Kiertokanki
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Ferrari: Ensimmäisen kerran Ferrarin tunnus, pystyyn kavahtava hevonen, esiintyi Enzo Ferrarin kuljettaman Alfa-Romeon keulalla Ravennassa 1923. Merkki oli tunnustus Enzon rohkeudesta kilpa-auton ratissa ja lahja ensimmäisen maailmansodan lentäjä-ässän Francesco Baraccan vanhemmilta. Baracca ampui alas peräti 35 viholliskonetta ennen kuin sai surmansa taistelussa 1918. Kun Enzo voitti, merkki päätyi lopulta kaikkiin Ferrarin kilpa- ja tuotantoautoihin. Eli kyseinen logo on saksalaista alkuperää...kuten on muuten Schumikin??
BMW: 1917 Franz-Josef Popp, Max Friz ja Camillo Castiglioni nimeävät Karl Rappilta ostamansa, Rapp Motorenwerken sekä BFW:n (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG) BMW:ksi (Bayerische Motorenwerke. Yritys rakentaa lentokoneiden moottoreita, josta inspiraationa logoksi muodostuu sinitaivaalla ilmaa halkova lentokoneen potkuri. Ja Castiglioni oli italialaista alkuperää..kuten on muuten Ferrarikin??
Mercedes-Benz: (kirjotan suoraan kirjasta, jokainen suomentakoon itse)
Who was Mercedes? She was a 12-year old girl, Mercedes Jellinek by name, the daughter of Emil Jellinek, the Austro-Hungarian consul in Nice, France, at the turn of the century. The biggest automotive event of the year on the Cote d'Azur was Nice Speed Week. Jellinek, as the local enthusiast, entered a 23 hp Daimler racing car in the 1899 competition, and the car took first place. After an accident involving the Daimler entry in 1900, Jellinek went to Cannstatt and suggested several major changes for the 1901 model. The new car was lower, longer and lighter than anything they had done before, with a different radiator and a new engine. It was the forerunner of the modern automobile. Jellinek prevailed upon the Daimlers to name it after his daughter, the car went to Nice and won practically everything - and Daimler cars have been named Mercedes ever since. There was no three-pointed star on that first Mercedes, nor on the American Mercedes, for the simple reason that the star did not become the official trademark until 1909. Tradition has it that Gottlieb Daimler sketched the star in the 1870s both as a lucky star over his vehicles, and to symbolize powered vehicles on land, sea and in the air. But that is tradition; the trademark says 1909. Later, of course, it was combined with the Benz circle. A three-pointed star wreathed with laurel.
William Steinway, the American piano manufacturer, was in Germany and heard about Daimler's engines. He paid a visit, was treated to a ride, and liked what he saw. Daimler liked the idea of having an American licensee, and on October 6, they signed an agreement. Back home, Steinway concentrated on selling engines for streetcars and boats. Steinway died in 1896, and the automotive part of his firm was reorganized as the Daimler Manufacturing Company, which started production of delivery vans in 1901. By 1905, they were making luxury cars and did so for three years before deciding to concentrate on pianos. The only remaining "American" Mercedes, symbol of what might have been, now occupies a place of honor in the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz USA, the largest single subsidiary, in Montvale, N.J.
...nippelitietoa ja iltalukemista asiasta kiinnostuneille...
:wink: :wink:
BMW: 1917 Franz-Josef Popp, Max Friz ja Camillo Castiglioni nimeävät Karl Rappilta ostamansa, Rapp Motorenwerken sekä BFW:n (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG) BMW:ksi (Bayerische Motorenwerke. Yritys rakentaa lentokoneiden moottoreita, josta inspiraationa logoksi muodostuu sinitaivaalla ilmaa halkova lentokoneen potkuri. Ja Castiglioni oli italialaista alkuperää..kuten on muuten Ferrarikin??
Mercedes-Benz: (kirjotan suoraan kirjasta, jokainen suomentakoon itse)
Who was Mercedes? She was a 12-year old girl, Mercedes Jellinek by name, the daughter of Emil Jellinek, the Austro-Hungarian consul in Nice, France, at the turn of the century. The biggest automotive event of the year on the Cote d'Azur was Nice Speed Week. Jellinek, as the local enthusiast, entered a 23 hp Daimler racing car in the 1899 competition, and the car took first place. After an accident involving the Daimler entry in 1900, Jellinek went to Cannstatt and suggested several major changes for the 1901 model. The new car was lower, longer and lighter than anything they had done before, with a different radiator and a new engine. It was the forerunner of the modern automobile. Jellinek prevailed upon the Daimlers to name it after his daughter, the car went to Nice and won practically everything - and Daimler cars have been named Mercedes ever since. There was no three-pointed star on that first Mercedes, nor on the American Mercedes, for the simple reason that the star did not become the official trademark until 1909. Tradition has it that Gottlieb Daimler sketched the star in the 1870s both as a lucky star over his vehicles, and to symbolize powered vehicles on land, sea and in the air. But that is tradition; the trademark says 1909. Later, of course, it was combined with the Benz circle. A three-pointed star wreathed with laurel.
William Steinway, the American piano manufacturer, was in Germany and heard about Daimler's engines. He paid a visit, was treated to a ride, and liked what he saw. Daimler liked the idea of having an American licensee, and on October 6, they signed an agreement. Back home, Steinway concentrated on selling engines for streetcars and boats. Steinway died in 1896, and the automotive part of his firm was reorganized as the Daimler Manufacturing Company, which started production of delivery vans in 1901. By 1905, they were making luxury cars and did so for three years before deciding to concentrate on pianos. The only remaining "American" Mercedes, symbol of what might have been, now occupies a place of honor in the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz USA, the largest single subsidiary, in Montvale, N.J.
...nippelitietoa ja iltalukemista asiasta kiinnostuneille...
:wink: :wink: