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Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) (''Daimler Motors Corporation'') was a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, it was based first in Cannstatt (today Bad Cannstatt, a city district of Stuttgart). Daimler died in 1900, and their business moved in 1903 to Stuttgart-Untertürkheim after the original factory was destroyed by fire, and again to Berlin in 1922. Other factories were located in Marienfelde (near Berlin) and Sindelfingen (next to Stuttgart). The enterprise was begun to produce petrol engines but after the success of a small number of race cars built on contract by Wilhelm Maybach for Emil Jellinek, it began to produce the ''Mercedes'' model of 1902. After this automobile production expanded to become ''DMGs main product, and it built several models. Because of the post World War One German economic crisis, ''DMG'' merged in 1926 with ''Benz & Cie.'', becoming ''Daimler-Benz'' and adopting ''Mercedes-Benz'' as its automobile trademark. A further merger occurred in 1998 with ''Chrysler'' to become ''DaimlerChrysler''. The name was finally changed to just Daimler AG in 2007 when Chrysler was sold. == Daimler, Maybach, and ''DMG'' at Seelberg == By 1882 both Daimler and Maybach had left Nikolaus Otto's Deutz AG Gasmotorenfabrik. In 1890 they founded their own engine business, ''Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft'' (''DMG''). Its purpose was the construction of small, high speed engines they had developed based on the same stationary engine technology. ''DMG'' thus grew out of an extension of the independent businesses of Daimler and Maybach, who would revolutionize the world with their inventions for the automobile of a four-stroke petrol engine, carburetor, and so on. They would manufacture small internal combustion engines suitable for use on land, sea, and in the air (the basis for a symbol Daimler devised of a three pointed star, with each point indicating a different way). On July 5, 1887, Daimler purchased a property in Seelberg Hill (Cannstatt) previously owned by Zeitler & Missel who had used it as a precious metal foundry. The site covered 2,903 square meters, cost 30,200 Goldmark, and from it they produced engines for their successful ''Neckar'' motorboat. They also sold licences for others to make their engine products and Seelberg became a centre of the rapidly growing automobile industry. Daimler ran into financial problems because sales were not high enough and the licences didn't yield significant profit. An agreement was reached with the financiers Max Von Duttenhofer and William Lorenz, both of whom were also munitions manufacturers, along with the influential banker Kilian von Steiner, who owned an investment bank, to convert the private business to a public corporation in 1890. (This agreement is regarded by some historians as a "devil's pact",〔()〕 as the inventors never got along with the new status.) Not really believing in automobile production the financiers expanded the stationary engine business, as they were selling well, and even considered a merger with Otto's ''Deutz-AG''. (During 1882, Gottflieb Daimler had serious personal problems with Nicholas Otto, when Daimler and Maybach worked for Otto.) Daimler and Maybach continued to advocate car manufacturing and as a result even left ''DMG'' for a short period. Daimler's friend, Frederick Simms, persuaded the financiers to take Gottflieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach back into faltering ''DMG'' in early 1896. Their business was re-merged with ''DMG''’s. Daimler was appointed General Inspector, Maybach chief Technical Director and Simms a director of ''DMG''.〔Lord Montagu and David Burgess-Wise ''Daimler Century'' ; Stephens 1995 ISBN 1-85260-494-8〕 In 1892, Maybach designed the ''Phönix'', an inline two-cylinder engine fitted with a new carburetor.〔Wise, David Burgess. "Daimler: Founder of the Four-Wheeler", in Northey, Tom, ed. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 5, p.483.〕 Following the withdrawal of Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach to their own business to concentrate on cars,〔 the enterprise had been close to a crisis but stabilised itself, selling mobile and stationary engines through a number of retailers around the world, from New York City to Moscow. The first Daimler car, a singularly inelegant model, appeared in 1892,〔Wise, p.483.〕 followed in 1895 by a two-cylinder ''vis á vis'' and, in 1897, DMG's first front-engined model, a ''Phönix''-engined four-seat open tourer.〔Wise, p.482 caption.〕 In 1900, Gottlieb Daimler died. Later ''DMG's'' successful ''Mercedes'' models based upon race cars designed by Wilhelm Maybach to the specifications of Emil Jellinek (who wanted a more modern and safer car, following the death of Willhelm Bauer in a Daimler racer)〔Georgano, G.N. ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930'' (London: Grange-Universal, 1990), p.39.〕 changed the board's outlook in favour of the automobile. Maybach continued as designer for a while, but quit in 1909 and was replaced by Gottlieb's son, Paul. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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