Daimler

Daimler may refer to:

Pronounced dame-ler

Daimler Company of Coventry, England, manufacturer of Daimler motor vehicles; part of the BSA group, then Jaguar Cars

Pronounced dime-ler

• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German automobile inventor
  • Daimler Reitwagen, a two-wheeled vehicle produced by Daimler in 1885, and widely recognised as the first motorcycle
  • Daimler Motorized Carriage, the first automobile produced by Daimler with Wilhem Maybach in 1892

Business co-founded by Gottlieb Daimler

• Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, co-founded by Gottlieb Daimler; maker of Mercedes vehicles (1890–1926). Merged with Benz & Cie. in 1926 forming:
  • Daimler-Benz AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz vehicles (1926–1998)
• Daimler AG, formerly Daimler Chrysler, maker of Mercedes-Benz vehicles following the divestiture of Chrysler in 2007

Austrian subsidiary

• Austro-Daimler, Austrian subsidiary of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Daimler-Benz (1899–1934)

Home page for History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Company