Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

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Type	Division of Daimler AG
Predecessor	Benz & Cie. Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
Founded	Stuttgart, Germany (Oṣù Kẹfà 28, 1926 (1926-06-28))
Founder(s)	Karl Benz Gottlieb Daimler
Headquarters	Stuttgart, Germany
Area served	Worldwide (except Mercedes-Benz vehicles and services with other distributors worldwide)
Key people	Dieter Zetsche (Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars Division)
Industry	Automotive industry
Products	Automobiles Trucks Buses Internal combustion engines
Services	Automotive financial services
Parent	Daimler AG
Website	mercedes-benz.com

Mercedes-Benz (Pípè nì Jẹ́mánì: [mɛʁˈtseːdəs ˈbɛnts]) is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is currently a division of its parent company, Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG, formerly 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.