1914

26 February 1914
Ralph DePalma drives his "Grey Ghost" Mercedes to victory for the second time in the Vanderbilt Cup race, held on this occasion in Santa Monica, California/USA.

May 1914
The first units of the 28/95 hp Mercedes – the new flagship model for the entire product range – leave the factory. An initial pool of 25 vehicles are delivered prior to July 1915. Around 600 units of the revised model are built between 1920 and 1924.

June 1914
The Prussian war ministry commissions Benz & Cie. to supply aeroengines, since production capacity at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft does not suffice to provide the required number of units. By 1915 Benz manufactures more than 3,000 units of its first six-cylinder engines alone, the Bz II with 115 hp / 85 kW and the Bz III with 150 hp / 110 kW.

4 July 1914
Christian Lautenschlager wins the French Grand Prix in Lyon at the wheel of a 4.5 litre Mercedes racing car, whose 115 hp / 85 kW four-cylinder engine has two intake valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder. Louis Wagner and Otto Salzer finish second and third respectively, driving the same Mercedes model. This clean sweep of the top three places in an extremely competitive field marks DMG's second triumph in the most important race on the international motorsport calendar.

July 1914
DMG introduces the 12/32 hp model, which is built until 1919 and supplied mainly as a field ambulance on account of the war.

22 - 23 August 1914
In Elgin, Illinois/USA, Ralph DePalma wins the Chicago Automobile Club Trophy and the Elgin National Trophy. His racing car is a 4.5 litre Grand Prix Mercedes acquired from DMG after the triple victory in Lyon in July 1914.

August 1914
The Mercedes DF 100 (D I) aeroengine goes into large-scale production at DMG. The 100 hp / 74 kW six-cylinder is an advanced version of the DF 80 used in the 1913 competition for the Imperial Prize. Production of the D II with 120 hp / 88 kW and the D III with 160 hp / 118 kW also starts by the end of the year. The two six-cylinders derived from the DF 100 were designed by DMG for the second Imperial Prize, which is cancelled because of the outbreak of war.

December 1914
Bench-testing of the DV model, the first German V12 aeroengine commences at Benz & Cie. However, the 250 hp / 184 kW twelve-cylinder unit, which weighs in at 425 kg and has a displacement of 20.3 litres, does not go into production.