Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, abbreviated DMG, was a German engineering company and later automobile maker that operated from 1890 until 1926. Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach founded it, first at Cannstatt near Stuttgart, and it later moved its main works to Untertürkheim, with further factories at Marienfelde near Berlin and at Sindelfingen. It began by building small, fast petrol engines for use on land, on water and in the air, and its Phoenix engine of the 1890s became its main product. After Emil Jellinek commissioned racing cars from Maybach, DMG adopted the Mercedes name for its cars from 1902, and it also built trucks, fire engines, motorboats, aircraft engines and, during and just after the First World War, aircraft at Sindelfingen. In 1926 DMG merged with Benz and Cie to form Daimler-Benz, which sold cars under the Mercedes-Benz name. This entry is the make for the vehicles DMG itself built, as distinct from the British Daimler Company, which licensed the Daimler name and engines and later became a Jaguar marque.