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The history of this legendry automobile brand starts with two dignitary names; Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. Both these automobile leaders were born 60 miles away from Southern Germany. These two automobile bigshots had the zeal to build cars as both of them were highly influenced from machines. In 1886, Karl Benz made a three wheeler motor cab which resembled alike a tricycle. In 1893, he build his first four wheeler, named Victoria. During 1896, the much enthusiastic Daimler made a horseless carriage. Daimler made a business deal with William Steinway to manufacture products in United States.

In 1900, Daimler passed away and the control of Daimler Motoren Gesellschat (DMG) was left in the hands of Wilhelm Maybach. In the same year, Daimler Motoren produced a special car Emil Jellinek Mercedes. Jellinek named the car after his daughter, Mercedes. The Mercedes could churn 35 hp and had the top speed of 55 mph.

On the other hand, Karl Benz introduced, the Parsifil in 1903 against the Mercedes. It had the capacity to attain top speed of 37 mph. Both these cars faced each other in racing arenas, but Daimler always had the upper hand over Benz. With beginning of World War I, both the auto majors were forced to produce military materials. But, post war; both these auto-players again started the manufacturing automobiles. Due to rise in taxes and increase in fuel prices, the sales of Benz declined abruptly. Benz was facing crisis therefore, the company was desperately searching for a strong partner. The only option left with them was Daimler Motoren Gesellschat (DMG).

Though, Benz approached DMG but for a long tenure, conditions did not go in their favor. Finally, in 1924 both the companies signed an "Agreement of Mutual Interest" to overcome the economic disparities. As per the agreement, both auto-majors would have a separate identity and this was valid till the year, 2000. A new brand symbol of three pointed star was chosen for the representing the two iconic brands of Mercedes and Benz.

As a joint venture, both these grand auto-players did extremely well. They started the production of diesel trucks in 1926. Moreover, in the same year, the production for Mercedes-Benz automobiles was 7,918 units. During the 90s Mercedes-Benz AMG became the solely owned division of Mercedes-Benz group. Mercedes-Benz is well known for its quality, despite there are many other premium brands dominating the auto-market, Mercedes-Benz has always been improvising its quality standards. In 2008, Mercedes-Benz was on the fourth place in J.D. Power's initial quality study. In addition, Mercedes-Benz has also bagged the 'Platinum Plant Quality Award' for its Sindelfingen facility based in Germany.

In India, Mercedes-Benz was first introduced in 1994. Mercedes-Benz India is solely owned subsidiary unit of Daimler AG. Indian headquarter of Mercedes-Benz are based in Pune. In India too, Mercedes-Benz stands as a first choice for every premium car enthusiast.