What is Mercedes?
Mercedes originally known as Mercedes-Benz is a German luxury automobile manufacturer that have its presence in several countries of the world. It is one of the divisions of Daimler AG a multinational German automotive corporation. The company is among the 'Big 3' names in the German luxury vehicle manufacturers the others are Audi and BMW. The company was established after the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company in the year 1926 but it traces its Roots back to the year 1886 when Karl Benz created first petrol-powered car, named as 'the Benz Patent Motorwagen'. The company manufactures different types of cars which are Hatchback, Sedan and SUV. Some its models are A class, B class, E class, S class, GL Class and GLK class etc. In addition to manufacturing of luxury cars, the company also manufactures luxury commercial vehicles like trucks, buses, Vans and limousines. The company was also the first company that made a robot car that was developed by Professor Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University Munich. The company's cars are used by number of car racing events and since the year 1995 it sponsored the McLaren Formula One team and the German national football team. The company opened number of service centers all over the world for repair of company's products.