An attempt by Mercedes-Benz (the car arm of Daimler-Benz) to forge a joint venture foundered in 1995, but the executives got to know each other.
Luxury buyers were looking for the newest fashions with sales of the new BMW 3 Series, introduced in the middle of the month, taking off like a shot, pushing BMW ahead of Mercedes-Benz for luxury car leadership.
But its real coup was its work with Daimler-Benz, which helped the car maker to gain the upper hand in its 1998 merger with Chrysler.
World class car companies like Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai, and BMW, have moved to the region.
Mercedes-Benz did its own research into car crash causes in Germany and found that 25% of all fatal crashes are a direct result of fatigue.
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz brand, like many luxury car makers, already touts its crashworthy steel and sophisticated safety technology as a justification for high sticker prices.
Bearing the Mercedes star as an unmistakable trademark, the B-Class Electric Drive will be launched first in the USA at the beginning of 2014, where it will be the first luxury battery electric car from Mercedes-Benz in the market.
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In addition, Mercedes-Benz has already equipped this innovative electric car with the radar-based collision warning system COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST with adaptive Brake Assist as standard.
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Bosses at other companies have looked on enviously as Germany's big car firms, especially Daimler-Benz, have prospered after having wielded the knife.
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When the twins' mother returned later that night to pick them up from the suburban Montgomery home of the babysitter, the children and Girdner were missing, investigators said, along with Girdner's car, a 1988 Mercedes-Benz.
In the sector overall though, Johnson sees unwavering demand in specialty car makers, such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, because they don't have the same huge footprint as the bigger car manufacturers, but it also means that they don't need to make as many sales to see profits.
Daimler-Benz's profits powered ahead as the German car-maker demonstrated revenue growth in all its divisions.
Recently, Mercedes-Benz discontinued the Maybach, an ultra-luxury car that it introduced in an effort to compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
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"Over the next seven years we are launching 30 new or refreshed cars, which averages out to about one new car per quarter, " Mercedes-Benz spokesman Christian Bokich said.
The new company would have an impressive range of models: Daimler's car-making division, Mercedes-Benz, produces the best luxury cars in the world, plus some innovative small ones just coming to market and several untried commercial ventures.
Daimler Benz (which already produces an advanced fuel-cell car) recently bought 27% of Ballard, a maker of fuel cells.
While preparing to pit a new brand with no heritage against European brands like Mercedes-Benz, Lexus decided it would have to build a perfect car--and a perfect retail experience.
According to a story in the Boston Globe, the victim told police he left his cell phone in the car, which could be tracked, and he also told police that his car could also be tracked using the Mercedes-Benz GPS system.
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BMW's departure leaves four car manufacturers still competing in F1: Ferrari, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and Renault.
The driver of a Smart Car is ahead of his time, the Daimler-Benz mantra declares, and people want to be associated with environmentally friendly products.
The so-called Smart car venture is virtually being taken over by Daimler-Benz, Mercedes's parent, which has just increased its stake in the operation from 51% to 81%.
Mercedes-Benz is hammering the starting price point for CLA Class because the car gives the brand its most credible chance ever to score some serious market share among American Millennials.
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While the 2012 Audi A7 may not be as uncompromising sporty as a BMW 550i or carry the deeply chiseled exterior of a Mercedes-Benz CLS, it should appeal to a broad spectrum of luxury car buyers on the basis of its overall pleasing performance, tastefully attractive styling and broad array of cutting-edge amenities.
By the time Chrysler shareholders vote on the merger in September, Daimler-Benz will probably have signed three collaborative deals with Nissan, a Japanese car maker labouring under a mountain of debt.
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Lexus sales blazed past those of BMW and Mercedes-Benz in August to claim the No.1 spot in the luxury car segment in the U.S. The brand sold 24, 237 vehicles in August, up 34% y-o-y.
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Occasionally the threat lay in that buzzword of today, globalisation, and its concomitant demand for greater scale: Chrysler merged with Daimler-Benz because, even as number three in the world's largest car market, it was too small to prosper alone.
He also took a key to a Mercedes-Benz that was parked at the house, but he did not take the car.
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The small hatchback that Mercedes-Benz has on a pedestal at its auto-show display looks like a car that got lost on its way to the Toyota stand.
Daimler-Benz has been spared the embarrassment of making a decision to abandon the Family Car China, on which it spent tens of millions of dollars building a prototype.
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