This article is about the 1926–1998 Daimler-Benz. For information on the current company, see Daimler AG. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and

Daimler-Benz AG
Fate	Reincorporated
Successor	DaimlerChrysler AG
Founded	1926
Defunct	1998
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Industry	Automotive
Subsidiary	Mercedes-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and engines which was founded in 1926. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the An Agreement of Mutual Interest—which was valid until year 2000—was signed on May 1, 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, which had been founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ( Daimler Motor Company, DMG was a German Engine and later Automobile manufacturer in operation from 1890 Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler ( March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an Engineer, Industrial designer and Industrialist Wilhelm Maybach ˈmaibax ( February 9, 1846 &ndash December 29, 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist Daimler had died in 1900 and Maybach had left in 1907.

Both companies continued to manufacture their separate automobile and internal combustion engine brands until, on June 28, 1926, when Benz & Cie. The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft formally merged—becoming Daimler-Benz AG—and agreed that thereafter, all of the factories would use the brand name of Mercedes-Benz on their automobiles. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ( Daimler Motor Company, DMG was a German Engine and later Automobile manufacturer in operation from 1890 Aktiengesellschaft ('aktsiəngəzεlʃaft abbreviated AG) is a German term that refers to a Corporation that is limited by shares i Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the The inclusion of the name Mercedes in the new brand name honored the most important model series of DMG automobiles, the Mercedes series, which were designed and built by Wilhelm Maybach. For information on Mercedes-Benz the post 1926 automobile brand see Mercedes-Benz. Wilhelm Maybach ˈmaibax ( February 9, 1846 &ndash December 29, 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist They derived their name from a 1900 engine named after the daughter of Emil Jellinek. Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek called Mércédès was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert Emil Jellinek, known after 1903 as Emil Jellinek-Mercedes ( 6 April 1853 &ndash 21 January 1918) was a wealthy European entrepreneur Jellinek became one of DMG's directors in 1900, ordered a small number of race cars built to his specifications by Maybach, stipulated that the engine must be named Daimler-Mercedes, and made the new automobile famous through motorsports. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It That race car later became known as the Mercedes 35 hp. The Mercedes 35 hp was a radical early car model designed in 1901 by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler, for Emil Jellinek. The first of the series of production models bearing the name, Mercedes, had been produced by DMG in 1902. Jellinek left the DMG board of directors in 1909.

The iconic symbol of Mercedes-Benz.

The name of Daimler as a brand of automobiles had been sold by DMG—following his death in 1900—for use by other companies, so the new company, Daimler-Benz, would have created confusion and legal problems to include Daimler in its new brand name, and therefore, used Mercedes to represent the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft interest. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ( Daimler Motor Company, DMG was a German Engine and later Automobile manufacturer in operation from 1890 Karl Benz remained as a member of the board of directors of Daimler-Benz AG until his death in 1929. Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg

Although Daimler-Benz is best known for its Mercedes-Benz automobile brand, during World War II it also created a notable series of aircraft, tank, and submarine engines. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Daimler also produced parts for German arms, most notably barrels for the Mauser rifle. Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer maker of a line of Bolt-action Rifles from the 1870s to present

In 1998 Daimler-Benz AG bought the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation, and formed DaimlerChrysler AG. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 When the Chrysler group was sold off to Cerberus Capital Management in August, 2007, the name was changed to simply Daimler AG within two months. Cerberus Capital Management LP is one of the largest Private equity investment firms in the USA Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and