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The Research Cars Of Mercedes-Benz |
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Research is the motor of progress. It has a long-standing tradition at
Daimler where it occupies a key position. Findings from our own research
have always set the pace in the development of new vehicles and this is
why we officially established a dedicated Research unit in the early
1970s. With our innovations, we have been setting standards on a global
scale and will continue to do so in the future. Research has always been
the basis of our success, as borne out by history which goes back to the
founding fathers of our company: in 1885, Gottlieb Daimler installed his
high-speed internal combustion engine in a two-wheeler, the Riding Car.
Independently of Daimler, Carl Benz presented his Patent Motor Car in 1886
– the world's first holistic design of an automobile. Nobody talked about
research cars in either case at the time but both the Riding Car and the
Patent Motor Car marked the starting point of our tradition of creating
groundbreaking vehicle concepts in order to obtain findings for the
development of tomorrow's motor vehicles. Read more
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