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Mercedes-Benz

This article is about the brand and the namesake vehicle manufacturer. For other uses, see Mercedes-Benz (disambiguation).

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛɐ̯ˈtseːdəsˌbɛnts, -dɛs-] (listen)),^[6]^[7] commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.^[1] Mercedes-Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes-Benz. From November 2019 onwards, Mercedes-Benz-badged heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) are managed by Daimler Truck, a former part of the Mercedes-Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.^[8]Mercedes-BenzProduct typeAutomotiveOwner

Mercedes-Benz AG
(passenger cars and light commercial vehicles)
Daimler Truck
(heavy commercial vehicles)

CountryGermanyIntroduced28 June 1926; 96 years agoWebsitemercedes-benz.comMercedes-Benz AGTypeSubsidiary (AG)^[1]IndustryAutomotivePredecessorMercedes-Benz division of Daimler AGFoundedNovember 2019; 3 years agoHeadquarters

Stuttgart,

Germany

Area servedWorldwide

Key peopleOla Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO^[2]Products

Automobiles
Light commercial vehicles

Production output2,164,187 cars worldwide (2020)^[3]Brands

Services

Revenue93,877,000,000 euro (2019)

Operating income3,359,000,000 euro (2019) Total assets26,289,000,000 euro (2018)

Number of employees158,000 (2021) Parent Mercedes-Benz Group^[1]Divisions

Mercedes-Benz Cars^[4]
Mercedes-Benz Vans

Subsidiaries

Mercedes-AMG^[5]
Smart Automobile (50%)

Websitemercedes-benz.com

The brand’s origins lie in Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft‘s 1901 Mercedes and Carl Benz‘s 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self-propelled automobile. The slogan for the brand is “the best or nothing”.^[9]

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