How A Poor Boy Created Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is one of the oldest and most luxurious car companies in the world, worth around 80 billion dollars. But being among the most desired and expensive cars today, it’s easy to forget its early humble beginnings.
It all started with a poor engineer, who faced many doubts, hates and failures in his pursuit of building the first horseless carriage. In spite of that, he proved everyone wrong and turned his small venture into the world's first and biggest production car company during the 1890s and early 1900s.
But what started as an inspiring success story, took a surprisingly dark turn, when the company profited from supplying military vehicles to the Nazis under the works of forced labors.
So well, sit back and relax, today we’ll be covering the insane story of Mercedes-Benz, and the man who brought automobiles to life, Karl Benz.

00:00 - 01:14 Prologue
01:15 - 06:11 Humble Begininngs
06:12 - 09:19 Benz & Cie
09:20 - 13:38 The Trip That Shaped The Future
13:39 - 19:05 The Rivalry
19:06 - 24:27 A New Direction

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[BigCompanyYT]

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[patrickposey]

Bertha benz is the real hero.... this wasn't possible without her.

[CrazyBertsu]

Without Karl Benz, there would be no engine no car to produce. Creating, innovating and producing cars were not an easy feat. Without Bertha Benz and her support, Karl benz's cars wouldn't survive. She proved that Benz's cars are essential and reliable when she drove the car over long distances. Kudos to both of them. Beautiful partnership.

[roshanmadushanka]

Tears come up my eyes. All the comfortabilities we feel today is, due to devotion of the life for a "Great Dream". Thank you "Karl Benz" and "Bertha Benz". you change the history and brought up human society to the next level.

[CaptainPlanet]

There’s a lot of turn of events that shape and made Mercedes Benz but his wife Bertha sure played a very important role in the history.

[emmanuelochieke]

Bertha Benz drove home the point that "for every successful man, there is a strong woman behind him."

[sleeplezznightz]

Bertha executed the first spontaneous road trip in human history.

[NewPhone-pmpf]

His wife was a hero
With a woman like that a man can achieve anything

[TimSlee]

If you ever find a woman like Bertha never let her down.

[NoNicknameAtAll]

It is often overlooked that Gottlieb Daimler also invented the motorcycle. His vision was to motorize everything. Zeppelins, boats, airplanes

[NoNicknameAtAll]

During her famous ride the transmission belt to the generator broke: She used her silk stockings to fix it. Brave Berta!

[mojojojo]

It's hard to believe that all these big motor companies are some poor boy's creation.

[luckyokoro]

Pforzheim, that’s where I lived in Germany. There’s a memorial route for the first car driven by Bertha Benz from Mannheim. This story is 100% true. I still miss that Town Pforzheim!

[farij_the_black_wolf]

not only created mercedes benz, he also invented a car

[VINTAGEMEMORIES.]

this boy was poor as a child but rich with his intelligence

[saadkamran]

I wish I could take my mercedes back in time and show him what he made ❤️

[tzet]

Every man needs a Bertha in their lives ❤

[danishcossack]

What an underrated video and awesome story. I actually felt pretty inspired by Karl Benz and his incredibly supportive wife😀🇩🇪

[intellectuallyhungry]

Bertha taking her sons in the ‘car’ was the true marketing genius.. I have a feeling the creator of this fascinating quick history is not yet a parent… A parent, especially a mother, who is so confident in the safety of a new & scary technology that she would not only allow her child to be in, but both her boys with her driving and going 60 miles… That was the reason for the rapid interest & increasing support of the automobile..

[valentinussofa]

That's why education and continuous learning is important. I admire Karl Benz's mother.