-Class Saloon

      Experience a car like no other

    • CL-Class

      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

      CLK-Class

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      CLK-Class Cabriolet

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLS-Class

      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

      GL-Class

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      The GL-Class Off-Roader

      Off-road driving with on-road feel.

    • M-Class

      M-Class

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      M-Class Off-roader

      Refined power.

    • R-Class

      R-Class

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      The R-Class SUV Tourer

      The new form of space travel

    • S-Class

      S-Class

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      The S-Class Saloon

      Looking ahead, driving ahead

    • SL-Class

      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
Four victories for Daimler engines in the world's first car race
The motor vehicle had originally been conceived by its inventors – Daimler, Maybach and Benz – as a means of transport, not as a sports machine. But it wasn't long until a group of daring souls came up with the idea of competing against each other in the first motorised vehicles. The world's first car race in 1894 marked the beginning not only of motorsport but also of automotive engineering development at a breathtaking speed. The motor manufacturers identified at an early stage the publicity effect of success in motor racing and began using it to promote the sales of their road vehicles.

Pitting themselves against each other for the first time officially (with the international race from Paris to Rouen), the cars finishing in the first four positions were powered by Panhard-Levassor engines built to the Daimler principle. These V2 units developed 3.5 hp and permitted the cars to cover the 125 kilometre route at an average speed of 20.5 km/h. In the subsequent years, vehicles with Daimler engines continued in this vein, clinching numerous victories and consolidating the strong reputation of top-class German engineering. The year 1898 saw the first victory of a Daimler car from Cannstatt, entered by Allgemeine Motorwagen-Gesellschaft in a race from Berlin to Leipzig and back to Berlin.
Overview
1894-1921
1922-1930
1931-1939
1951-1955
1956-1980
1981-1994