Tidslinje Daimler Benz Maybach

1911

Vår: Trading begins in Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft shares on the Stuttgart stock exchange.
April 23: At Daytona Beach, Florida/USA, Bob Burman in "Blitzen Benz" clocks up an average speed of 228.1 km/h for the mile from a flying start - the highest speed ever achieved by a road vehicle and a world record which remains unbeaten until 1924.

August: In Berlin, Mercedes aero-engines manufactured by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft are voted the best engines during the German Long Distance Flight Trials. Benz & Cie. supplies a new high-performance "Hesselman System", marine diesel engine for the motor-vessel "Fram" used by Roald Amundsen for his Antarctic expedition

1912

Januar: Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft supplies a 14/45 hp Mercedes to the Japanese emperor Yoshihito. This becomes the first automobile in the imperial fleet.
October 1: The 4-cylinder FX Benz aero-engine developed by engineer Arthur Berger is presented to the public.

October 2: Ralph de Palma wins the Vanderbilt Race in the USA in a 140 hp Mercedes Grand Prix racing car of 1908. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft acquires a site at "Unter den Linden 50/51" in Berlin for sales and exhibition purposes.