Mercedes-Benz AG

Type	Subsidiary (AG)
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG
Founded	June 25, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-06-25)
Headquarters	Stuttgart , Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO
Products	Automobiles Light commercial vehicles
Brands	Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-EQ Mercedes-Maybach
Production output	2,164,187 cars worldwide (2020)
Services	Financial services Automobile repair
Parent	Mercedes-Benz Group
Divisions	Mercedes-Benz Cars Mercedes-Benz Vans
Subsidiaries	Mercedes-AMG Smart Automobile (50%)
Website	mercedes-benz.com

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈtseːdəs ˈbɛnts]) is a brand of cars, trucks, buses and coaches from the Daimler AG company of Germany. The company was once known as Daimler-Benz and is still sometimes called just "Mercedes." Mercedes-Benz is the world's oldest car maker and the cars they make are expensive. The symbol of Mercedes-Benz is very famous. It is a three-pointed star inside of a circle and was designed by one of the men who started the company, Gottlieb Daimler. The three points of the star stand for land, air and sea because Daimler's engines were used not only in cars and trucks but in airplanes and boats. The symbol was first used in 1909.