1905

  • 25 January 1905
  • Herbert L. Bowden sets a new world record for the mile with flying start, recording an average speed of 176.5 km/h in a 120 hp / 88 kW Mercedes special racing car with two 60 hp engines at the seven-day Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Tournament in Florida/USA.
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  • January 1905
  • The "American Mercedes" is presented at the National Automobile Show in Madison Square Garden, New York. The first Mercedes manufactured in America, produced by Daimler Manufacturing Company, is essentially a replica of the 45 hp Mercedes built in Untertürkheim.
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  • 8 February 1905
  • Georg Wiß founds the Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik Gaggenau GmbH (S.A.G.) in Gaggenau. The company is subsequently entered in the Commercial Register in Rastatt on 27 February.
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  • 11 - 17 August 1905
  • The first ever "Herkomer Challenge" touring car rally – a 937 km endurance race through southern Germany – ends in a triple victory for Mercedes, with Edgar Ladenburg, Hermann Weingand and Willy Pöge claiming the top three places in the overall classification.
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  • 17 September 1905
  • The seventh Semmering race is again won by Hermann Braun, who betters his record time of the previous year, driving Theodor Dreher's 100 hp Mercedes racing car.
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  • 19 November 1905
  • Two Daimler 28 hp / 21 kW double-decker buses inaugurate the first Berlin omnibus line to use petrol-powered vehicles. They go into service on the Hallesches Tor - Chausseestrasse route.
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