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Mittwoch, 21.Dezember 2011The foundation of a corporate archive in 1936 was a necessary step for the then Daimler-Benz AG. The timing was chosen for its symbolic significance – exactly 50 years after the invention of the automobile. The aim was to preserve this half-century using the documentary records and lay the groundwork for collecting these kinds of [...]
Background: success on the track and at rallies in the 1950s and 1960s
Samstag, 22.Oktober 2011Following the withdrawal of the Mercedes-Benz works team from Formula One and the sports car championship at the end of the 1955 season, all eyes were on the rally scene from 1956 onwards. Vehicles bearing the three-pointed star, mainly driven by private teams, competed on rally courses around the world.
While racing cars and sports cars [...]
Premiere of new ‘Fintail’ from Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Nürburgring
Donnerstag, 20.Oktober 2011A ‘Fintail’ based on the Mercedes-Benz 220 SE model (W 111 series) will compete in the season final of the long-distance cup organised by Fahrergemeinschaft Historischer Rennsport e.V. (FHR) on 22 and 23 October 2011 at the Nürburgring.
Its participation in this race reflects the commitment of Mercedes-Benz Classic to upholding the traditions of the [...]
Mercedes-Benz scoops four awards in the poll for the ‘Goldenes Klassik-Lenkrad’
Freitag, 30.September 2011Mercedes-Benz scores outstanding success in the poll for the ‘Goldenes Klassik-Lenkrad’: this year, four of the brand’s vehicles are awarded a trophy. The competition is run by specialist magazine Auto Bild Klassik in the form of a readers’ poll. The gala award ceremony for the winners took place in the Mercedes-Benz Museum on 29 September [...]
Dawn Patrol at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Donnerstag, 15.September 2011This year marked the 125th Anniversary of Mercedes-Benz and the history of the invention of the automobile. As a celebration of their Mercedes-Benz heritage, an exquisite collection of Mercedes-Benz vehicles were on display to mark the different decades of the brand.
Tommy Kendall, 4 Time Trans-Am Champion and Mike Kunz, Manager, Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, give [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Goodwood Revival 2011
Mittwoch, 14.September 2011No other brand dominated the golden age of classic grand-prix racing in the mid-20th century in the same way as the Silver Arrows from Mercedes-Benz.
Juan Manuel Fangio was the driver who best embodied the racing outfit’s strength after the Second World War. The Goodwood Revival 2011, near Chichester/West Sussex, in September will be reliving [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic celebrates the brand’s motor racing history at the ADAC Eifelrennen
Freitag, 9.September 2011The glittering motorsport history of the Mercedes-Benz brand is a big focus of Mercedes-Benz Classic. Participation in the ADAC Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring is one of the ways it is honouring this heritage:
from 9 to 11 September 2011, drivers and fans will be joining together to celebrate a festival of historical motor racing, which [...]
Mercedes-Benz at the “London to Brighton Veteran Car Run” 2011
Dienstag, 6.September 2011The annual international classic calendar will not finish until November – with the “London to Brighton Veteran Car Run” (LBVCR) in England.
In the anniversary year celebrating “125 years of the automobile”, Mercedes-Benz, as a primary sponsor, will be entering two vehicles in the event on 5 and 6 November 2011: a 1902 two-seater Mercedes-Simplex racing [...]
New standard work: Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars and Sports Cars since 1894
Samstag, 27.August 2011“Mercedes-Benz Renn- und Sportwagen seit 1894” (Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars and Sports Cars since 1894) is the title of the latest book documenting the vehicle history of the brand with the three-pointed star. Written by automotive historian Günter Engelen, it is the latest in a series of standard works by the author on Mercedes-Benz. Published by [...]
“125 years of the automobile” at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Sonntag, 14.August 2011The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance ranks among the most important events on the international classic calendar. This year it takes place on 21 August 2011 and is marked among other things by the “125 years inventor of the automobile” anniversary.
The Concours climaxes a weekend with a great many items on the agenda, including a [...]
The vehicles from Mercedes-Benz at the Schloss Dyck Classic Days 2011
Mittwoch, 3.August 2011The history of Mercedes-Benz began with the birth of the automobile 125 years ago – an anniversary which is being celebrated at various events this year. Mercedes-Benz Classic is marking what was a defining moment in the both the history of engineering and the broader social context. An invention that continues to influence the world [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Schloss Dyck Classic Days
Dienstag, 2.August 2011The history of Mercedes-Benz began with the birth of the automobile 125 years ago – an anniversary which is being celebrated at various events this year.
“Mercedes-Benz Classic is marking what was a defining moment in the both the history of engineering and the broader social context. An invention that continues to influence the world [...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed – Friday impressions
Samstag, 2.Juli 2011Speed, power and style, visionary technology and an awareness of history, but not least elegance and luxury: those are the strengths of the Mercedes-Benz brand.
And they are facets that add up to pure automotive fascination, drawing thousands of visitors to the Festival of Speed year after year. Mercedes-Benz Classic is a regular at the [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
Donnerstag, 30.Juni 2011Speed, power and style, visionary technology and an awareness of history, but not least elegance and luxury:
those are the strengths of the Mercedes-Benz brand. And they are facets that add up to pure automotive fascination, drawing thousands of visitors to the Festival of Speed year after year. Mercedes-Benz Classic is a regular at the [...]
Juan Manuel Fangio – A racing legend
Freitag, 24.Juni 2011Racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was the leading figure in Mercedes-Benz’s campaign to win the Formula 1 World Championship in the 1954 and 1955 seasons. Fangio formed an almost symbiotic partnership with the W 196 R racing car: “It’s the perfect car. The machine which every driver dreams about their whole life long,” he once [...]
Fresh clues to the birthplace of Carl Benz
Mittwoch, 8.Juni 2011In the year of the 125th anniversary of the automobile, an important gap has now been closed in the life story of Carl Benz, and therefore also in the corporate history of Daimler AG.
The latest historical research suggests that the inventor of the automobile was born in a guesthouse at Rheinstrasse 22 in the [...]
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