Mercedes-Benz Group

**Mercedes-Benz Group [[Aktiengesellschaft|AG]]** (; umwhile **Daimler-Benz**, **DaimlerChrysler** an **Daimler AG**; ) is a German caur corporation, heidquairtered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. It wis fuirmit wi the merger o Benz & Cie an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in 1926. The company wis renamit DaimlerChrysler upon acquirin the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation in 1998, an wis again renamed Daimler upon divestin o Chrysler in 2007. 

As o 2022, the Mercedes-Benz Group awned or haed shares in a nummer o caur, bus, larrie an motorcycle buists includin Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart Automobile, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz, Mitsubishi Fuso, MV Agusta as well as shares in Denza, KAMAZ an Beijing Automotive Group. The luxury Maybach buist wis terminatit at the end o 2012, but revivit in Apryle 2015 as "Mercedes-Maybach" versions o the Mercedes-Benz S-Class an G-Class. In 2017, it saud 3.3 million vehicles. Bi unit sales, the Mercedes-Benz Group is the thirteent-lairgest caur manufacturer an is the lairgest larrie manufacturer in the warld. It provides financial services throu Mercedes-Benz Mobility. The company is a component o the Euro Stoxx 50 stock mercat index. The Mercedes-Benz Group complex in Stuttgart include central company heidquairters, Mercedes-Benz an Daimler caur plants, Mercedes-Benz Museum an stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena.

## History
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a German manufacturer o automobiles, motor vehicles, an ingines, which dates back mair nor a century.

An *Agreement of Mutual Interest* wis signed on Mey 1, 1924 atween Benz & Cie (foondit 1883) o Karl Benz an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (foondit 1890) o Gottlieb Daimler an Wilhelm Maybach.

Baith companies continued tae manufacture thair separate automobile an internal combustion ingine brands till, on Juin 28, 1926, when Benz & Cie. an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft AG formally merged—becomin Daimler-Benz AG—an agreed that thereefter, aw o the factories wad uise the brand name o Mercedes-Benz on thair automobiles.

In 1998 Daimler-Benz AG "merged" wi the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation, an formed **DaimlerChrysler AG**. In 2007, when the Chrysler group wis sauld aff tae Cerberus Capital Management, the name o the parent company wis chynged tae simply **Daimler AG**. It wis chynged tae Mercedes-Benz Group on 1 Februar 2022.

### Timeline o Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Benz & Company, 1883–1926 
Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft AG, 1890–1926 
Daimler-Benz AG, 1926–1998 
DaimlerChrysler AG, 1998–2007 
Daimler AG, 2007–2022
Mercedes-Benz Group AG, 2022–present

## Sharehaulders Structur

*bi Awnership* 

* Aabar Investments (Unitit Arab Emirates): 9.1%
* Kuwait Investment Authority (Kuwait): 6.9%
* Renault (Fraunce): 1.55%
* Nissan (Japan): 1.55%
* Institutional investors: 60.4%
* Private Investors: 20.4%
* Treasury Shares: 0.1%

*bi Region* 
* 30.0% Germany
* 33.5% Ither Europe
* 17.9% United States
* 9.1% United Arab Emirates
* 6.9% Kuwait
* 2.6% Others

## Buists
Mercedes-Benz Group sells automobiles unner the follaein marques warldwide:
* Mercedes-Benz Cars
** Maybach
** Mercedes-Benz
** Smart
** Mercedes-AMG
* Daimler Trucks
** Commercial vehicles
*** Freightliner
*** Mercedes-Benz (truck group)
*** Mitsubishi Fuso
*** Thomas Built Buses
*** Sterling Trucks - operations wind doun in 2010, but will continue tae support authorized dealers and vehicle owners
*** Western Star
** Components
*** Detroit Diesel
*** Mercedes-Benz
*** Mitsubishi Fuso
* Daimler Buses
** Mercedes-Benz buses
** Orion Bus Industries
** Setra
* Mercedes-Benz Vans
** Mercedes-Benz (vans group)
* Daimler Financial Services
** Mercedes-Benz Bank
** Mercedes-Benz Financial
** Daimler Truck Financial

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