1907

13 February 1907
The production plant of Daimler Manufacturing Company in Long Island City, New York, is gutted in a serious fire that destroys eight completed cars and around 40 others still under construction.

28 February - 12 March 1907
The "Maja", a car designed by Ferdinand Porsche, is presented initially in chassis form at the Vienna Motor Show. Production of the 28/32 hp car, the idea for which came from Emil Jellinek and was named after his second daughter, begins shortly afterwards at Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Wiener Neustadt. However, with the "Maja" Jellinek is unable to match the sales success he achieved with the Mercedes. Another new vehicle unveiled in Vienna is the Mercédès Mixte bus with 45 hp / 33 kW petrol engine and electric wheel hub drive.

1 April 1907
Wilhelm Maybach leaves Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. He is succeeded as head of the design office and technical director by Paul Daimler.

7 May 1907
The motorised test airship owned by the Prussian Airship Battalion sets out on its maiden flight. Powered by a 30 hp / 22 kW four-cylinder engine from Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik Gaggenau, the semi-rigid airship goes on to set a new air endurance record of 3 hours and 27 minutes on 23 July.

4 - 13 June 1907
Edgar Ladenburg's Benz clinches victory in the overall classification of the third and last Herkomer Challenge, his second victory making him the outright winner of the Herkomer Trophy. Ladenburg's touring car is driven by Benz's racing manager, Fritz Erle, in the 1,819-km race through Saxony and southern Germany.

13 - 16 June 1907
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft presents a fire engine based on a 32/35 hp chassis at the German professional fire service association’s convention in Stuttgart. The vehicle was built at the Marienfelde plant and delivered to the Frankfurt am Main fire brigade shortly before the event. The vehicle is the first petrol-powered fire extinguishing pump to go into service with a professional fire brigade in Germany.

27 July 1907
Baron Pierre de Caters is the winner of the grand prix formula Ardennes Race in a Mercedes Grand Prix racing car. Camille Jenatzy takes third place in a vehicle of the same type.

22 September 1907
Driving his 120 hp Mercedes racing car, Willy Pöge improves Hermann Braun's previous-year record in the ninth Semmering Race and wins the second Challenge Trophy, once again donated by Theodor Dreher.

22 November 1907
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Benz & Cie., the decision is taken to purchase Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik Gaggenau GmbH in a share offer worth 350,000 Marks.