Mercedes Album Part 4- Competition Cars

This volume describes Mercedes-Benz competition cars. As described in Auto Review 143 Mercedes-Benz road cars, the marque originated in two separate car makers, Benz and Daimler, who were both involved in competition events from early days. First we look at Benz, then we have the Daimler account, followed by Mercedes. The combined story begins in 1926, when the two firms merged as Daimler-Benz AG with the cars badged as Mercedes-Benz. There have been times when the marque was deeply involved in a number of different types of competition motoring at the same time, but in between there were often periods with little or no activity due to lack of funds. This means that sometimes there may be apparent 'gaps' in the story, with nothing much happening. At other times a number of simultaneous and overlapping accounts, perhaps sports-racing cars, touring cars and Formula 1, have to be treated separately. The overall holding company is now Daimler AG, and Mercedes-Benz continues to compete in Formula 1 and Formula E.