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Daimler produced a revolutionary high performance car for Emile Jellinek, Consul General of the Austro-Hungarian empire in Nice

Sunday 31st March 1901

Daimler produced a revolutionary high performance car for Emile Jellinek, Consul General of the Austro-Hungarian empire in Nice. Called Mercedes after his daughter, the 4-cylinder, water-cooled 5.9 litre engine was capable of 55mph.

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