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- From: paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
- Subject: Re: MERCEDES MOTORCYCLE????
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.173321.18408@ttinews.tti.com>
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- Organization: Black Belt Motorcyclists Association
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:33:21 GMT
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- In article <69602@cup.portal.com> smj@cup.portal.com (s m j) writes:
- +> Re: Mercedes Motorcycles -- I know of no recent motorcycles from
- +> this firm (but then, I'm hardly an expert). However, invention of
- +> the motorcycle is often credited to (Prof. Dr.) Gottfried Daimler,
- +> co-founder of the Mercedes firm...
- +
- +> Al Moore DoD 734
- +
- +yep, Herr Doktor Daimler invented the motorcycle,
- +(prior to the invention of the automobile) and
- +it was a diesel. Haven't seen one at the dealer lately thou.
-
- Not quite. Daimler invented the motorcycle in 1885. (The car was
- invented by him in 1886). Dr. Rudolf Diesel didn't get around
- to inventing the diesel engine until 1894.
-
- BTW, Daimler started Daimler Automotive. Benz bought in years later
- making it Daimler-Benz. Daimler died in 1900. Somewhere around
- 1920, Daimler-Benz came out with a new car and decided to name it
- "Mercedes" after the daughter of Benz (or his son?).
-
- Anyway, the Mercedes became very popular and since Daimler was
- no longer around to protest, they changed the name of the company.
-
- So, it would be incoorect to say that Mercedes invented the motorcycle.
-
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