<sod>  *[[Karl Benz]], [[Germans|German]] automobile [[engineer]] and [[inventor]] of Benz, later known as [[Mercedes-Benz ]] (also Carl due to temporarily fashionable French spelling)
 *[[Bertha Benz]] (''née'', Ringer), Karl Benz's wife, the first person to drive an [[automobile]] a long distance (over 106 km or 66 miles)
 *[[Benz & Cie.]] the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz in 1885, sometimes along with partners and his sons, the last of which that merged in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz
*[[Daimler-Benz]], automobile manufacturer founded by merger in 1926 (becoming [[DaimlerChrysler]] in 1998-2007 by another merger), and now known as [[Daimler AG]] (2007+)
 *[[Mercedes-Benz]], the brand of [[automobile]]s and [[truck]]s produced by Daimler-Benz after 1926 and retained as a brand after the merger creating DaimlerChrysler, and now known as Daimler AG
 
 == Other references ==
 <eod> <sod> *[[Karl Benz]], [[Germans|German]] automobile [[engineer]] and [[inventor]] of Benz, later known as [[Mercedes-Benz ]] (also Carl due to temporarily fashionable French spelling)
 *[[Bertha Benz]] (''née'', Ringer), Karl Benz's wife, the first person to drive an [[automobile]] a long distance (over 106 km or 66 miles)
 *[[Benz & Cie.]] the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz in 1885, sometimes along with partners and his sons, the last of which that merged in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz
*[[Daimler-Benz]], automobile manufacturer founded by merger in 1926 (becoming [[DaimlerChrysler]] in 1998-2007 by another merger), and now known as [[Daimler AG]] (2007-Present)
 *[[Mercedes-Benz]], the brand of [[automobile]]s and [[truck]]s produced by Daimler-Benz after 1926 and retained as a brand after the merger creating DaimlerChrysler, and now known as Daimler AG
 
 == Other references ==
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