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From Karl Benz's rattling three-wheeler to a four-motor electric G-Wagen that pirouettes on the spot, Three-Pointed Legacy tells the complete, unbroken story of the world's most enduring carmaker. Spanning 140 years and thirty meticulously researched chapters, the book blends engineering insight, boardroom drama and cultural vignettes to show how Mercedes-Benz shaped-and was shaped by-each technological era: the birth of motorsport, the rise of diesel, super-charged glamour, post-war safety crusades, hybrid hypercars and the software-defined future.
Award-winning automotive historian [Author Name] draws on factory archives, track-side notebooks and exclusive interviews with designers, racers and CEOs. Readers ride shotgun on Bertha Benz's 1888 road test, feel the ground shake under a Blitzen Benz at Daytona, peek into AMG's one-man-one-engine hall, and glide 1 000 km on a single charge in the Vision EQXX. Sidebars unpack supercharger physics and Level-3 autonomy; appendices catalogue icons, racing triumphs and breakthrough patents.
Whether you're a lifelong Mercedes devotee, a motorsport fan, or a student of industrial innovation, this definitive volume shows why the three-pointed star still points to the future.
