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German car-manufacturing company created by a
merger of the Daimler and Benz factories
1926. The first cars to carry the Mercedes
name were those built by Gottlieb Daimler
1901. In the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz dominated
Grand Prix races. The W196, which made its
debut 1954, was one of the finest racing cars
of the postwar era. Following a disaster at
Le Mans 1955, when 80 spectators lost their
lives after an accident involving a Mercedes,
the company withdrew from motor sport until
1989.