Mercedes Mercedes)
| 1834 | Gottlieb Daimler is born |
| 1844 | Karl Benz is born |
| 1846 | Wilhelm Maybach is born |
| 1848 | Daimler starts an apprenticeship as gunsmith. |
| 1854 | Daimler works as scholar in a factory. |
| 1859 | Daimler studies at the Polytechnical school in Stuttgart. |
| 1863 | Benz visits the same school. |
| 1865 | Daimler becomes engineer of a factory of the Gustav-Werner-foundation and gets acquainted with Wilhelm Maybach. |
| 1871 | Benz starts his own company after several employments as technical drawer and designer. |
| 1872 | Daimler collects a lot of experience in factories abroad and joins Wilhelm Maybach in the gas engine factory Deutz together with Nikolaus August Otto. |
| 1875 | Ferdinand Porsche is born. |
| 1876 | Otto manages - after 10 years - to build a stable four-stroke engine. |
| 1879 | Benz tests successfully a two-stroke engine. |
| 1882 | Daimler leaves the gas engine factory, because his idea of a location-independent engine is not pursued. He moves with Maybach to Stuttgart. |
| 1883 | Daimler invents - together with Maybach - a vehicle engine, running on Ligrion (forerunner of the gasoline), and ignited by a glowing pipe. He receives a patent, while Otto loses his. Benz founds for the second time a company with other partners. |
| 1885 | The Daimler-engine is used in a vehicle, but testers disapprove it. |
| 1886 | Daimler develops the first V-engine in the world. Benz receives a patent for a vehicle with engine. |
| 1887 | Daimler puts the V-Motor into a carriage. Without permission it is tested. |
| 1888 | Daimler employs himself in secret tests for the development of a boat with combustion engine. |
| 1889 | Maybach persuades Daimler to build a steel wheel vehicle. Mercedes Jellinek is born; her name embellishes nearly all Daimler vehicles produced after 1900. |
| 1890 | Four cylinder four-stroke engine, Maybach designs closed cooling circuit. |
| 1893 | The Viktoria is the first four-wheeled vehicle of Benz. |
| 1895 | the young August Horch is employed by Benz. |
| 1897 | Horch designs the first two-cylinder in-line engine at Benz.(Contramotor) |
| 1895 | August Horch leaves the company Benz. |
| 1900 | Death of Gottlieb Daimler |
| 1906 | Porsche becomes Chief designer of Daimler-Austria. |
| 1922 | Porsche becomes Chief designer Daimler in Stuttgart. |
| 1926 | Fusion of Daimler and Benz |
| 1928 | Porsche resign because of quarrel with the Chairman of the Board at Daimler in Stuttgart. |
| 1951 | Mercedes 300, first new-designed vehicle after the Second World War |
| 1953 | Mercedes 180 with Pontoon-type body |
| 1954 | Mercedes 220, 190 SL and 300 SL |
| 1955 | Daimler-Benz starts with the development of airplane-power units. |
| 1956 | 190 (D), 220 S Coupe and Cabrio |
| 1959 | Mercedes with 'Shark fin'-tail (W 111) |
| 1961 | 300 SE |
| 1963 | Mercedes 230 SL Roadster (W 113) |
| 1964 | Mercedes 600 (W 100) |
| 1974 | Kuwaitian Sheiks buy 14% of shares. |
| 1977 | Ponto (supervisory board) and Schleier (HR- and administrative board) are killed by the RAF. |
| 1982 | Mercedes 190 (W 201) |
| 1986 | All petrol-engines are equipped with Lambda control and a three-way catalyst. |
| 1989 | The spokesman of the managing board Herhausen is killed by the RAF. |
| 1991 | S-Klasse (W 140) |
| 1996 | SLR (R 170) |
| 1997 | A-Klasse fails the 'elk-test' (high-speed swerve) and has to be redesigned (Smart, too). |
| 1998 | W 220, Fusion of Daimler and Chrysler, Formela-1-Worldmaster |
| characterization | Benz Velo |
| engine | One-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1045 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 110/110 mm |
| maximum power | 1,1 kW (1,5 bhp) |
| rated speed | 450 1/min |
| top speed | about 21 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1894 |
| characterization | Benz Back-to-Back |
| engine | In-line-two-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1723 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 100/110 mm |
| maximum power | 3,7 kW (5 bhp) |
| rated speed | 940 1/min |
| top speed | about 40 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1899 |
| characterization | Benz "Parsifal" |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2413 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 80/120 mm |
| maximum power | 15 kW (18 bhp) |
| rated speed | 1200 1/min |
| top speed | about 60 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1903 |
| characterization | Mercedes Racing car |
| engine | In-line-Six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 11083 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 140/120 mm |
| maximum power | 88 kW (120 bhp) |
| rated speed | 1400 1/min |
| top speed | about 150 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1906 |
| characterization | Benz |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 4849 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 105/140 mm |
| maximum power | 26 kW (35 bhp) |
| rated speed | 1400 1/min |
| top speed | about 80 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1909 |
| characterization | Benz Touring car |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 5626 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 110/148 mm |
| maximum power | 29 kW (40 bhp) |
| rated speed | 1230 1/min |
| top speed | about 80 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1910 |
| characterization | Mercedes "Knight" |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 4084 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 100/130 mm |
| maximum power | 33 kW (45 bhp) |
| rated speed | 1300 1/min |
| top speed | about 85 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1921 |
| characterization | Mercedes Sports vehicle |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2614 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 80/130 mm |
| charging | super charger |
| maximum power | 29 kW (40 bhp) |
| rated speed | 2800 1/min |
| top speed | about 110 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1923 |
| characterization | Mercedes 630 |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 6243 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 94/150 mm |
| charging | super charger |
| maximum power | 74 kW (100 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3000 1/min |
| top speed | about 124 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1926 |
| characterization | Mercedes 630 |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 6243 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 94/150 mm |
| Aufladung | super charger |
| maximum power | 74 kW (100 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3000 1/min |
| top speed | about 124 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1926 |
| characterization | Mercedes 680 S |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 6788 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 98/150 mm |
| Aufladung | super charger |
| maximum power | 88 kW (120 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3000 1/min |
| top speed | about 178 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1927 |
| characterization | Mercedes 320 Pullmann |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 3130 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 76/115 mm |
| maximum power | 40 kW (55 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3500 1/min |
| top speed | about 108 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1928 |
| characterization | Mercedes 460 Nürnberg |
| engine | In-line-eight-cylinder |
| Displacement | 4624 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 80/115 mm |
| maximum power | 59 kW (80 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3200 1/min |
| top speed | about 100 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1929 |
| characterization | Mercedes 770 Cabrio F |
| engine | In-line-eight-cylinder |
| Displacement | 7655 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 95/135 mm |
| maximum power | 110 kW (150 bhp) |
| rated speed | 2800 1/min |
| top speed | about 160 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1931 |
| characterization | Mercedes 500 K Cabrio C (W 29) |
| engine | In-line-eight-cylinder with/without super charging |
| Displacement | 5018 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 86/108 mm |
| maximum power | 74/118 kW (100/160 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3400 1/min |
| top speed | about 160 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1934 |
| characterization | Mercedes 150 Sportroadster |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1498 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 72/92 mm |
| maximum power | 40 kW (55 bhp) |
| rated speed | 4500 1/min |
| built | 1935 - 1938 |
| characterization | Mercedes 540 K Cabrio B |
| engine | In-line-eight-cylinder with/without super charging |
| Displacement | 5401 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 88/111 mm |
| maximum power | 85/133 kW (115/180 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3100 1/min |
| top speed | about 170 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1936 |
| characterization | Mercedes 170 V Cabrio A |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1697 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 73/100 mm |
| maximum power | 28 kW (38 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3400 1/min |
| top speed | about 108 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1938 |
| characterization | Mercedes 170 Da Limousine (W 136) |
| engine | In-line-four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1697 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 73/100 mm |
| maximum power | 28 kW (38 bhp) |
| rated speed | 3400 1/min |
| top speed | about 108 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1938 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 300 d Limousine |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2996 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 85/88 mm |
| maximum power | 118 kW (160 bhp) |
| rated speed | 5300 1/min |
| top speed | about 165 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1951 |
| characterization | Mercedes 300 SL Coupe |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2996 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 85/88 mm |
| maximum power | 158 kW (215 bhp) |
| rated speed | 5800 1/min |
| top speed | about 250 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1954 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 180 sedan |
| engine | Reihen-Vierzylinder |
| Displacement | 1767 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 75/100 mm |
| maximum power | 38 kW (52 bhp) |
| rated speed | 4000 1/min |
| top speed | about 126 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1955 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2996 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 85/88 mm |
| maximum power | 158 kW (215 bhp) |
| rated speed | 5800 1/min |
| top speed | about 250 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1957 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Roadster "Pagodendach" |
| engine | In-line-six-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2306 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 82/72 mm |
| maximum power | 110 kW (150 bhp) |
| rated speed | 5500 1/min |
| top speed | about 200 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1964 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 600 Landaulet |
| engine | V-eightcylinder |
| Displacement | 6332 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 103/95 mm |
| maximum power | 184 kW (250 bhp) |
| rated speed | 4000 1/min |
| top speed | about 200 km/h |
| Bauzeit | 1964 - 1981 |
| characterization | Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3,5 Cabrio |
| engine | V-eightcylinder |
| Displacement | 3499 cm³ |
| bore/stroke | 92/65 mm |
| maximum power | 148 kW (200 bhp) |
| rated speed | 5800 1/min |
| top speed | about 210 km/h |
| year of manufacture | 1971 |