Automobile history

• Karl Benz, German automobile engineer and inventor of Benz, later known as Mercedes-Benz (also Carl due to temporarily fashionable French spelling)
• Bertha Benz (née, Ringer), Karl Benz's wife, the first person to drive an automobile a long distance (over 106 km or 66 miles)
• Benz & Cie. the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz in 1885, sometimes along with partners and his sons, the last of which that merged in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz
• Daimler-Benz, automobile manufacturer founded by merger in 1926 (becoming DaimlerChrysler in 1998-2007 by another merger), and now known as Daimler AG (2007-Present)
• Mercedes-Benz, the brand of automobiles and trucks produced by Daimler-Benz after 1926 and retained as a brand after the merger creating DaimlerChrysler, and now known as Daimler AG

Other references

• Benz, Nordwestmecklenburg, a municipality in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Benz, Ostvorpommern, a municipality in the district Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Derek Benz, an American author
• Maria Benz, a model and performer
• Nikki Benz, a Canadian pornographic actress and Film Director
• Spragga Benz, a reggae artist
• Benz (group), a London-based pop-RnB group of the mid-1990s, best known for Top 40 singles "Urban City Girl" and "Miss Parker"
• Benz (rapper), a hip hop artist from the Netherlands working for Raw Matz Music using a single name
• Benz (unit), a measurement, a unit of velocity equivalent to a metre per second