1903

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Mercedes engine with overhead intake valves

Mercedes engine with overhead intake valves

21 January 1903
DMG delivers the first new Mercedes of the model year 1903 – the 18/22 hp Mercedes-Simplex. The engine is the first to...

Carl Benz moves to Supervisory Board

24 January 1903
Carl Benz leaves Benz & Cie. In 1904 he is appointed to the company's Supervisory Board.

60-hp Mercedes-Simplex as new top model

60-hp Mercedes-Simplex as new top model

17 February 1903
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft delivers the first 60 hp Mercedes-Simplex to Emil Jellinek. The new model is the most pow...

Premiere for Benz series-produced four-cylinder

Premiere for Benz series-produced four-cylinder

8 - 22 March 1903
The first Benz series-produced four-cylinder car is presented at the Berlin Motor Show. In contrast to the company’s tw...

The "Paul-Daimler-Wagen" is presented in Vienna

14 - 29 March 1903
At the International Motor Show in Vienna, Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft presents the Coupé and Double P...

Sales and service partner in Milan

Spring 1903
The Società Italiana dei Motori Daimler is established in Milan. In Italy it functions as a repair facility and handles...

Mercedes: racing successes in southern France

Mercedes: racing successes in southern France

1 April 1903
The Nice – La Turbie hillclimb ends in a one-two finish for the 60 hp Mercedes-Simplex models of Otto Hieronimus and Wil...

DMG: fire destroys Cannstatt plant

DMG: fire destroys Cannstatt plant

9/10 June 1903
A major fire at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s Cannstatt plant destroys the production hall, gutting a total of 90 cars...

Gordon-Bennett Race: win in Mercedes-Simplex

Gordon-Bennett Race: win in Mercedes-Simplex

2 July 1903
Belgian driver Camille Jenatzy wins the fourth Gordon Bennett Race in Ireland in a 60 hp Mercedes. The car belongs to A...

Mercedes sets new best time at the Semmering

Mercedes sets new best time at the Semmering

17 September 1903
Hermann Braun in a 60 hp Mercedes-Simplex wins the fifth Semmering Race in a new record time to help Clarence Gray Dins...

Untertürkheim plant takes up production

Untertürkheim plant takes up production

December 1903
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft inaugurates the first production facility in its newly constructed Untertürkheim plant.