MERCEDES BENZ: 100 YEARS OF THE AUTOMOBILE (1986)

Size = 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall

CONTENTS:

* From the engine to the automobile: Pioneers of the automotive age: Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), Wilhelm Maybach (1846-1929), Karl Benz (1844-1929)

* How the name Mercedes and the star came about

* The merger of Daimler & Benz in 1926

* Daimler-Benz AG in the years 1933-1945

* Conquest & consolidation of world-wide markets

* The history of the car in changing times

* Mercedes racing cars write racing history

* Made by Daimler-Benz: Technical progress to secure the future

* Made by Daimler-Benz: Manufactured quality

* Worldwide service: Key to success

* The workplace and workplace design

* Employee benefits: Yesterday & today

* The changing face of company training

* Rope team to the summit management and co-operation at Daimler-Benz

* Daimler-Benz as economic factor

* The role of poster in car advertising

* Stars & royalty - VIP's and Mercedes-Benz

* Notes on the Mercedes design philosophy

* The automobile in tomorrow's world

* Thoughts behind the wheel

* The automobile at the beginning of its second century.

168 pages including superb reproductions of Mercedes-Benz art deco advertising posters. Softcover. NOT ex-library.

Weight = 800 g

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