Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Mercedes-Benz

1. Businessman, Emil Jellinek, originally used the name Mercedes as a pet name for his daughter Adrienne.
2. The Mercedes-Benz 260D was first produced in 1936 and marked the first diesel-engined production passenger car.
3. Bertha Benz invented brake lining by using shoe leather from a shoesmith to compensate for the vehicles worn brakes.
4. Porsche hand-built every single 500E Mercedes and it took 18 days to assemble a single car.
5.  Karl Benz developed the Benz-Patent Motorwagon in 1988. It is by far known as the first petrol powered car in the world.