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Bentley Crewe

BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen Group expressed interested in the sale, with Volkswagen eventually outbidding BMW, while Mercedes decided to revive the Maybach-brand.

Hoffman Auto Showroom

When the building was commissioned its owner, Max Hoffmann, the son of a Vienna Rolls-Royce dealer, had intended to use it for his Jaguar dealership, but by the time it was completed he had moved on to Mercedes Benz and a large model of a leaping Jaguar had to be sent back to Coventry, the English manufacturer's home base.

Klaus Heine

He gained international marketing experience at global companies in Europe and Asia and cooperated with leading German luxury brands such as Glashütte Original, Meissen, Mercedes Benz/Daimler, Poggenpohl and Robbe & Berking.


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1993 ATP Super 9

The 1993 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1993 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

1996 ATP Super 9

The 1996 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1996 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

1997 ATP Super 9

The 1997 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1997 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

1998 ATP Super 9

The 1998 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1998 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

2013 FIA European Truck Racing Championship season

Since Heinz-Werner Lenz, who between 1997 and 1999 won the Race-Trucks Class title at three consecutive years on his Mercedes-Benz 1938-S, and for the first time since the Super-Race-Truck Class was abolished prior to the opening of the 2006 season, Jochen Hahn is the first truck racer to win the title hat-trick on his Castrol Team Hahn Racing MAN race truck.

Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Alfred Neubauer

In its most successful phase, the Mercedes-Benz team’s regular drivers were Rudolf Caracciola, Hermann Lang, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Richard Seaman.

Carcannon

Carcannon sells its services to Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi, Nissan, Infiniti, Acura, Honda, and the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

Champions Square

It is the primary event space used for concerts before events at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the New Orleans Arena.

Christian Kautz

Son of a Swiss multi-millionaire, his career started with Mercedes-Benz as a junior driver in 1936, then as an Auto Union junior driver in 1938, starting in three Grands Prix.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service

The two Line Rescue Units (LRUs) are based on a Mercedes-Benz 1124 4x4 chassis with a Hiab crane on the rear of the vehicle and a Mercedes Atego chassis.

Dieter Zetsche

Dieter Zetsche (born on May 5, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German businessman and the Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006 as well as member of the company's Board of Management since 1998.

Double wishbone suspension

Examples of makes in which double wishbones can be found include Alfa Romeo, MG, Pontiac, Honda and Mercedes-Benz.

Dräxlmaier Group

Interior: Complete interior (for example for the Mercedes-Benz SL and for the Maybach luxury limousine), side/roof/door trim panel (for example the FIS door module for the BMW 7 Series), center console, gearshift/transmission selector lever.

Garvin Cross

He is included in the Guinness Book of World Records for his skills as a precision stunt driver, and he has worked on films and television spots for automobile companies such as Ford, Porsche, Toyota, Dodge, Mercedes, Lincoln, Nissan and Lexus.

German Formula Three Championship

Despite the fact that F3 is still an open formula for which any chassis builder or engine tuner can supply a product provided that it meets the technical regulations, most championships have just one de facto choice of chassis supplier – usually Dallara – and two or three popular engine suppliers – usually Mugen-Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Spiess-Opel, or TOM's-Toyota.

Hans-Werner Aufrecht

Hans-Werner Aufrecht (born 28 December 1938 in Großaspach, Germany) was in 1967 along with Erhard Melcher one of the founders of AMG Engine Production and Development, a current subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz.

Honda Prelude

"It is," wrote Brock Yates for Motor Trend, "by any sane measurement, a splendid automobile. The machine, like all Hondas, embodies fabrication that is, in my opinion, surpassed only by the narrowest of margins by Mercedes-Benz. It is a relatively powerful little automobile by anybody's standards."Motor Trend measuring an early Prelude completing the quarter-mile in 18.8 seconds at 70 mph.

Howard Simpson

Germany's Daimler-Benz licensed the gearset as well, although it did not enter production until the early 1970s, as the Mercedes-Benz three-speed automatic.

Hydrosila

The system successfully functions at such industrial world leaders as Boeing, FIAT, Mercedes, Marconi, Komatsu, Śkoda, Volkswagen, Volvo, Hyundai, KAMAZ, BELAZ, URALAZ and others.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services

The fire-rescue apparatus are custom built in Israel at Kibbutz Beit Alfa Industries on chassis of Mercedes-Benz, Man, Iveco, E-One, Chevrolet, and Ford modified to Israeli specifications in Israel.

Jim Folsom, Jr.

Only weeks after Folsom assumed the office, state officials were approached by Mercedes-Benz about the possibility of locating its first manufacturing plant outside Germany in Alabama.

Make Me Wanna Scream

It features Cantrell walking through a city with her friends in the background and of her driving a Mercedes.

Mehmet Sabancı

In 2001, he quit his high ranked position in the holding as head of the food group with US$1.3 billion turnover, and started his own business in upper class car trade representing Smart, Aston Martin, Cadillac, Porsche, Brabus Mercedes-Benz, Startech Chrysler, MG and Rover brands.

Mercedes-Benz 220SE

Mercedes-Benz W111 (1959-1965) as Mercedes-Benz 220SEb "fin-body"

Mercedes-Benz Championship

Hyundai Tournament of Champions: the opening event of the PGA Tour season, known as the Mercedes-Benz Championship from 2007 to 2009.

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

When it was developed, German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz owned 40 percent of the McLaren Group.

Mercedes-Benz T2

The Venezuelan version of the T2 was manufactured in Barcelona by the Grupo Consorcio 1390 S.A. (currently MMC Automoritz S.A.) as the Mercedes-Benz Class L3.

Mercedes-Benz W126

In terms of the body design, the objective of the W126 design team, led by Mercedes-Benz's Bruno Sacco, was to produce a car that was sleeker and more aerodynamic than the previous model.

Mercedes-Benz W196

The auction house Bonhams - in its Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on 12 July 2013 - sold Mercedes-Benz W196R chassis serial '00006/54' for a new World Record £19.7-million Sterling (incl. auction premium).

Paths to Freedom

During the series, Jeremy displays his love towards a wealthy style of life, driving a new Mercedes-Benz, playing golf at his local club 'The Fitzhatton', and repeatedly describing his admiration of Michael Flatley.

Ragheb Alama

Of the companies that endorsed Ragheb and featured him as part of their promotions including United Nations, Starbucks, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Persol, The Pearl-Qatar.

Registrar of Imported Vehicles

A class action lawsuit was filed in Ontario Superior Court on Feb. 26, 2008 which alleges that Transport Canada (through the Registrar of Imported Vehicles), Mercedes, BMW and Canada Border Services Agency have violated the Competition Act in regard to people who are importing American vehicles into Canada.

Richard Martino

A major earner for the Gambino family, Martino owned expensive homes in Harrison, New York and Southampton, New York, wore Prada brand shoes, and drove an expensive Mercedes-Benz automobile.

Sankat City

One night, they steal a Mercedes Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher).

Stephen Saux

He is the new face for the Southern Nevada Water Authority conservation campaign and is currently in a national Mercedes commercial.

Swapna Sanchari

He dreams of earning a big name in the society, thus buys a Mercedes-Benz, an old theatre, land in front of panchayat hall, promised hefty contributions for community hall and several other charitable organizations where he can put his name in front.

Sydney Explorer

In 1990 a fleet of six (later increased to eight) Pressed Metal Corporation bodied Mercedes-Benz O405 coaches were introduced.

Synetic GmbH

Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing (2000) was Synetic's first licensed game, featuring Mercedes-Benz racing trucks that could be driven on a variety of real-world race tracks.

Tanju Çolak

In January 1994, he began a prison sentence of four years and eight months for illegally smuggling a Mercedes-Benz car into Ankara.

The Chain of Love

In the first verse, a male character named Joe (who is played by Clay Walker in the music video) is driving, when he notices a lady whose Mercedes-Benz is stopped with a flat tire.

Tongwell

Numerous companies operate from Tongwell such as Dawson Group, Mercedes-Benz UK and Volkswagen UK.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel

Wheeljack, the Autobot's "scientist", who transforms into a blue Mercedes-Benz car.

Vehicular communication systems

Car manufacturers and communication corporations are also investing in vehicular communications; among them are Kapsch, General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, Siemens, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Mark IV.

ZF 4HP20 transmission

Introduced in 1995, it remains in production, and has been used in a variety of cars from Citroën, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, and Renault.

Ziss Modell

Except for Cursor Models which were made for the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, and some Gama veteran cars, Ziss seems to be the only other German manufacturer dedicated to making models from the veteran era.