Mercedes-Benz is a luxury automobile marque formed from the names of its founders, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, later joined by the brand’s partner. It denotes a premium lineage of engineering, design, and engineering excellence. In usage, the term commonly appears with models or as a brand label, and is pronounced with attention to the German roots in the first element and the brand’s Englishized connotation in the suffix.
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