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Mercedes Car Group: Maybach Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Smart
Commercial Vehicle Brands: Freightliner Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus OriOn Setra Sterling Trucks Thomas Built Buses Western Star Global Electric Motorcars (GEM)
Holdings in: Chrysler LLC (19.9%) EADS (30.17%) Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus (85%) McLaren Group (40%)
Made By: Daimler AG
Special Note: The world's First Motor Car
Started Business: 1886
Corporate Official site: N/A
Dealer Official site: N/A
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Smart Car: Mercedes makes this city commuter desirable and fun.
Discover a car that has been perfectly designed for your everyday life. A car that offers maximum comfort, agility, safety, ecology and driving fun. A pioneering vehicle concept that is one of the best with its exceptionally low CO2 emission figures. Discover the smart fortwo as a coupé and a cabrio in the pure, pulse and passion equipment lines.
Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG convertible
Base Price: $186,775
Mercedes-Benz had its beginnings in 1886
when Karl Benz was granted a patent for the world's first motor car!
In 1901 Daimler acquired the rights to the name Mercedes
In 1926 Daimler and Benz merged
and since 1989 Mercedes-Benz had been in charge of all motor vehicle business within the Daimler-Benz group.
In 1998 Daimler-Benz AG merged with Chrysler Corporation to form DaimlerChrysler
Chrysler Corporation began as the Maxwell Motor Corporation
which hired Walter Chrysler in 1921 to help the company out of bankruptcy
Chrysler flirted with bankruptcy again in the early 1980s
but Lee Iacocca and the K-car came to the rescue
followed in 1984 with the introduction of the market-changing minivan
In November 1998 Chrysler became a division of the newly formed company DaimlerChrysler AG
created by a merger between Daimler-Benz and the Chrysler Corporation
Least Fuel-Efficient Luxury Cars
Annual fueling cost: $2,953
2007 Audi Q7 SUV*: 14 mpg/19 mpg
2006 Cadillac STS sedan: 14 mpg/20 mpg
2006 Chrysler 300C SRT-8 sedan: 14 mpg/20 mpg
2006 Ford GT coupe: 13 mpg/21 mpg
2006 Infiniti FX45 SUV: 14 mpg/18 mpg
2007 Mercedes-Benz GL450 SUV: 14 mpg/18 mpg
2006 Mercedes-Benz ML500 SUV: 14 mpg/19 mpg
Pictured: Chrysler 300C SRT-8
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