Pickings of Hot Wheels and Matchbox Cars

Here are some pickings of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars which might pique your interest, as well.

Ford F-150 Lightning Custom

Tesla Roadster

Land Rover Defender 90

1971 MGB GT Coupe

Tesla Cybertruck

'89 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG

1986 Volvo 240

Porsche 918 Spyder

Go Green with Mercedes-Benz

This is a recollection of Mercedes-Benz's recent showcase of its vehicles at Raffles City Shopping Centre with a clear vision for making a switch to eco-friendly commuting.

Click here for more information at www.mercedes-benz.com.sg

 

Welcome!

Be part of a new era of mobility: take our electric
models for a test drive, get involved in a series
of workshops, and be inspired by eco-friendly
art installations that centre around
environmental responsibility.

The EQS 450 SUV

The EQS 450 SUV

The EQS 450+

The EQS 450+

My best takeaway from the showcase are the following Mercedes-Benz replicas with a message to go green and the need to keep innovating to make this Earth sustainable in the future to come.

Mercedes-Benz EQS 
(Scale 1:87; Limited Edition)

Mercedes-Benz EQA
(Scale 1:18)

Click here to view various models of Mercedes-Benz.

Immortalising Karl Benz and Mercedes Jellinek

In order to understand how things have emerged or evolved such as the brand name "Mercedes-Benz", we need to look at its history for insights on the persons involved as well as the confluence of circumstances.

About Karl Benz

According to Wikipedia:-

"Carl Friedrich Benz; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929), also Karl Friedrich Benz with the same pronunciation, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

His company Benz & Cie., based in Mannheim, was the world's first automobile plant and largest of its day. In 1926, it merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz, which produces the Mercedes-Benz among other brands.

Benz is widely regarded as "the father of the car", as well as the "father of the automobile industry".

About Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes Jellinek

As sourced from Wikipedia:-

"Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry and patented in January 1886 – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach, with the addition of a petrol engine, introduced later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG).

Emil Jellinek-Mercedes, a Jewish-Austrian automobile entrepreneur who worked with DMG, registered the trademark in 1902, naming the 1901 Mercedes 35 hp after his daughter Mercedes Jellinek. Jellinek was a businessman and marketing strategist who promoted "horseless" Daimler automobiles among the highest circles of society. At the time, it was a meeting place for the haute volée of France and Europe, especially in winter. His customers included the Rothschild family and other wealthy clients, but as early as 1901, he was selling Mercedes cars in the "New World" as well, including to billionaires Rockefeller, Astor, Morgan, and Taylor. 

At the Nice race he attended in 1899, Jellinek drove under the pseudonym "Monsieur Mercédès". Many consider that race the birth of Mercedes-Benz as a brand. In 1901, the name "Mercedes" was re-registered by DMG worldwide as a protected trademark. The first Mercedes-Benz branded vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company on 28 June of the same year."

With the above insights as well as other sources of information, we will gain a deeper appreciation of the rich history of Mercedes-Benz and the collective efforts of people and companies who have helped built the brand.

While you are still dwelling on "Mercedes-Benz", here is a sample for your refreshing:

Mercedes-Benz SL 280
Diecast car by ScaleMini
(Limited Edition: 033/299pcs)

 

 

Diecast cars by Hot Wheels from left to right:

                           1) Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

                           2) Sauber-Mercedes C9 

                           3) '16 Mercedes-AMG GT3

                       

Mercedes-Benz S450L 9 G-tronic