1906

In Untertürkheim, work is completed on the Mercedes six-cylinder racing car designed by Wilhelm Maybach. In early August the new 120 hp / 88 kW design proves itself in extended trials on the Semmering and Ardennes race circuits. However, a cracked cylinder head prevents the car from lining up for the Ardennes Race on 13 August.

In Paris, two companies are established in which Emil Jellinek and DMG each hold a stake. Société des Automobiles Commerciales, around 55 % of which is owned by DMG, acquires the Wiener Neustadt plant site and manufacturing licences for France, Austria-Hungary and the Balkans from DMG. Jellinek, meanwhile, is the driving force behind the creation of Société Mercédès Électrique, in which DMG takes an 8.5 % holding. The new company is set up to start production of electric-powered vehicles based on the Lohner-Porsche system. Following the sale of the Wiener Neustadt factory, Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft is converted into a limited-liability company. Ferdinand Porsche takes over the reins as chief engineer, having developed the hub drive system seven years earlier at Jacob Lohner & Co.

Deutsche Mercedes-Verkaufsgesellschaft GmbH is established in Frankfurt am Main to handle the increasingly important domestic sales sector. Flinsch & Co. in Frankfurt am Main, previously the German general distributor, Mercédès Société Francaise d'Automobiles, Paris, and Continental Caoutchouc & Gutta-Percha-Compagnie in Hanoer all hold equal stakes in the new company. At the end of 1907, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft takes over shares held by Flinsch and Continental.

Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft presents the new Mercédès Mixte passenger car models for 1907. The 45 hp / 33 kW or 70 hp / 51 kW petrol engine drives electric hub motors in the front wheels via a generator.

The 75 hp Mercedes debuts at the Paris Motor Show. The new top-of-the-range model has a displacement of 10.2 litres and is the first DMG production car to feature a six-cylinder engine.

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft sets up a separate coachbuilding unit at the Untertürkheim factory, which takes over production of bodies for Mercedes passenger cars.