Eventually Jellinek placed a rather large order from Daimler and his friend Wilhelm Maybach. They were in agreement that Jellnek could change the designs.

In 1886 Benz built his 1st motorized tricycle. The first production car was the Benz Velo in 1894 which competed in the 1st recorded car race, Rouen to Paris. It was in 1895 that Benz produced his first truck.

It is stated that Daimler never enjoyed driving! In March 1990 he died leaving overall control of the company to Wilhelm Mayback. By November of that year they had produced a special car, the Mercedes which was lighter and smaller than the average car of the day and was able to reach top speeds off 55mph.

At the start of the First World War both factories had to turn their hand to the production of war materials, however both of them reverted back to the production of cars after the war. However with fuel very scarce plus a 15% luxury tax car production was affected badly.

The economy in Germany grew more desperate and a new Mercedes Benz could cost as much as 25 million marks. It is interesting to read that 15 million cars were registered throughout the world in 1923 and over 80% of these were from the UK and over half were in fact Fords. The Mercedes was considered to be very expensive.

In 1926 a new insignia was designed in the shape of a three pointed star wreathed with laurel to signify the merger of Benz and DMG.

In the 1930s their largest and most prestigious car was introduced, it was called the 770 Grosser and was powered by an 8 cylinder, 7.six litre engine. The cars in this era produced great success on the racing circuits.

In 1945 after the war, the plant at Unterturkheim which had been bombed out had to put their car production on hold and instead produced trailers for bicycles instead.

However in 1946 the production of cars was resumed and by 1949 a diesel version of the 170 was being made which became a best seller.

Alongside all of these elegant car models a number of vans have been produced which are used a great deal for Mercedes van leasing. One such van is the Mercedes Sprinter which has the reputation for being highly reliable and fairly economical.

By the 1990s Mercedes became the first manufacturer worldwide to fit a 4 valve diesel engine in a car. This new engine offers enhanced performance and smoothness which is what the Mercedes name stands for.

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Ford Mondeo

The ford Mondeo has been around for years, ford have had their ups and downs in the business, but there is one thing that has forever stayed true and that is that they have offered cracking cars at fairish prices. The ford Mondeo is a power knight with all of the cracking features and functions that the top model vehicles have but at half of the price.

Peugeot 206

If you are looking for a small car or a first time car then the Peugeot 206 was definitely a car to have to your name. Once more another dependable power horse that will not let you down and on top of that its inexpensive to run and cheap to cover.

Mercedes C220

If you are looking to step the class up a level but not increment the cost too much then deliberate the refined MerCedes C220. If you have ever driven a Mercedes you will come to realize that its probably the most comfortable drive you will ever have. I personally used to drive a Mercedes 190D and even that was luxury compared to some of the other vehicles that I have had. Mercedes jam pack their cars with top of the range features and although the downside may be that their parts are expensive, the reality is that the cars hardly every cause any trouble.

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