Mercedes-Benz celebrates 125th birthday of automobile

Some 125 years ago Carl Benz filed his ?Vehicle with gas engine drive? under Patent number 37435 at the Berlin Patent Office, becoming the creator of the world?s first automobile.

To mark this historic achievement Mercedes-Benz is celebrating the birthday of the first automobile worldwide.

Mercedes-Benz India also celebrated in style the 125th birth anniversary of the first automobile, in the presence of its entire Board of Management at a specially hosted party.

Speaking on the occasion, Peter T Honegg, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said: ?Mercedes-Benz invented the automobile and has gone on to shape the history of motoring and we are immensely proud of this fact.

?In fact almost 80% of the patents related to the automobile domain come from the Mercedes-Benz stable. As the inventor of the first automobile, we also claim to shape the future of mobility with fascinating brands, greener technologies and new business opportunities.?

??Best or nothing? is Mercedes-Benz?s guiding motto and it inspires us to deliver the best to our customers in terms of technology, safety, innovations, comfort, luxury as well as customer satisfaction and vehicle ownership experience. This has been our focus and will remain for the next 125 years as well,? Honegg said.

Mercedes-Benz India was the first luxury automobile manufacturer in the country starting its operations way back in 1995.

The company today has 40 offerings with 12 products, the densest network of 58 touchpoints located across 27 Indian cities, one of the shortest time to market of launches for the Indian customers.

Mercedes-Benz India?s operations based out of its facility in Chakan near Pune carrying an investment of over Rs 600 crores, is widely recognized as the best CKD plant in the world within the Daimler family.