S1 Ep210: Mercedes Pt II: How Mercedes Became Mercedes

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.9 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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June 1926. An era of progress, rapid automotive adoption, and record-breaking feats spurred on by the rivalry between Benz and DMG had given way to a crisis. So how did a conniving aristocrat convince DMG to create the Mercedes brand? How did DMG and Benz usher in the era of the modern automobile? And how did these two competitors find themselves in a position where the only way to ensure their survival was to merge? Today on Past Gas, part two of the history of Mercedes-Benz.

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1:27.0	June 1926, an era of progress, rapid automotive adoption, and record-breaking feet spurred
1:36.3	on by the rivalry between BENS and DMG had given way to crisis.
1:41.8	The companies themselves were hardly recognizable from where they were a decade
1:45.1	prior. The leadership had changed dramatically. Bends had sold off its stationary engine
1:50.0	manufacturing sector and D.M.G. had resorted to building bicycles, typewriters, and furniture
1:55.8	just to stay afloat.
1:56.8	How embarrassing!
2:00.2	With their backs against the wall, executives from the once fierce rival companies decided to merge resources and become a single entity,
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