MERCEDES-BENZ IN SHINNING CARS SHOW 2011

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Mercedes-Benz) is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Benz is a division of its parent business, Daimler AG. Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz’s creation of the initial petrol-powered automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach’s conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year.

The Benz automobile was initial marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The initial Benz brand name vehicles had been produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz’s and Gottlieb Daimler’s companies into the Daimler-Benz business. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that later became typical in other vehicles. Benz is 1 of the most nicely-known and established automotive brands in the globe, and is also the world’s oldest automotive brand still in existence today.In 1958 Mercedes-Benz entered into a distribution agreement with the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (USA), makers of Studebaker and Packard brand automobiles.Under the deal, Studebaker would permit Benz access to its dealer network in the U.S., handle shipments of vehicles to the dealers, and in return, obtain compensation for every automobile sold. Studebaker also was permitted to use the German automaker’s name in its advertisements, which stressed Studebaker’s high quality over quantity.

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When Studebaker entered into informal discussions with Franco-American automaker Facel Vega about offering Facel Vega Excellence model in the United States, Benz objected to the proposal. Studebaker, which needed Mercedes-Benz distribution payments to assist stem heavy losses, dropped further action on the plan.

Benz maintained an office within the Studebaker works in South Bend from 1958 to 1963, when Studebaker’s U.S. operations ceased. Numerous U.S Studebaker dealers converted to Mercedes-Benz dealerships at that time. When Studebaker closed its Canadian operation and left the automobile company in 1966, remaining Studebaker dealers had the choice to convert their dealerships to Mercedes-Benz dealership agreements.Mercedes-Benz AMG became a majority owned division of Mercedes-Benz in 1998.The business was integrated into DaimlerChrysler in 1999,and became Mercedes-Benz AMG beginning on 1 January 1999.Because its inception, Benz had maintained a reputation for its high quality and durability. Objective measures looking at passenger vehicles, such as J. D. Power surveys, demonstrated a downturn in reputation in this criteria in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By mid-2005, Mercedes-Benz temporarily returned to the business typical for initial high quality, a measure of problems after the initial 90 days of ownership, according to J.D. Power. In J.D. Power’s Initial High quality Study for the initial quarter of 2007, Mercedes-Benz showed dramatic improvement by climbing from 25th to 5th location, surpassing high quality leader Toyota, and earning a number of awards for its models.

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For 2008,Mercedes-Benz’s initial high quality rating improved by however an extra mark, to fourth location.On leading of this accolade, it also received the Platinum Plant High quality Award for its Benz’ Sindelfingen, Germany assembly plant.^[9] As of April 2011, Consumer Reports of the United States has changed their reliability ratings for a number of Mercedes-Benz vehicles ranking them “the least dependable vehicles in 3 categories. Six of its 13 models had been below typical, and the GLK SUV was far below typical this year.In the United States, Mercedes-Benz was assessed a record US$30.66 million for their choice to not meet the federal corporate typical fuel economy regular in 2009. Particular Mercedes-Benz vehicles such as the S550, and all AMG models sold in the United States also face an extra gas guzzler tax.However, newer AMG models fitted with the M157 engine will not be subject to the gas-guzzler tax due to improved fuel economy.In 2008, Mercedes had the worst CO_two typical of all main European producers, ranking 14th out of 14 producers. Benz was also the worst manufacturer in 2007 and 2006 in terms of typical CO_two levels, with 181 g and 188 g of CO_two emitted per km, respectively.