From the earliest workshop days to the grandest marque in the auto-motive world, the story of one of the most important enterprises of the twentieth century comes alive in this complete history.

FOREWORD By Sir Stirling Moss

PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER ONE Carl Benz The inventor

CHAPTER TWO Gottlieb Oaimler & Wilhelm Maybach Advancing on a Theory

CHAPTER THREE Mercedes The Modern Motorcar is Born

CHAPTER FOUR Benz & Oie. vs, Mereedes Building Motors and Motorcars

CHAPTER FIVE The Needs of The Few Daimler and Benz after World War

CHAPTER SIX The Merger of Oaimler and 8enz A Titan Emerges

CHAPTER SEVEN The 1930s Daimier-Benz Redefines the Automobile

CHAPTER EIGHT A Call To Arms Daimler-Benz in Peace and War

CHAPTER NINE Postwar Resurrection Rising from the Ashes

CHAPTER TEN The 1960s Establishing New Standards

CHAPTER ELEVEN The 1970s A Changing World

CHAPTER TEWELVE The 1980s A New Generation of Mercedes

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The 1990s On the Threshold of a New Century

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The 21st Century A New Era Begins

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Mercedes-Benz Poster Art

INDEX