Mercedes Benz

Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900) and Karl Benz (1844-1929), a pair of brilliant visionary Engineers, developed the first Motor Car and the first 'engine powered' Motorcycle in the 1880's. Claim to those two milestones within one country with both men working initially independently is not only amazing, it verges on the unbelievable when all over the then modern world horse drawn carriages and the like were considered the ultimate form of transport.

The ground breaking 1880's achievements laid the foundations for a seemingly endless list of achievements, in 1926 the Daimler and Benz independent Companies formalised 'Daimler Benz AG', which to this day remains the overall parent Company to the instantly recognisable brand name Mercedes Benz.

Apart from my interest in the first 'engine powered' Motorcycle, I freely admit I thought of the Mercedes Benz product as somewhat stayed, not exactly sporty. Deep breath time, studying the brand, purchasing my first Mercedes SLK350 and visiting the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart in 2009 and meeting Sir Stirling Moss, all these events continue to push my appreciation and learning curve of the the magnitude of achievements by Mercedes Benz both in their consumer products and competitive motor sport successes.

The following categories and clickable images link to dedicated page/s covering my review of all things Mercedes Benz, I hope they are of interest to all....

Apologies I have an enormous amount of imagery from my trip to the Mercedes Museum Stuttgart, all to be loaded asap, the following are the proposed categories......

THE EARLY DAYS:

Milestones, ground breaking achievements in both two and four wheeled forms of transport, no other Company can claim this heritage, the very birth of powered transport.

The 'clickable' image is the exposed right angle gear drive of the first 'Benz' three wheeled vehicle of 1886.

THE CLASSICS:

The 540K says it all, finding this exhibit at the Museum just amazed me, the elegance of line, length, the dashboard features and finish, just amazing.

The 'clickable' image is a close up of the Museum's 540K imposing front end.

THE SILVER ARROWS:

Possibly the largest indelibly linked display of Motor Vehicles at the Museum is the 'Silver Arrows' Race collection. A huge array of racing vehicles.

The 'clickable' image is the 'nose' of the '300SLR' driven to victory by Sir Sterling Moss and navigated by Denis Jenkinson in the 1955 Mille Miglia. Possibly Sir Stirling's most famous victory...

SL, SLK and SLR!!:

Some lineage here, starting with the SL190 this section charges all the way to the ultimate 2009 SLR McClaren road car.

The 'clickable' image is the staggering SLR McLaren with scissor doors open.

I LOVE NEW TECHNOLOGY, LAPTOPS, DIGITAL CAMERAS, MOBILE PHONES/WIRELESS BROADBAND, GPS ETC. ALL SO COOL AND 'PORTABLE'......