Porsche Wrote A Love Letter To Mercedes, And BMW Couldn’t Help Itself

Porsche Wrote A Love Letter To Mercedes, And BMW Couldn’t Help Itself

Porsche shared a special tribute to Mercedes on Instagram. It highlighted shared roots, motorsport wins, and teamwork. BMW, Audi, and others also posted birthday tributes online. On January 29, 1886, Karl Benz received a patent for the “Motorwagen,” an invention that would reshape the modern world and set the course for personal mobility as we know it. To mark the 140th anniversary of this milestone, Porsche set aside rivalry for a moment and po…

Mercedes-Benz Turns 140: The Rival BMW Needed to Become BMW

This year marks the 140th birthday of BMW’s iconic rival, Mercedes-Benz. It’s a milestones that forces even die-hard BMW loyalists to pause and acknowledge the scale of history involved. Love them or loathe them, you’ve got to admire the fact that Mercedes practically invented the car. No automaker would be where they are today without Karl Benz. And for BMW, whose identity has long been forged in opposition to Stuttgart’s three-pointed star, Me…