101 Facts About MERCEDES

here are 101 facts about Mercedes spoiler alert they had a lot of Firsts number one now it's widely known that Carl Benz made the first automobile which was called the motor vagen but what many don't know is that he was also the first person in history to have a driving license which was just a piece of paper signed by luxembourg's Grand ducal Authority number two the 1954 Mercedes 300 SL was the first production car to have Gall Wing doors making it the most beautiful death trap out there because if the car ever ended up on its roof the doors would be stuck closed trapping its occupants in a mangled fiery wreck but Mercedes fixed that issue with the SLS by giving it ejecto doors cuz seriously they put bombs on its door hinges allowing the car to blow its own doors off in the case of a rollover number three the Mercedes 350 SL was the first car to introduce the six-digit odometer in 1971 meaning your car would no longer respawn at 100,000 m mil number four when Mercedes was Road testing the pre-production model of the 2012 a class they decided to wrap the car in QR codes instead of regular camouflage and the lucky few who scanned the code won a free trip to the Geneva motor show where the a class was premiered number five autonomous driving is all the rage nowadays but Mercedes did it in 1995 by putting a supercomputer in an S-Class and it wasn't some crude system that could only creep around parking lots no sir the w140 was able to drive on a 1600m trip without any human input at some point going over 110 mph on the Autobon again in 1995 number six there are a few things in nature that don't get along like cats and dogs pineapple and pizza and these two but that wasn't always the case in fact Mercedes built bodies for BMW between 1932 and 1937 because at that time they kind of had a romance going on with BMW publicly praising Mercedes for their build quality their relationship went a step further when Mercedes CEO vilhelm kissell was appointed on the supervisory Board of BMW and BMW CEO fron ysep pop was appointed on Daimler benz's supervisory board this was the auto industry's equivalent of moving in but that thankfully didn't last because their rivalry has resulted in some great cars number seven the 1978 Mercedes S-Class was was the first car to have abs number eight like most other brands Mercedes has their own special color which is silver but unlike other brands Mercedes didn't choose silver silver chose them I'll explain in 1934 Mercedes was trying to participate in the nurburg green Grand Prix with their w25 painted in their official white color but the car failed its pre-race inspection because it was 1 kilo overweight and since paint really didn't make the car go any faster they stripped it down to its bare aluminum body overnight and the legend of the Silver Arrow was born number nine in 2017 20-year-old abdor asked Mercedes USA how many retweets do I have to get for you to give me a Mercedes and they replied 20 million retweets he immediately posted their reply on Twitter where it got 5,000 retweets in an hour so Mercedes sent him a message saying we appreciate your effort so much we're clearing the road and handing it over here's your new Mercedes as you could imagine abdor was as excited as it gets and he thanked Mercedes for their generosity apparently he didn't get the joke so Mercedes suggested he should use his imagination to hear the Roar of the engine still completely oblivious abdur offered his address information to receive his brand new Mercedes to which they replied not necessary delivered right to your DMs above abdur finally figured it out and he really didn't appreciate being trolled so he sent a few angry texts suggesting that that this wasn't good for their PR to which Mercedes replied actually they didn't they just ghosted him number 10 Mercedes invented the safety crumple Zone in 1951 and it was standardized on every Mercedes vehicle 8 years later number 11 the Mercedes A45 AMG has the most powerful 4cylinder everever fitted to a production car because AMG somehow managed to squeeze 416 horsepower from a turbocharged 2 L number 12 in the 9s Germany decided to replace its entire fleet of police cars with brand new models but there was a catch they weren't going to buy them they were going to lease them as you could imagine automakers of that time didn't like this deal because it would be extremely hard to resell police cars which usually go through a lot of wear and tear except for Mercedes who were more than happy to provide those cars under one condition they had to be silver because silver cars had a higher resale value the German government agreed to their demands and that's why German police cars are all silver number 13 Mercedes invented the seat Bel pretensioner system in 1981 number 14 Renault makes some questionable cars I should know I have one but surprisingly Mercedes has been using Renault engin since 2012 like a lot in fact their Mercedes saton is a rebadged Renault kangu number 15 in 1989 a Mercedes engineer by the name of verer moan was tested a w124 with his colleagues to see how the car handled snowy and icy roads he very quickly came to the conclusion that it did not handle it all that well judging by the ditch he was parked in and as he was sitting there waiting for someone to rescue him he started thinking about a system that would correct the car if it went off course so he pitched that idea to his bosses and with the help of Mercedes he was able to invent the electronic stability control system also known as ESC number 16 as a way to prevent their cars from being stolen the keys on newer Mercedes Vehicles will power off after being stationary for 2 minutes so thieves wouldn't be able to copy it signal number 17 the cheapest Mercedes currently in production is the A180 which starts at $34,000 number 18 when Mercedes needed a high-speed transporter to take their cars to and from Races they built this thing in 1954 it was called the Blue wonder and it had a 3 l 6-cylinder engine from a 300 SL which made 220 horsepower now 220 horsepower may seem like abysmal power but it really wasn't because the blue Wonder only weighed 2 and 1/2 tons thanks to its unibody construction this stylish truck was regularly seen blazing down the Autobon at 105 mph with a race car on its back but many years later the truck found itself abandoned by Mercedes and left outside to rot so Mercedes scrapped it in 1967 and it was gone forever later on Mercedes realized what they had done and they set out to recreate the blue Wonder in 1993 which took 7 years to finish because the original truck didn't have any schematics of its design the recreated version is currently on display at the Mercedes museum with a 300 SLR strapped on its back just like the old days number 19 in 1923 the Mercedes 625 and 1040 were the first cars in the world to have superchargers number 20 you know how when planes crash they immediately start looking for the Orange Box which is called the black box well Mercedes has a similar feature called the event data recorder which in the event of an accident records speed location airbag deployment time number of passengers traction system data and a lot more but it's not as commonly utilized as you would hope because it's hard to access and most people aren't even aware of its existence number 21 Mercedes produced the Smart car in collaboration with Swatch in 1994 and the name smart comes from the Swatch Mercedes art program number 22 the 1928 Mercedes-Benz nurburg 460 was the first armored passenger car in the world it was called the nurburg in honor of the nurburg Ring which was built just a year prior number 23 Mercedes used biodegradable wire harnesses from 1991 to 1996 as a way to be more eco-friendly the only issue was those biodegradable wires degraded causing all sorts of electrical issues and sometimes costing over $10,000 to fix for some reason making your V12 more eco-friendly with wires made perfect sense in the 9s number 24 Mercedes has been providing Pope mobiles for the Vatican since 1930 number 25 you must know by now that I love weird family cars that have way too much power well this is a practical family hauler that hauls more ass than a bachelorette party bus the r63 AMG is a minivan that has a naturally aspirated 6.2 L V8 making 510 horsepower and 630 n m of torque it also has a top speed of 170 m per hour and by the way they only made 200 of these wonderfully useless Contraptions which means they're very rare but surprisingly they're still really cheap like sub 30k cheap number 26 in 1949 Mercedes invented the conical pin door lock which prevents the doors from opening in the case of an accident number 27 in 2019 Mercedes introduced bounce mode which allowed the car to jump its way out of being stuck in sand but since their owners never go off-road they started using that feature to do this so this time around when the electric G wagon was announced with its rotating feature Mercedes decided to advertise it how people would actually use it I feel like we're going to start seeing videos of these two spazzing out out next to each other very soon number 28 when the McLaren F1 GTR started dominating the 1996 F GT Championship Mercedes quickly realized that they needed to build a car to beat the BMW powered McLaren and they needed to do it fast so when the initial sketches for the CLK GTR were finished Mercedes secretly bought the number 11 F1 GTR from a private team as soon as the car was delivered they replaced the body of the McLaren with the CLK ha body panels they also replaced the BMW engine with their own V12 but they kept the chassis because they didn't have time to develop their own over the course of a couple of months Mercedes was able to perfect the body of the CLK right before they crashed it but that didn't matter because the clk's design was finished in just 128 days more impressively they managed to win back-to-back FIA GT championships in 1997 and 1998 fun note this is the McLaren F1 GTR that they used like the exact same one because right after they crashed the CLK prototype it was taken apart and then put back together with its original McLaren parts to be secretly sold at an auction number 29 the 1931 Mercedes 170 wasn't just the first car in the world to have hydraulic brakes it was also the first car to have four-wheel independent suspension number 30 the G wagon was originally built upon the request of the Sha of Iran because he needed a rugged off-road vehicle for Iran's border patrol and now that very same car is being used to climb over curbs at shopping malls and house demolitions number 31 the 6.3 badges that Mercedes has on their V8 amgs don't showcase the size of the engine because their V8s are actually 6.2 L those badges are a tribute to their first production v8 which was the 6.3 L M100 engine found in the 300cl number 32 Mercedes inv vented the attention assist system in 2010 which is used to detect signs of drowsiness in the driver number 33 the Mercedes ML was originally supposed to be a reskinned Mitsubishi Pajero meant to replace the G wagon but fearing that people wouldn't view it as a true Mercedes they decided to back out from the deal with Mitsubishi and build the ml fully in-house and as the years went by the G wagon proved itself to be Irreplaceable so Mercedes pulled the plug on the mclass and renamed it the G LCL class to be presented as a submodel to the G wagon number 34 the most beloved Mercedes has to be the W1 123 which had a 9-month wait list from the moment it was introduced in 1968 to its final production year in 1984 in fact people loved them so much that they would wait outside of the Mercedes Factory in hopes of buying them from the factory employees but no one loved the w123 as much as the taxi drivers who protested in front of the Mercedes Factory when it was was replaced by the w124 as a result Mercedes decided to create a special committee to take the complaints of the taxi drivers and continuously improve the w124 over its production cycle no matter what it cost number 35 Mercedes Engineers their seats with the help of Orthopedic Physicians to ensure that their seats support all the vital parts of your body like your back kidneys and knees number 36 this is the Mercedes-Benz cl55 AMG F1 limited edition and it doesn't just have the catchiest name ever it also has the title of being the first ever production car to have ceramic brakes because it was specifically built to be a Formula 1 safety car number 37 Mercedes-Benz convertibles have a feature called air scarf which blows hot air at your neck so you won't be cold like a peasant number 38 you've probably heard the words Ben Mercedes and Daimler used synonymously and if you're not a big Mercedes fan you probably don't know why why well it all comes down to the history of Mercedes which is a bit complicated so we'll try to keep it simple in 1890 diimler motoring DMG for short was founded by gotle diimler who was credited for running and winning the first ever Motorsport and vilhelm Maybach yes that Maybach later in 1902 a wealthy investor by the name of Emil yelen contracted DMG to create a car for him which he named the Mercedes 35hp in honor of his daughter Mercedes yelan a couple of decades later DMG and Ben and C which was owned by Carl Benz found themselves in a financial crisis due to the economic collapse of World War I so they decided to merge and create diimler Benz in 1929 but they sold their cars under the Mercedes name in honor of dmg's most successful model the brand later changed its name to diimler AG in the 2000s only to change it again in 2022 to the Mercedes-Benz group number 39 the Mercedes logo represents their dominance over sea land and air at least that's what they claim but in reality their logo was inspired by the postcard which the dier brothers received from their father because on that postcard their home was marked by a three-pointed star and they thought it looked cool but of course Mercedes still prefers having a more artistic meaning behind their logo which is why they contemplated adding a fourth point to their iconic logo to represent their dominance over space as well but thankfully they didn't or else we would have seen Ted and Roman floating in an E55 number 40 Mercedes just announced the mbux sound Drive feature in collaboration with Will I Am which gives an immersive audio experience by reacting to the car's movement through music and it's really cool I doubt anyone would use it but it's cool number 41 this is the Mercedes CLR which is as fast as it looks but that gorgeous menacing look had a fatal design flaw causing the car to have a lot of downforce in the the back and not nearly enough in the front which is why the CLR literally took flight at the 24 hours of leem man in 1999 but luckily the driver was able to walk away from the accident uninjured number 42 according to official Mercedes dealers the hybrid Mercedes C63 SE performance sold close to zero units in Germany in 2023 making it one of the worst selling cars of that year number 43 the Mercedes Museum holds a lot of legendary inic less cars so in an effort to protect them Mercedes made an artificial tornado inside the museum in 2007 which Twisted itself 34 M upward breaking the Guinness World Record for the strongest artificially generated tornado I know what you're thinking and know that tornado is nowhere near strong enough to lift or damage the cars but it's more than strong enough to suck any fires out of the museum and up in the sky number 44 Mercedes is currently suing Lenovo over copyright infringement because Mercedes claims that they have trademarked the three-pointed star logo and Lenovo has used it unlawfully this trial will probably take a couple of years to get settled but who do you think will win number 45 this is the most expensive car Mercedes has ever sold it's called the Maybach exilo which is a one of one twint turbocharged V12 monster it was built because a German tire manufacturer needed a car to test their new line of high-speed tires and with a top speed of 218 mph Mercedes definitely delivered for $8 million which is pennies compared to the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR olhou Coupe which was sold for $142 million making it the most expensive car ever sold at auction number 46 Jaguar built cars under the diimler name and badge from 1960 all the way up to 2009 because Jaguar had purchased the company that owned the rights for the dler name and Brand number 47 the Mercedes 190e was originally supposed to be a rally car but the introduction of the Audi Quattro forced Mercedes to enter DTM instead which in turn forced BMW to build the E30 M3 fun fact Ellen lure became the first and only woman to win a DTM race and she did it in a Mercedes 190 Evo 2 number 48 in 1997 a Swedish car magazine did the elk test now commonly known as the Moose test on the Mercedes AC class where the car flipped over so other magazines started performing the same test resulting in this now iconic cover this really didn't look good for Mercedes especially because they kept bragging about how the a class was the safest car in its class the production on the a class was immediately halted in response to the ever so growing scandal after internal testing Mercedes fixed the issue by changing the suspension and making ESC standard on all models and after the updated model was reviewed by journalists the a class went back into production in 1998 number 49 the two-tone paint option on a Maybach takes over a week to be applied because the upper portion of the car gets prepped and painted after production with the dividing line being brushed on by hand number 50 Mercedes made not one but two rotary engines for the c111 the first one was a three rotor made in 1969 and the second one was a four rotor built in 1970 but sadly this car was only intended to be a prototype and it was the last FY fart Dorito engine Mercedes ever made number 51 the Mercedes S-Class will raise its suspension in the case of a side impact to minimize damage and the risks of rolling over number 52 Mercedes has a system called pre-safe which is meant to prevent or reduce the severity of accidents for example if the car detects an unavoidable accident it will emit a brief rushing noise through the speakers causing the stiped ear muscle to close up preventing the passenger's hearing from being damaged by the loud crashing noises number 53 as abdur would tell you Mercedes has a habit of trolling especially when it comes to other brands and specifically BMW so when BMW posted an ad in 2021 saying BMW always ahead with a Mercedes in a very weird high angle Mercedes quickly responded with this to be clear I've always been a massive BMW fan but even I can admit that this was pretty smart number 54 Mercedes decided to put the engine from the CLK GTR in an S-Class although slightly detuned the 7.3 L V12 w140 made 525 horsepower and 550 ft-lb of torque giving it a top speed of 155 mph Pagani also used a more powerful version of that engine from 2006 to 2017 number 55 the E55 AMG was the fastest sedan in the world in 2003 thanks to its 5.4 L Supercharged V8 it also had the same brake calipers as the McLaren SLR number 56 electric Mercedes Vehicles make an acoustic sound at low speeds so pedestrians would hear them coming number 57 you don't need to have common sense when you drive a Mercedes which is why their air conditioning systems use GPS navigation to automatically turn off the outside air circulation if you enter a tunnel and automattic Ally turn it back on when you leave the tunnel number 58 in 1998 Mercedes and Chrysler came together in what they called the merger of equals to create Daimler Chrysler AG which was a Monumental mistake for both Brands mostly due to difference in their cultures because Mercedes and their counterparts took pride in their products and they viewed Chrysler's products as inferior Mercedes dealers also refused to put Dodge and Jeep products in their showrooms to make things worse the CEOs of the two companies companies reportedly didn't even speak to each other and in 2001 the combined value of the two companies had fallen to almost half their original value with Chrysler losing 15% of its market share in the US realizing that this merger might kill both Brands Mercedes and Chrysler parted ways in 2007 number 59 the Mercedes Sprinter vans are some of the most popular vans in the world especially in Europe but in the early 2000s Mercedes would build the vans in Germany then partially dis assemble them to be sent to the US where they would be reassembled as Dodges Mercedes did this so they wouldn't have to pay the chicken tax which required automakers to pay a 25% tax on imported cargo vehicles number 60 in what could only be described as stupid levels of hypocrisy Cherry the Chinese automaker mostly known for ripping off their designs sued Mercedes in 2017 because the Mercedes EQ lineup was infringing on Cherry's EQ trademark they ended up reaching a settlement which granted Cherry the rights to use EQ EQ followed by a number and EQ Tech leaving Mercedes with EQ power and EQ followed by a letter number 61 in 1909 the Blitz and Benz became the first car in the world to break the km perh speed record it was powered by a 21.5 L 4 cylinder engine that made 200 horsepower which was unimaginable back then number 62 you know how they say behind every great man is a great woman well they don't get any better than Berta Ben's because she didn't just fund her husband's project when she was his fiance she also took the motor vagen on a 130m round trip to promote Carl's invention on her historic trip she both influenced and scared the out of a bunch of people because it was the first mechanical horse and carriage they had ever seen making her the first person in history to make a road trip in a car and since the motor vagen used Benzene as fuel which was only available Ines the Vice loock Pharmacy that Bera refueled at became the first ever fuel station Bera Benz was also the first car thief in history because she took the motor vagen without her husband's knowledge she was a certified badass number 63 Mercedes dumps the body of their cars into a 52 ton tub of primer with the undercarriage being coated in 25 lbs of anti- rust solution to ensure the longevity of their cars number 64 the highest mileage Mercedes in the world is a 197 6 240D nicknamed the blue Legend which spent most of its life as a Greek taxi cab until it was donated to the Mercedes Museum in the early 2000s with over 4.6 million km on its odometer which is enough to go to the moon in back six times number 65 like most European Brands Mercedes made tractors from 1973 to 1991 number 66 Mercedes AMG still implements the onean one engine method meaning that one person assembles the entirety of an engine from start to finish that person's signature is also displayed on the engine cover number 67 remember when BMW made the E36 compact which was met with immediate criticism and was instantly dubbed one of the worst cars BMW had ever made well Mercedes took that as a challenge and they built a competitor 14 years later called the CLC which of course failed miserably in this situation BMW and Mercedes were basically the only players and they were both fighting for second place number 68 this isn't a Mercedes G Wagon it's a p g which is actually a G wagon I know I know I'll explain the original G wagon which was built for the Sha of Iran was a joint effort between Mercedes and sty dler poo who were well known for making reliable military vehicles their contract with Mercedes stated that the G-Class would be sold as p g in Austria Switzerland Yugoslavia Magnolia and Eastern Europe the P GS were also a bit different from the G-Class because they were more utility and off-road driven in their setups the Poo G was discontinued in the year 2000 number 69 the new S-Class has cameras embedded in the overhead control panel which are used to constantly monitor its occupants to help them without their input for example if you start looking for something in the car it will automatically turn on the lights for you number 70 the 1993 c36 AMG was the first car to be jointly developed by both Mercedes and AMG number 71 the ever so pretty Mercedes w126 was in production from 1975 to 1991 making it the longest running S-Class series with over 850,000 units sold in 12 years number 72 the w220 Mercedes S-Class has been dubbed the worst Mercedes of all time even though it had all the bells and whistles you would expect from an S-Class the main issue was the Mercedes CEO at that time prioritized profits by lowering production costs which in turn lowered the build quality making it the most unreliable Mercedes S-Class ever built number 73 you know how foldable hardtop roofs were all the rage in the early 2000s well as usual it all started with Mercedes when they unveiled the SLK prototype in 1994 with its varal roof design now don't get me wrong Mercedes weren't the first to make a convertible hard toop no that was the ever so Terri PUO but they were the first to make it usable and practical that's why everyone copied their design number 74 braus always leaves the Mercedes logo on their steering wheels untouched because if they didn't they would have to get their airbag covers tested and certified for each model which would cost them a fortune number 75 in 1923 Benz and C built the first ever diesel truck and in 1936 the Mercedes 260d became the first mass-produced diesel car in the world number 76 in 1955 at the 24 hours of Lem man in France the Austin Healey of Lance Macklin collided with the Mercedes 300 SLR of Pierre La sending the Mercedes into the spectators area where it disintegrated and killed 83 people and what has been described as the most catastrophic crash in Motorsports history as a result Mercedes backed out of all Motorsports until 1987 and Switzerland banned all Motorsports in their country that ban was lifted in 2022 6 7 years later number 77 in 2015 Mercedes-Benz made a 27-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons to rename the Georgia Dome to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium it's not clear how much Mercedes paid for this deal but experts have said that it probably cost them around 400 to $700 million making it the largest marketing deal in the company's history number 78 if an electric Mercedes gets involved in a severe accident it will send a high voltage pulse to short out the drivetrain keeping the battery safe by irreversibly damaging the motors number 79 when Mercedes decided to go into the pickup Market in 2017 they partnered up with Nissan to use the navarus platform as a way to cut down on development cost the result of this partnership was the Mercedes x-class which was such a production failure that it had a production cycle of Less Than 3 years number 80 in 1940 the weird angry little mustache guy gifted a 1938 Mercedes to the king of Nepal making it the first and only car in Nepal at that time by the way this is actual footage of how it was transported to the king because there were no roads back then after spending a couple of decades in storage the car was used by an engineering College to train mechanics until it was rescued in 2008 and was put on display in a museum number 81 in 2005 Mercedes made a bionic car which was designed after a box fish but that's not the weirdest thing about this car the weirdest thing is its catalytic converter which is direct wrenched in animal urine because Mercedes claims that the properties in animal urine neutralizes the harmful nitrogen oxide particles I just feel bad for the poor intern whose number one priority was collecting animal piss number 82 more than 40% of the cars in Albania are made by Mercedes and for a very good reason most of them were stolen you see when the Communist Regime ended in Albania in the 1990s its borders opened up which made it a great place for thieves to send their stolen cars to because the country wasn't stable enough to fully control its borders and since the Albanian communist party's brand of choice was Mercedes they were viewed as a status symbol which made Mercedes a hot commodity in Albania number 83 in 2002 Mercedes released the C30 CDI AMG yes this is the only diesel AMG ever made which had a 5-cylinder turbo diesel that made 230 horsepower at 3800 RPM and as you would expect this car failed in fact it failed so miserably that Mercedes didn't even announce its discontinuation because they knew no one cared number 84 in 1906 Mercedes built the Meed hybrid which many considered to be the first true hybrid it had a gasoline engine in the front which was connected to a Dynamo that supplied power for the two Motors in the rear it also had a claimed top speed of 75 m per hour number 85 the Mercedes Formula 1 Petronas team is the first and only team to win eight consecutive Constructor championships number 86 at 21 ft the Mercedes Maybach s650 Pullman is the longest sedan currently in production it also has an armored version which costs around $2 million making it the most expensive Mercedes currently on sale number 87 when Mercedes unveiled the 6x6 G Wagon in 2013 they were very proud of what they had created calling it their first 6x6 which is not not true because they made another 6x6 back in the day for a certain someone who they weren't very proud of it was around the same time when they were making tank engines for the German military number 88 Mercedes uses their automatic wiper sensors to automatically close their sunroofs if it starts raining number 89 Mercedes has made a lot of cool Concepts over the years but the coolest and quirkiest one has to be the Fel Roadster which is a modern version of the original motor vagen built 100 20 years ago it has a carbon fiber body with a wooden floor and it runs on a fuel cell once the car was finished it was driven on the same route that Bera Benz took when she was promoting the motor vagen number 90 this is the fastest street legal SUV in the world it's a braus 900 rocket Edition which is based on a Mercedes AMG gle63s it makes 900 horsepower and 922 lb feet of torque from a twin turbocharged V8 and it has a 0 to 60 time of 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 205 mph it also goes from the showroom to your garage in just $480,000 number 91 the Mercedes amg1 is based on Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 car so it's literally a road legal F1 car can't wait to see Ferrari's own Lewis inspired hyper car number 92 for some reason Mercedes made a pretty kinky ad in 2016 where they covered an SL and a Russian supermodel in latex I'm all in for expressing your artistic Vision but I strong-hearted believe that the only reason this ad was approved is because someone really wanted to see Natasha poy in latex I'm not complaining but that's the only logical explanation number 93 this is a Mercedes 240D chiseled out of a single block of solid Stone it sits on the final resting place of Rayman who dreamed of buying a Mercedes 240D when he grew up but sadly he never got the chance because he tragically passed away at 15 many years later his family built him this Tombstone so their sons passion would never be forgotten and it has now become a place where fellow Mercedes fans go to show their respect for Ray and his impressive 240D number 94 every G-Class has to complete a 5.6 km route on shok Mountain to be approved for production number 95 the jury is still out whether it was Mercedes or BMW who invented the soft clothes feature but both companies have suffered from lawsuits with Mercedes having the more recent example because in 2022 a man from Arizona sued Mercedes for $500,000 when his finger was cut off by the door of his GLE we tried to find out what happened with that lawsuit but we couldn't find anything although chances are the judge will throw it out because when BMW had a similar lawsuit against them in 2017 the judge dismissed the case saying it would be unfair to hold these companies accountable because people have been slam slamming doors on their fingers since doors were invented Number 96 when Mercedes wanted to build their presence in the Korean market for some reason they decided to partner up with s Yong in 1991 and as you would expect s Yong immediately started making this their shtick advertising their cars as a more affordable Mercedes they even copied their designs and miraculously managed to make them look like complete dog I'm not being harsh here I've seen these cars in person and they look even worse number n 97 when you look back at amg's success story you will arrive at this car which is called the red pig it was originally a Mercedes 300cl which AMG modified in 1970 to make 428 horsepower from a 6.8 L V8 it was also much wider and lighter than the original 300cl later at amg's debut as a brand in the 24 hours of spa the red pig managed to get second place winning its class and putting AMG on the map number 98 Mercedes acquired a controlling share of AMG in 1999 renaming the brand AMG into Mercedes AMG number 99 Mercedes has a system called Active Body Control which keeps the car's body straight to provide a more comfortable ride and better handling and the 1999 Mercedes CL was the first car to have this feature which has been emptying bank accounts ever since number 100 the 2002 Maybach type 57 used solar panel to power its AC and infotainment system number 101 for some reason Mercedes has placed the cap for the washer fluid on the fender of the eqs and that's it thank you so much for watching and don't forget to subscribe so you can vote for which brand comes next

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Published: Thu Feb 22 2024