Mercedes-Benz is a German luxury car manufacturer and has always strived to be at the top of the prestigious automotive and luxury automotive market.
The name Mercedes-Benz first appeared on a vehicle in 1926, but the company's origin can be attributed to the patent of the founder Karl Benz "Motorwagen" in 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler 1901 "Mercedes".
After both companies merged in 1926, the company enjoyed many successes in motor racing and, in particular, road and road races in famous historical races, such as; French Le Mans 24-hour race, the Italian Mille Miglia and the German Nürburgring race track.
In keeping with tradition, Mercedes-Benz is still faithful to its roots and is currently active in three major areas of automotive sports: Formula 3, DTM and Formula 1. In Formula 1, they have a special Mercedes-Benz team, as well as a joint sponsored team with the extremely successful racing and sports car company McLaren.
Mercedes-Benz has earned an enviable reputation for the reliability and durability of its prestigious automobile prestige cars, with many heads of state, celebrities, successful business people and even the Pope who has chosen Mercedes as their preferred car.
Not a company to rest on its laurels, and it is always developing new ideas and automotive technologies, as well as a commitment to new environmentally friendly technologies, such as gasoline or diesel electric hybrid models, natural gas engines in some models. The latest Blue-TEC models, which are equipped with a diesel engine and have selective catalytic reduction after exhaust gases, as well as Blue-Effiency models that have special fuel economy features such as direct injection, electronic start-stop system, and various aerodynamic configuration .
This whole new technology has been developed over many years of research; Some of them came from the history of racing, but mostly from innovative engineering design processes. These advances, which have already been entered into the current range, have shown that Mercedes-Benz is recognized by the automotive press, where they have at least three cars that were included in the upcoming "UK Car of the Year Award", which will be announced at the beginning 2012 ,
In the Mercedes-Benz brand, there is also a growing trend of demand for high-end luxury car models, which enjoy significant exports in their exports not only to traditional markets such as the USA, new emerging markets such as India and China, where there are recent a few years has been such a big economic growth. Thus, the future now looks not only green for Mercedes, but also more pink.
