mercedes benz

MERCEDES BENZ COMPANY

MUSTAFA AKYOL

OUTLINE

• History of Company• Logo Meaning• Subsidiaries and Alliances• Production • Quality• Models• Car Nomenclature• Motorsport

HISTORY OF MERCEDES

HISTORY OF MERCEDES

HISTORY OF MERCEDES

HISTORY OF MERCEDES

MERCEDES’ LOGO

The three-armed star on the logo of Mercedes signifies the hegemonia on land, water and air.

Subsidiaries and Alliances

Mercedes-Benz AMG

Mercedes-Benz McLaren

Studebaker-Packard

PRODUCTION

• Argentina • Austria • Bosnia and Herzegovina• Brazil • Canada• Egypt• Hungary • India• Indonesia• Iran • Malaysia• Mexico• Nigeria 

PRODUCTION

• Philippines• Russia • Spain• South Africa• South Korea • Thailand • United • United States • Vietnam

Quality

Rewarding individual experience

Obviate the negatives of driving

Make life better

Balance, harmony, control

At one

Nothing to prove

Effortless

Get there better than when you left

Arrived

Planned, no surprises

MODELS

• Passenger cars

• Trucks

• Buses

• Vans

Car Nomenclature

• "C" indicates a coupe or cabriolet body style.• "D" means the vehicle is equipped with a diesel

engine.• "E" (for "Einspritzen") means the vehicle's

engine is equipped with petrol fuel injection. • "G" denotes the Geländewagen off-road vehicle.• "K" indicating a supercharger ("Kompressor")

equipped engine.

Car Nomenclature

• "L" means "Leicht" (lightweight) for sporting models, and "Lang" (long-wheelbase) for sedan models.

• "R" stands for "Rennen" (racing), used for racing cars (for example, the 300SLR).

• "S" Sonderklasse "Special class" for flagship models.

• "T" stands for "Touring" and indicates an estate (or station wagon) body style

Motorsport

• First  took part in the world championship in 1954 and 1955

• Mercedes-Benz returned as an engine supplier in the 1990s