Benz
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Benz may refer to:
[edit] Automobile history
- Karl Benz, German automobile engineer and inventor who was awarded the 1886 patent for the first automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, many engine and automobile inventions, and the flat engine, (also spelled Carl occasionally)
- Bertha Benz (née, Ringer), the first person to drive an automobile a long distance (over 106 km or 66 miles), investor in the first business of and soon thereafter married to Karl Benz
- Benz & Cie., founded in 1883, the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz (sometimes with partners or his sons), which became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world by the end of the nineteenth century and, that merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz, which branded all vehicles produced thereafter as, Mercedes-Benz
- Daimler-Benz, automobile manufacturer founded by merger in 1926 of Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, thereafter branding all of its vehicles as, Mercedes-Benz; succeeded by DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007) and Daimler AG (2007-Present)
- Mercedes-Benz, the brand name created in 1926 for all automobiles and trucks produced by Daimler-Benz and retained as a brand name thereafter by its successors, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler AG
[edit] Other references
- Benz, Nordwestmecklenburg, a municipality in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Benz, Ostvorpommern, a municipality in the district Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Derek Benz, an American author
- Kafi Benz, an American writer, historian, designer, and artist; studio director for sculptor Jim Gary; the founder of Friends of Seagate Inc. and Kafi Benz Productions
- Maria Benz, a model and performer
- Nicky Benz, the performing name of an American professional wrestler named Nicholas Berk
- Nikki Benz, a Canadian pornographic actress and film director
- Spragga Benz, a reggae artist
- Walter Benz, a German mathematician
- Benz (group), a London-based pop-RnB group of the mid-1990s, best known for Top 40 singles Urban City Girl and Miss Parker
- Benz (rapper), a hip hop artist from the Netherlands working for Raw Matz Music and using a single stage name
- Benz (unit), a measurement, a unit of velocity equivalent to a metre per second
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