Our Heritage
Mercedes-Benz can legitimately claim to be the oldest car manufacturer. In 1886 Karl Benz filed a patent for his 'motor-wagen' while, separately, Gottleib Daimler, with his collaborator Wilhelm Maybach, was working on making the internal combustion engine more powerful and reliable, and installing it in a 'horseless carriage'.
Both went on to make some of the most successful early cars as well as supplying engines to many other pioneers.