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    • A-Class

      A-Class Coupé, Saloon

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      The A-Class

      Between temptation and reason.

    • B-Class

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      The B-Class Sports Tourer

      Designed to fit your life

    • C-Class

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      The C-Class Saloon

      Experience a car like no other

    • CL-Class

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      The CL-Class Coupé

      A masterpiece from Mercedes Benz

    • CLC-Class

      CLC-Class

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      The CLC-Class Sports Coupé

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLK-Class

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      CLK-Class Cabriolet

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLS-Class

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      The CLS-Class Coupé

      The technology of seduction

    • E-Class

      E-Class.

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      The E-Class Saloon

      See Mercedes-Benz in a new light.

    • G-Class

      The G-Class

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      The G-Class Cabriolet

      A modern classic

    • GL-Class

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      The GL-Class Off-Roader

      Off-road driving with on-road feel.

    • M-Class

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      M-Class Off-roader

      Refined power.

    • R-Class

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      The R-Class SUV Tourer

      The new form of space travel

    • S-Class

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      The S-Class Saloon

      Looking ahead, driving ahead

    • SL-Class

      SL-Class

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      The SL-Class Roadster

      The legendary sports car

    • SLK-Class

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      The SLK-Class Roadster

      All you need for an enjoyable drive

    • SLR

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      The SLR Coupé

      The rebirth of a legend

Mercedes-Benz racing tradition

1922 1923 1924
1926 1927 1928
Targa Florio 1922: Debut for supercharged engines
It was not until three years after the end of the First World War that motorsport competition in Germany and other countries returned. Mercedes works drivers Otto Salzer, Max Sailer, Graf Giulio Masetti and Christian Lautenschlager were too strong for the opposition, winning countless European road and hill-climb races in 1921. They raced in optimised and enhanced "Grand Prix 1914" models and Mercedes 28/95 hp cars.

The first supercharged engine took shape in the design offices of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft at the beginning of the 1920s. Gottlieb Daimler's son, Paul, Technical Director and also member of the Board of Management since Wilhelm Maybach's departure from DMG in 1907, sought to drive on this development. Much experience had already been gained in this area – superchargers had already been implemented to boost output in aircraft engines and submarine assemblies.

1.5-litre and 2.0-litre engines became standard sizes after 1922. Paul Daimler developed a new 1.5-litre, four-cylinder engine with supercharger. Its two overhead camshafts were driven by a vertical driveshaft and operated four valves per cylinder.

The 6/40/65 hp model was first used in competition in the Targa Florio endurance race in Sicily. Works driver Paul Scheef started in the 1.5-litre production-class race and finished a respectable third.
Driving in the 4.5-litre production-class race at the same event, Max Sailer notched up a first victory for a supercharged vehicle (equipped with a 140 hp engine). Word spread quickly about the enormous potential of the supercharged Mercedes engines and soon other manufacturers switched their allegiances to this promising drive technology.
Overview
1894-1921
1922-1930
1931-1939
1951-1955
1956-1980
1981-1994