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      The A-Class

      Between temptation and reason.

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      The B-Class Sports Tourer

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      The CL-Class Coupé

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      The CLC-Class Sports Coupé

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      The E-Class Saloon

      See Mercedes-Benz in a new light.

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      The G-Class Cabriolet

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      The GL-Class Off-Roader

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      M-Class Off-roader

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      The R-Class SUV Tourer

      The new form of space travel

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      The S-Class Saloon

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      The SL-Class Roadster

      The legendary sports car

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      The SLK-Class Roadster

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      The SLR Coupé

      The rebirth of a legend

Emil and Mercedes Jellinek

The name of the daughter
In 1889, Jellinek's daughter Mercedes was born. The name is Spanish and means "mercy". Emil Jellinek's wife died four years later. His business activities soon became so profitable that he was able to move to Nice.
There he bought himself his first vehicle, a Dion-Bouton tricycle. This was followed by a three-wheeled Léon-Bollée Voiturette, which was subsequently replaced by a four-seater Benz carriage. A newspaper article drew Jellinek's attention to Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) and in 1897 he travelled to Cannstatt to visit the Daimler factory. Here he ordered his first Daimler car, a 6 hp belt-driven model with a two-cylinder engine, which was delivered to him in October 1897. However, Jellinek soon found that the car's top speed of 24 km/h was not enough. He wanted 40 km/h and ordered two more cars: the Daimler Phoenix cars with front-mounted 8 hp engines supplied to him in September 1898 were the world's first road vehicles with four-cylinder engines.

Emil Jellinek, who had a large residence in Nice and enjoyed good relations with international financiers and aristocrats, became increasingly active as a car dealer from 1898, promoting and selling Daimler vehicles to the top echelons of society. In 1899, DMG supplied ten cars to Jellinek and as many as 29 in 1900.

Jellinek demanded ever faster and more powerful cars from DMG. He entered these in racing events – first and foremost the Week of Nice. He had the habit of racing under a pseudonym, using his daughter's name. He soon became known in motoring circles as "Monsieur Mercedes".
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